Day Three Hundred Thirty Seven

Did my 3 miles this morning and finished my gallon of water today! That was it.

Tomorrow is April 1st. That is when I decided to resume 'Overkill'. I've got 28 days left in Fyrescape. Oh man, I'm excited because tomorrow I'm going to beef up my DDP yoga by moving on to 'ENERGY'. That was my plan from the beginning. I've had that DDP yoga for about 2 years now but I haven't really used it, only Lisa has. That all changed on March 1st. That's when I actually started. I spent all month doing the 'Diamond Dozen' and learning the moves, figuring out the positions and how to engage all my muscles in all parts of my body. The whole month I did that, every evening. Tomorrow, I start the actual workout which is, Energy. I once tried it a long while back and I couldn't do it. It was way too hard for me! I think I kept up with it for about half way thru, then it just got too much for me so I gave it up. I tried it about two times, I think, and each time it was just way too hard, so I gave up and never attempted again. So yeah, tomorrow I'm going to hit it hard and spend all month on it. I've got 28 more days to make an IMPACT and I want to get as much in as I can. It's gonna be Awesome!!

Day Three Hundred Thirty Six

Did 3 miles this morning! Pretty good paced walk. I didn't do the Bowflex again, I'm planning on doing it tomorrow. Basically, that was all I did because I went out again with Dyanna. We went and watched 'Insurgent' this time. We were out most the evening. I didn't get back until it was about to get dark. So that was where my whole day went. After I got home, I wanted to do my evening workout, but I was so tired. I don't know why, but I was so wiped out! I felt sleepy and so not energized. I felt weak so after feeding my animals, I just laid down and rested up.

Finished my gallon of water today!

Tomorrow, I'm going to try and get back to 'Overkill' but I don't know. Ever since last week, I just felt so out of focus. I've been praying and I hope I get that back soon. I think I've really just felt defeated these last few days and it's hard for me to really get back into action. I will though. I'm glad it's only been a week and not 3 months like last year. Oh man, that was horrible. I'll get it all back though. Fyrescape is for another whole month after tomorrow. Time to get busy!!

Day Three Hundred Thirty Five - wrestlemania trash

Started off today with my 3 miles! Felt good to finally get back out there. Did a pretty good paced walk. When we got back, I stretched out a bit and really got myself warmed up. Then, I did my Bowflex workout. I did 2 sets of every exercise. It was great, but I had to cut it short. I didn't do the Ab lounge or the exercise bike because I made plans with Dyanna. I went to the movies with her and her daughter. We watched 'Home'. It was a pretty cute movie. I enjoyed being there with them.

Finished my gallon of water today!

