Feeling good

I just completed my third fast last night and did my second workout of the Intermediate level for TT.  At the end I felt strong but spent.  My shirt was soaked and full of sweat.   TT is the best workout bar none for losing fat.  I stepped on the scale today and I was 215 pounds.  That means I have lost 20.4 pounds since I started working out with TT.

TT and me

I read some of the success stories about Turbulence Training and they are real stories by real people.  I voted in the contest for one of the finalists and that person did not win but I was kind of partial to heavier people who drop a lot of pounds.  Being 240 pounds at the height of my 20s by eating bad and drinking seven 20 ounce Mountain Dews a day left me feeling down about life.  While I laughed and joked with others about being solid and big.  I was just that.  Big.  When my father got cancer, a brain tumor and diabetes in one year (he is still a survivor) he gave me his size 40 pants.  I thought he was crazy to do that.  I said they would never fit me.  I was wrong cause they fit perfectly.

Right now I am wearing a size 36 pants that are getting pretty lose on me.  I almost want to go to the store and try on a pair of 34 pants.  Say it isn’t so.    Just today a girl at work said that my size XL shirt looked really loose on me.  She knows I have been eating better and working out.  It makes my day to know I have my life back and feel so alive.

Today is my last TT workout of the week and I am ready to go hard.  Blood, sweat and tears is how you get back in shape.  My fingers are in great shape from the remote control.  Now it is time to get to work.

1 Day Fast done…

So overall I was pleased to wake up this morning and find that my weight was down to 218.  I lost 3 pounds from my 24 hour fast which lasted from 7pm Monday night to 7pm Tuesday night.  For dinner Tuesday I ate a tuna sandwich with a side salad and felt great.  All I can say is TT is the best.

Weight in results

I weighed myself this past weekend on the official scale for the competition and it said I was 219 pounds.  That means I have lost 15 pounds in 3 weeks.  My scale at home lists me at 220 and the scale at the gym at work reads 225.  Really annoying but it is what it is.  Today I am in a 24 hour fast with Eat Stop Eat lasting from 7pm last night to 7pm tonight.  I have been eating well and not drinking sodas and wanted to do a 1 day cleansing of my body.  Today is my off day from TT and I will just do some steady walking and drinking a lot of water.  I noticed that when you are trying to not eat the radio is poisoned with ads to advertise foods and they make it sound so good.  I really never wanted a chipolte burrito until I heard the commercial this morning.  Tonight I will eat some salmon with a nice salad I have waiting.

For anyone looking to learn about Turbulence Training I really have to tell you that it can change your life.  You will not suffer and you only have but fat to lose….

2 weeks of training

I have now completed 2 weeks of the Beginning Turbulence Training workouts. I will continue these for 2 more weeks and then i will move on to the Intermediate Training workouts. I really love the fact that I do not have to be in a gym setting each day and can still knock out some most of the bodyweight exercises. My training consists of Monday, Wednesday and Fridays of 20 minutes of bodyweight and weight training. Followed by 20 minutes of HIIT on the stationary bike. I like to end each workout by performing the bench press but that is just for me to feel like I am a world class body builder. The first day i benched 95 pounds 5 times. Today I benched 2 sets. 1 set of 95 pounds (12x) and then finished with 115 pounds (6x). I am pushing myself each time but want to make sure I am not hurting my muscles. I am usually worn out after a session of Turbulence Training. Tommorrow is the 3 week weight in to see what my weight is at. I will update the blog as soon as I have to stats.

The beginning

I started this journey with a bet.  It was a simple bet that was to see who can lose the most percentage of body weight.  I let my weight get the best of me and I stepped on the scale and saw that I was a miserable 235 pounds.  I decided to try and eliminate carbs altogether and stop drinking sodas and lost 13 pounds in about 2 weeks.  Then I discovered Turbulence Training and my eyes opened up to something really awesome.  I am eating more each day and losing fat and pounds each day.  I have more energy than ever before and am eating a lot of great foods that I never did.  I hope my journey is successful.  For me it is not about the money ($600) but more about getting my life and body back so I can feel good again.