7/17/2009 The first day of the transformation
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Confucius
6:45 AM The alarm goes off. This is one of my Whys. I feel it is unhealthy to wake up to an alarm clock. I am working for financial as well as time freedom.
I asked my son, Chandler if he would like to jog with me this morning. I was feeling pretty bloated and tired.
I weigh 214.5 lbs and I am 21% body fat today. My goal is to lose 30 pounds and get to single digit body fat (9%)
7:07 AM we start walking up our street. We have trails behind our neighborhood that go through the McDowell Mountain range. At 7:15 AM we were jogging through the trails. Chandler is in great shape. Especially since he has been taking PE for summer school. The kid is built like a model out of an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog. He is ripped. He has a natural build that I would have to work very hard to achieve. As a child I was never built like that. I was always a pretty big kid. My father used to call me “moose” growing up.
As we jogged, I immediately felt tightness in my quadriceps. My chest started pumping pretty hard. Within a few minutes (about 10) my mid back started hurting and I told my son I needed to stop. We walked home.
According to Chandler’s I pod with the Nike ship in his shoe, we walked/ran a total distance of 1.16 miles and burned 117 calories.
When we got home I drank a ½ of glass of water.
8:05 AM I am all showered and shaved and I am consuming 3 oz of Zrii. I make myself a 3-egg omelet. (3 whites and 1 yolk) I give the other 2 yolks to my Jack Russell Terriers. I have a little bit of shredded cheddar on the omelet with two pieces of low carbohydrate wheat toast. I have 12oz water with breakfast.
8:30 AM I drive to my wellness center and I have my father, Dr. Warren Levine adjust my spine. He is a chiropractor as well as a Zrii distributor.
10:49 AM I am drinking a Zrii chocolate meal replacement shake. I made it with chilled water. The product tasted delicious.
12:10 PM I am at the gym. I swim 10 laps in the pool (25 meter pool) and then I go in the steam room. My back feels OK with the swimming. So far I haven’t been proud of my physical ability today but the goal is to make progress without injuring myself.
At 41, I want to regain flexibility, strength, increase my cardiovascular endurance and yes I want to look good in a bathing suit again.
1:05 PM Back at my chiropractic office. Drinking 25 oz of water and eating 3 hard boiled egg whites. In addition I ate 25 mini carrots.
4:45 PM handful of almonds, nectarine and 25 oz of water
7:23 PM home from office. Ate 1 bowl of stew. (top round beef, 1 cooked tomato, 1 cooked golf ball and a 1/2 size potato, 5 cooked mini carrots), 10 0z of water.
Chandler and I went to go see the new Harry Potter movie. The movie started at 8:45 PM. This was a bit of a challenge for me. Chandler got Milk Duds. He offered some to me and I said no thank you. The movie was good but I did fall asleep for about 5 minutes. The new dietary and physical challenges definitely tired me out.