I did not do an evening workout because I met with the family over at my parents place and we watched that CRAP wwe wrestlemania. Such a B**LS**T show! I mean, I have that damn wwe network, but it's trash. The whole show, which was 4 hours long, kept stopping and loading, stopping and loading, it was awful!! Then, the very last match, it went off completely. We all missed the very last match. I swear, $9.99 but you definitely get what you pay for. The picture was all fuzzy and not even clear, and the damn thing kept skipping and wouldn't load. My grandparents were very disappointed, as were everyone else because we missed the whole last match. We couldn't get it to work. I sat there for 30 mins trying repeatedly to get the thing going but nothing. I was so angry! The wwe network is a pathetic waste of money on a crappy company who can't even put on a decent match with their "scripted" performers. I hate the wwe! In my opinion, the wwe just got too big for their own good. I mean, they portray themselves as this big Wrestling GIANT, which they are, but the problem is, they almost try to portray themselves as equal to the likes of the UFC, or the NFL, or the NBA. Basically, a company that you have to work your entire lives to get into and you fight for REAL championships. It's all BS! I mean, it's a damn SHOW! It's a TV show, nothing more! All the matches are scripted. Yes the wrestlers take real bumps in the ring and they actually perform dangerous moves to entertain us, but it's all scripted. They decide who wins, who loses. So you're pretty much a puppet. You do what the puppeteers make you do, nothing more! There are so many people on that wwe roster who are some of the shittiest actors and lousy performers out there. They couldn't make you believe ANYTHING, yet they are crowd drawers. Biggest example, John Cena. That guy does the same exact moves every match. He gets beat up the whole match, then wins in the last 2 minutes by doing his same boring 5 moves then gets the win in the same boring fashion every time. He doesn't have talent! He doesn't have acting skills! I swear, without the wwe that guy would be nothing but a simple bodybuilder who doesn't have to speak a work, but just stand up on the stage and flex his muscles. The whole damn wrestlemania show, all the announcers did was talk about how BIG the wwe was and they portrayed it as the "big leagues". Really?! The "big leagues", I mean there are guys (wrestlers) in TNA and other companies who have more talent on their worst day, than guys like John Cena have in their entire careers. Now in the NFL, the best in the world are picked to play football for the teams of the United States. Same with the NBA. As for the UFC, those are actual fighters who train their whole lives to show the world what they can do and compete against other fighters for Actual Championships that have to be earned because you worked your ass off and you trained your whole life to prove that you're one of the best in the world! In the bullsh*t wwe, you just get brought up from their own training facility and put on the main roster. Most guys who are NOT John Cena, are just jobbers. They have to take falls for the more popular guys. The championships are not real. Everything is scripted. A guy will come back after being gone for over 8 months and immediately get a World Title shot, win it and walk around like he's the best in the world. It's Stupid! There's not competition. They you have guys like Brock Lesnar, who are basically power/money hungry fools who want what they want, or their gone! John Cena is the same way! I bet you couldn't begin to imagine how many times that guy has held the company hostage if they didn't meet his demands. All he's gotta say is "if you dont' give me this, or give her (Nikki Bella) that, then I'm gone and I'm going to be the major draw for TNA", and *poof* they give him whatever (and Nikki Bella) whatever he/she wants. That's why she's the "divas" champion and doesn't EVER defend her damn title. Just walks around flaunting her ass to the world, acting like she's untouchable! I'd love to see Ronda Rousey kick the sh*t outta her in real life! Anyway, the wwe is trash. They are so corrupted. They're as bad as playboy now. I mean, women have to sleep with Hugh Hefner just to be featured in the magazine. Same with the wwe. As quoted from past wrestlers, unless you were willing to do "sexual favors" for Vince McMahon and "others", you were never going to make it in the business! See, total B**LSH*T!! That's all the wwe is today. They leech off the general public and act like they're this big family friendly company, but they're just as corrupted as other places and they're only in it for the money! Yet, they're portray themselves as the NFL, which is BS. They're just a big tv show, nothing more. So yeah, I'm sick of it. The only reason I watch any of it, the only reason I pay my money for their cheap network, is because my grandparents love it and until they get their own internet and their own network subscription, I buy it so they can watch the pay per views because I don't want them spending over 50 bucks for the trash and crap shows the wwe puts on. That is THE ONLY REASON I HAVE IT, but I swear, once they do get it, I am gladly going to cancel and NEVER watch that bullsh*t again! That's my two cents on it!!!

Day Three Hundred Thirty Four

Today I was still lingering from yesterday! Not a good day for me. My morning was just so blah. I didn't feel like doing anything. I am so bummed out for some reason, I feel like I just got hammered into the ground for a while, so needless to say I'm not going to call these days 'Overkill' because I'm not doing that at all.

Finished my gallon of water today!

The rest of the day wasn't a total loss, though. I did a really strong evening workout of DDP yoga, 40 crunches, 10 cross leglifts, elevated leg swings, pushups, and finishing it off with my dumbbell workout. I even went outside afterwards and did 5 100lb curls. So I felt like I really pushed it pretty hard this evening. Felt great!

