Attaboy Men's Cancer Ride - Sidi Shoes - Shakeology and some fat 1000 Miles

So, I broke my constant downward spiral of weight loss. This past weekend I went to Ely Minnesota with my wife and kids. We rent a cabin on Farm lake and do a lot  of dock fishing and hiking. The trip was a blast but as an after thought I realize I snacked to much and didn't drink enough water. It's hard when you are  in a place where you can't drink the water and you are limited in your exercise options. I talked to a friend about the same thing happening to her while she was in Mexico.  While we are on vacation we need to keep making healthy choices and incorporating exercise when we can. This can be particularly hard when you are in a foreign place and can't eat the fruit or vegetables. I think I will be bringing some Shakeology and greek yogurt with me on my trip to the black hills.

I decided to reboot today. I had a Shakeology shake and some greek yogurt for breakfast, lots of water and my vitamins. For lunch I am having Pb on Ezekiel bread with a depth charge and a power green salad with soup for dinner tonight. I really want to get down to 250 for the Red Ribbon Ride, I can still do it. I think I am going to start to modify my smoothies to make sure I am not taking in too many calories between them and the other foods I eat. Less fruit and more vegetables and will power.

Last night was the last gladiator class for the summer. I am heading into the home stretch for the Red Ribbon Ride, I did lose my Sidi bike shoes which I will have to replace soon. I have been training in my keen bike sandals which are good but I get better power transfer from the Sidi shoes. I hope to do 1000 miles on my bike between now and the ride. If I can make the donation goal I am going to ride the Attaboy men's cancer ride this weekend in honor of grandpa Gerald.ATTABOY RIDE SITE My fundraising for the AIDS ride is going well but I don't have that big of a donor base and many of them don't want to give to 2 causes in the same year.  

     There was an interesting article in the star tribune about how much solicitation we all get to donate to causes. Section on Donations Overall I feel we need to pick a small handful that are close to our heart. I am a very giving person and I want to give to most of the places that ask for money. It makes me think of a scene from the Life of Pi where the dad says "believing in everything at once is the same as believing in nothing at all, you have to choose what you believe in." Goes for everything in life including how we want to lose weight and live our lives. I choose to raise money for the schools that I grew up in, AIDS, and cancer. What do you believe in and want to fight for? 

I hope your exercise and diet is getting you where you want to be. Keep up the good work!

-Gabe 

Gladiator Hammer, Fishing for a Dog with Salad, and a little Shakeology tossed with P90x and Red Ribbon Ride!

            Here I am, a month out from surgery and I am really starting to feel normal again. 

I have not started P90X yet but I did sign up for 6 more weeks of Gladiator with trainer Tony at the Uptown YWCA. There is something about this class that I just love. It's a really hard workout and all the people in class are super supportive. We are all in really good shape and I think it help to focus on a weight loss or fitness goals while surrounding yourself with people who also motivated. The above picture is me with my favorite hammer. 

In class we do lots of Crossfit and ultimate fighting inspired workouts. I have fallen off with the kettle bell a little and I need to start doing it at home. One of the big reasons I don't usually take Gladiator in the summer is because we run outside every class. This wouldn't be so bad if everyone in class aside from me wasn't a runner. We do line runs,where we run and the last person in line sprints to the first positions and we keep rotating for about five minutes. On the plus side it does help my cardio a lot. I am starting this week to get on my bike again for the Red Ribbon Ride. My Dr said I had to take a month off the bike and I am feeling like it's time to bike as much as I can.

My weight has been going good, I hit 262.7 this week. A new low! I have been eating lot's of salad and Shakeology. My wife has gestational diabetes this pregnancy and it has been hard for her, I would say it has been good for my diet. We are really cleaning up all the junk food in the house. I have even got the dog eating salad!

Next up maybe our fish =)

I am really excited to go into summer much thinner than last year and with a goal I feel I can reach with some work. I have almost exactly 2 months until the Red Ribbon Ride and I want to be at 250 the first day of the ride. It's time to put in some work. This weekend I went fishing and did a lot of cardio at home, both on the treadmill and on my bike. I aways supplement my workouts with 8 hours of sleep a night and lots of water. I hope I can keep it up when we have the new baby. I think the last 2 weeks of September are going to be all about diet and not so much exercise to keep the weight stable. I am soo excited for our 4th   child and 3rd son. 

Please leave me comments and let me know what you would like me to write about and what has worked for you. Or what has not worked for you!

Coach Gabe

            If you are interested in working with me as your beach body coach or meeting up for a workout or bike ride, please click the link below. 