Day Three Hundred Thirty Three - STRESS DAY

Well, I didn't mean to take a rest day today...but I ended up doing so only because I had a pretty damn rotten day. This morning we left to go pay bills. We were going to head out for the 3 miles, but instead we wanted to have a bit of free time so we went to breakfast, something we hadn't done in forever! It was really good, then we took care of all our bills. Had some money to spare, so we went to the casino. MISTAKE! I dropped about $60 in there. I swear, those machines cheated me out. I'm not kidding, totally cheated me out of my money! I wouldn't give me anything. I was so mad! So so angry mad and disappointed in myself. I feel like I let Lisa down because she was right there with me. She says it's ok and that it's nothing, especially since we took care of our bills and it doesn't affect anything else like our groceries or gas money. That was all put aside already. This was just free time money that we could've used for like movies or whatever. But still, it was OUR money and I feel like that damn casino ripped me off. This was the 4th time I went over there and lost everything I played. So pissed off and depressed! Came home and didn't want to do nothing. I went back after Lisa went to work to try and win back the money. I had 40 extra dollars. I played only 20. It went up just a lil then went down then up then down then up then down. Basically, I sat there for 3 hours trying and I couldn't make profit, so I just walked out of there with exactly how much I had when I went in. Couldn't win any more. Just won back my 20 then I left. I wasn't about to piss it all away again. So I came home in defeat and aggravation.

Finished my gallon of water! I planned on doing at least an evening workout, but I was so mad and feeling bad that I just didn't want to do anything. Just sat around feeling regret. Well, tomorrow is the big Truck drawing at the same casino so I've gotta head up there again tomorrow afternoon about 4pm. That's why I've been going to the casino so much this past month. I've been trying to build up my credits so I can get entries into the drawing for the truck. It's a brand new 2015 GMC truck and it's black with four doors. Really Awesome! I'm going to try my luck tomorrow.

So that was my crap rest day! Wasn't really a "rest" day, more like a STRESS day. That's what this was, a total Stress Day! In fact, that's what I'm going to call this blog. Stress Day. I'm going to change it right now before I post it, dammit :(

Day Three Hundred Thirty Two - Overkill Day Twenty Two

Started off the day with 3 miles! Difference today...no powerwalk. My legs were so tired and worn out this morning, I couldn't pull it off again for the third day in a row. Oh man they were tired. So I did a light walk. Didn't add any running in there. No women and toddlers on the path today so we finished the whole walk.

Finished my gallon of water today! I took a few hours rest when we got home from the walk, then I did my Bowflex workout. Today I did more! I did 2 sets of 20 reps on most of them. Some I only did 15 but I really pushed. A couple exercises I even did 25 reps. I was really proud. I followed that workout with 30 reps on the Ab lounge and finally I rode the exercise bike for 20 mins and 30 seconds today! When I hit 17 minutes, I push it really hard. I boost my speed and ride that thing like crazy hard. It's pretty Awesome!

This evening I did my DDP yoga along with my crunches, cross leglifts, elevated leg swings, pushups, and finally my dumbbell workout. I am totally beat! My shoulder is really killing me tonight. I think I really overworked it, big time. It's aching somethin awful! Time for rest and a great nights sleep. Back at it again tomorrow, but no Bowflex tomorrow. Not again until Saturday.

Day Three Hundred Thirty One - Overkill Day Twenty One

Today was Awesome exercise, but crappy allergies really ruined my day!

This morning we, we did 4 miles! I did another strong powerwalk today, just like yesterday only longer. We were on our usual path and we had Cody and Cooper with us. Lisa was running ahead of me and she suddenly stopped about half way down. When I caught up to her, she told me there were ppl ahead walking. We came up to a woman and two small toddlers walking on the road. The kids looked scared of Cody because he's so big. We had to turn around and lead the dogs back the opposite way. Well I wasn't about to stop my walk, plus I was doing a great speed walk. We turned around and headed up top to the loop in front of my parents place. It's what we call our "track". I've measured the distance in my truck several times, so has my mom. Three full laps equals exactly 1 mile, so it's bigger than a typical school track. Anyway, we get up there and finished off our walk. I powerwalked super hard a full 6 laps without stopping or slowing down. On my last lap, I got some running in there. Lisa did great, she ran 3 full laps nonstop, then ran a bit more during the next 3 laps. So given how much we walked on the 3 mile path, then to do 2 full miles on the track, we averaged out at 4 miles today! That was Awesome!! Oh man I was super tired when we were done.