As always keep up the good work, and remember, we are doing this for ourselves and our kids.

http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/GABRIELSKELLY

-Gabe

Starting a little slow, Pain getting better with walking - Shakeology and Gladiator to come

Here I am 9 days out from surgery and I am starting to feel like a human again. I was one of the 1 out of 100 who had a really hard time with surgery. Walking and standing has been very painful and picking up my youngest has not been a possibility. I don't want to scare guys off from getting a vasectomy but share a warning. I would take a week off from work not just two days in case you are like me and have a rough recovery.

All that being said I am feeling about 80% back to normal and I am playing dodgeball tonight. I did a great job of not putting on much weight in the week of no exercise. I cut calories and used smoothies and shakeology to keep from over eating.

Tonight should be interesting at dodgeball, I am going to try to not over exert myself. Eric is going to come play, and I have another friend that may come. If You as a reader of my blog ever want to come shoot me an email.

I am going to start walking on the treadmill next week and resume gladiator Tuesday. I am going to wait another week before I start a round of p90X just to be safe. Part of my consult on surgery was that I should not bike for a month because of pressure in a trauma area. I am getting antsy but I will wait 2 more weeks before I saddle up.

Monday -

So the weekend got busy with work and the weather was nice so I worked in the yard instead of updating my blog. Dodgeball went well, there were only 10 of us so it was a very energetic game. Running was a little hard and I was sore the next day but it was manageable. Next up for easing back into workouts is gladiator tomorrow night.  I know I am not going to do any rolling deck squats, nothing that could lead to tearing internal stitches.

I can't wait to get back into training full boar. I feel so energized when I workout , it helps my mood and overall attitude.

I hope your workouts and weight loss is going well.

Keep up the good work.

-Gabe

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Vasectomy 250 Pounds Beach Body Coach P90X Shakeology and Zip Lining / horseback riding

           

 I started this blog when I had two kids, and I was 330 pounds as a way to track what I was doing, and share my successes in public.  Over the course of the last three years, I’ve lost 65 pounds, changed my diet completely in favor of clean eating, and am now expecting my 4th child in September.  I write this as I just had a vasectomy yesterday, and will not be able to exercise for the next 10 days.  I never thought we were going to have 4 children, but I know now through the course of writing this blog that I, and anyone, can successfully have a large family and keep in shape as a parent. 

     

            My plans for the next year are to keep doing the gladiator class and do high intensity interval training at home.  I will also be doing a lot of bike training for the 300 mile red ribbon AIDS ride that I do the third week in July every year.  I am also planning on running a few short races up to 6 miles this summer.  My eventual goal is to potentially run a half, and maybe a full marathon.  Along the way I plan on getting below 250 pounds partially because that is the weight limit for both zip lining, and horseback riding, 2 things I really want to do.  In order to help other people and to take my weight loss to the next level, I have become a beach body coach and I’m going to start using P90X at home, and supplementing with Shakeology. 

A big part of this is because I want to be able to share what I’ve been able to do for myself with other people, and help others lose weight in the process.  I have a very specific person in mind with whom I’d like to help through using P90X and Shakeology.  My friend Eric, who I’ve talked about in this blog before, is in need of some help with diet and exercise.  I really hope through this program I can help him make a positive change in his life. 

Coach Gabe

            If you are interested in working with me as your beach body coach, please click the link below to learn more and as always keep up the good work, and remember, we are doing this for ourselves and our kids.

http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/GABRIELSKELLY

Gabe

65 Pounds Down 25% to 20% Body Fat Meltdown 2013 Juice and Sleep Fat Sick Nearly Dead

Well meltdown 2013 is over and it was a success. The thing that I was most excited about at my weigh out was my body fat change. I started 9 weeks ago at 24.8% body fat and am currently at 20.9% body fat a drop of almost 4%. Now I just need to focus on keeping the weight off and losing a little more.  My biggest success was in keeping a food log everyday and working out six days a week. I also made sure I got 8 hours of sleep a night. I can't stress enough how important sleep is for weight loss and overall well being.

There was just an article in the paper talking about how just a week of sleeping 5 hours a night instead of 8 can pack on 2-3 pounds. The article also said the weight didn't come off when regular sleep resumed. This freaks me out a little when I think about having our next child and all the sleep I am going to lose. I am going to try very hard to get my sleep in but as any parent knows a new child means 3-9 months of upset sleep.

During the Meltdown I watched the movie Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It was an eye opener for me. The main talent did almost exactly what I have been doing. We don't have to recreate the wheel we just have to use it. Taking in fruit and vegetables and cutting sugar out of our diet is not that hard to do. 


We just need to do it! 


I am not going to the extreme and only drink juice for 60 days but I am recommitting to drinking more smoothies. I make mine with organic Kale, Flax seed, Chia seed, Apple, Banana, Carrot and Orange. I find that drinking this mix gives me more energy than coffee. I use a $50 Ninja I got at Target. I would love to try a Vitamix because I have heard rave reviews of them but my blender works well for me now.



Today I hit my home scale at 264 that was after Gladiator last night and a light dinner. I look back at me at 330 and wonder what I was thinking. I was more tired, more crabby and had to get clothes to fit my bigger size. I will never get that big again!

 I am a little worried about the next couple of weeks. I will be having a small surgery that will not allow me to exercise for about 10 days. My plans are to lay low, as I have to, and eat less. I plan to juice once or twice a day and eat a lot of salad and not much meat.

My long term goal is to hit 250 and eventually lose more until my body regulates to the weight I should be at. I know 250 is a goal since many things in life are limited above that weight. I would love to go zip lining and horse back riding but I need to lose the weight first.

After the meltdown I did an indoor Triathlon. I am happy to report I had my best time ever and that was with a cold. I placed 18th out of 54 people, 8th in the bike and 17th in the swim. I want to do an outdoor triathlon soon and am making summer of 2014 my goal.

I hope you are doing well in your workouts and weight loss. It's hard to stay in shape as a parent but we owe it to ourselves and our kids.

Keep up the good work,

Gabe

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Jumping Jacks, Jump Lunges, 180-degree jumps and Tabata

Week six of the meltdown is underway. I am down at least 7-8 pounds since I started. My pants are looser and I have to tighten my belt another hole.  My workouts haven't changed too much except that I exercise 6-7 days a week. I think I might start taking a day a week off so I don't hurt my knees and joints.  I have also been drinking a lot of coffee and I need to back off of caffeine a little.

I have less than 3 weeks to go until the weigh out and I hope I really have lost some solid body fat. My partner won $25 last week for having a perfect week workout and food log wise. If we win the whole thing we get $200 each. I feel no matter the outcome we win because of the weight we lost.

My daughter has a school fair tonight and I might skip gladiator for it. I love my kids and I need to stay fit for them. It's hard to choose workouts to stay healthy vs activities with your children.

Wednesday

I did go to gladiator because I couldn't get off work in time to see my daughters presentation. Luckily my wife videoed it and I was able to watch it. Gladiator was super hard. We did a Tabata twice as the warm up, this was jumping jacks, Jump lunges, seal jumping jacks and 180-degree jumps for 20-second intervals as fast as possible.  10 second breaks and then again for 8 rounds twice.

I hope your workouts are going well.

Keep up the good work!

-Gabe

268.3 Snowquester and some basal metabolic calorie counting

As I write this post we are getting a snowstorm in Minnesota. I shoveled last night and used the snow blower this morning. I fell on some ice at the bottom of my driveway while shoveling and landed on my knee and elbow. I think I was lucky and escaped with a slightly sore knee today. I am entering week 5 of the 2013 meltdown and I started using a new belt hole today! I am losing weight and I aim to keep it off.

Keeping a food log everyday has helped me realize that I eat most of my calories at night. I don't know if its good or bad but it's what I do. It seems like theories on how you eat and when are always changing. I feel that calorie intake is the biggest deal. You need to watch them and not take in more than you burn.  A simple basal metabolic rate test can give you a basis for how many calories you burn daily.

Tonight I have gladiator and can't wait for the hard workout. I eat a few more carbs on Tuesdays because I know I will need it for class. I had a bagel and cream cheese today.

4 hours later - gladiator was very hard tonight and I took the kids sledding for a half hour when I got home. If you want a heck of a workout try walking up a hill with a foot of new snow while pulling a sled. By the time 930 rolled around I was exhausted.  Dinner consisted of a pile of fresh green beans topped with quinoa, spaghetti sauce, and turkey burger. I stayed up a little later to digest and think about my day. I don't always enjoy being the last one up in the house but sometimes it's the only time I get where it's quiet and I can reflect.

Wednesday Morning -

I work up today and the scale read 268.3!

I want to say that's the lowest I have been in 5 years. I am celebrating and vowing to keep losing and working towards 260 for the summer.

I know I can do it and so can you.

Have a great rest of the week.

-Gabe