When we got home, I did my workout on the Bowflex. I did 2 sets of every exercise of 15 reps, some had 20 reps. Then I did 30 reps on the Ab lounge, and finally 20 mins and 15 seconds on the exercise bike! By then, I was wiped out.

Finished my gallon of water today! Also, running up on top the wind started blowing and my allergies really kicked my ass today. My nose was running so bad and I was constantly sneezing. I was in total agony all flippin day! I didn't let that stop me though. I already took two rest days and I wasn't about to slack off any.

I did my evening workout of DDP yoga, followed by 40 crunches, 10 leg lifts and I added something new. The elevated leg swings. Oh man that was so hard. I wanna be able to do those for about two minutes straight, but it's gonna take time. Then I did my pushups and finally my dumbbell workout to finish it off. I am totally beat! This was one crazy day of Overkill!

Day Three Hundred Thirty - Overkill Day Twenty

Today was a different kind of exercise! Those two rest days really helped me, but I definitely will say this, that my body was not 100% recharged yet.

Did 3 miles this morning. This time, I did a hard 3 miles! I powerwalked the whole thing. Did it strong and fast. My legs definitely felt great this morning after resting. That was Awesome! When we got back, before doing my other workouts, we did work outside. It's Spring Break this week so Lisa doesn't have school. The other day we dug around the trees over behind my grandma's house. Today, I decided to finish the job so we trimmed them. From the time we got back from our 3 miles, we were working outside on those trees. It was super hard work! We were crawling around, digging, climbing. We cut so many branches off that now I have a huge pile I've gotta haul off. It took hours of hard work. Lisa was climbing the last tree we cut. I had never gotten so much dust and tree stuff all over me, it was crazy! By the time we were done, oh man we were both really sore. That did it for me. My arms were dead, so were my legs. That strong powerwalk this morning really did me in, then to come right home and start doing all this without resting, yup that finished me off. I decided no more the rest of the day. My body was spent.

Finished my gallon of water! I rested up the rest of the day. Good workout this morning, though. Definitely!!

Day Three Hundred Twenty Nine - REST DAY

Yup, I took another Rest Day today!

Why? Well because I can do what I want, that's why! But a better reason is that my body feels so worn out from last week. Seriously, my arms were still sore this morning, so were my legs. I just couldn't bring myself to start today. So I rested up! This morning Lees and I dug around trees outside this morning so they can be watered. Dang just shoveling dirt really wore me out. My arms and legs were tired when we were done around noon. I was so tired, I couldn't bring myself to do anything else. I just stayed in the rest of the day and took it easy.

Finished my gallon of water today! The rest of the day was pretty mellow. Didn't do much, just hung around here at home. This is a good note I'd have for everyone who's really starting to get super serious in fitness. If you're body feels weak, tired, or if you just feel worn out, take a day to rest. Sometimes you might need two days. Whatever you feel your body needs! Don't get it in your head that if you miss one day, you'll fall so far you won't be able to catch up, or worse, don't think that just by missing one day or two days, you'll end up putting on a crapload of weight. Not true! You'll only put on weight if you give up completely. Your body is what you need to go thru life. You have to take care of it. Yes, it's great to exercise and keep healthy, but sometimes when you do that and really push yourself, like I'm doing now, it will really take it's toll on your bod, so Rest. Let your body recharge and build back up to Super Mario mode. You gotta refresh just like everything else. That's what I learned today. Simple but great message! I'm sure I'll be good to go tomorrow. I sure needed today though. Right now my arms are still pretty sore. I can really feel them. I can't wait to sleep tonight. We shall see tomorrow ;}

Day Three Hundred Twenty Eight - REST DAY

Today is my Rest Day finally, Woohoo!!!!

I'm so glad too. I really needed this day. I'm writing this blog kinda early, mainly because I'm just spending it relaxing so there's not much to put down.

Finished my gallon of water today! We went to the park earlier. Just hung out. So far, the day has been pretty bland. Nothin goin on but my body is in rest mode, which is the main point. My arms are so tired. I've been doing a lot of stretching. I can honestly say that in all my years, I have never exercised this hardcore before. I mean, seriously, doing 3 miles, then bowflex, ab loung and 20 mins on the exercise bike, followed by an evening workout of DDP yoga, crunches, cross leglifts, pushups, and my dumbbell workout...daily! That is insane. So yeah, my body is really tired. These rest days are definitely deserved, compared to before when I was just taking a day to be lazy and not really pushing myself. I want to work my body into extreme mode. I'm still eating good and have totally cut out fast food. Mostly been eating chicken, salads and drinking nothing but water. At the end of the day, I'll have a few sips of diet coke because I really need something to kill the bland taste of water that I'd been downing all day long. Lately though, like the past two days I've been drinking milk. Just the 1% milk, which I love. It really helps me with the taste and it's sooo good. I love milk. I'll need to get some more because I am out now.

Well I'm going to just hang out and get some things down around the house. I have several more hours to be lazy and relax. Back at it again tomorrow!

Day Three Hundred Twenty Seven - Overkill Day Nineteen

First day of Spring, wow!! Summer is right around the corner.

Started off today with 3 miles! Last day before my Rest Day tomorrow. I'm so glad too because my body is really worn out. I felt it this morning. I did a slow pace today. Lisa came with me. I did do some hard running at certain spots though. So I worked up a good sweat. When I did walk, I took it slow. Soon as we got back, I did my outside weights workout. 30 deadlifts, 2 sets of 5 reps (100lb curls), and 20 bench presses. That really did me in. Then I did some jump rope. Lisa did some work on the bowflex, ab lounge, and yoga. She's really getting serious, which I'm glad of.

Finished my gallon of water tonight! This evening I did DDP yoga, followed by 40 crunches, 10 cross leglifts, some pushups, and finally my dumbbell workout! I feel really great right now, but oh man am I tired. My body is really worn down. I can feel the tension in my arms, especially after that dumbbell workout. I've been lifting a lot, especially with my bowflex. That really did some work on my arms this week. I'm so glad to be resting tomorrow. I'm just going to take it easy and let my body recharge. Back at it again on Monday morning!

Day Three Hundred Twenty Six - Overkill Day Eighteen

Started off today with 3 miles! I did a strong pace walk as well as some added running finally. I hadn't ran the past 2 days because of my knee. Givin me some slight discomfort. Today it felt pretty good though. I went alone today, as Lisa had work meetings.

When I got home, I did my Bowflex workout. I did 2 sets of every exercise. Each had 15 or 20 reps. I'm getting stronger. I really pushed myself on that. My arms are really wiped out. When I was done, I did 30 reps on the Ab lounge, then I finished off my workout by riding the exercise bike for 20 mins and 15 secs. The last minute I really stepped up the speed and went as fast as I could. I'm going to start challenging myself to do that per minute. One minute today. We'll see how it goes again next week. Bowflex again on Monday!

Finished my gallon of water today!

This evening I did my second workout of DDP yoga, along with 40 crunches, 10 cross leglifts, 10 seconds of leg swings, followed by pushups, and finally my dumbbell workout. I don't know what my weight is, according to the scale, and after that last time I checked it, I'm not really interested in knowing. I will say this though, I looked at myself in a full body mirror today and I look really different. My body has gotten narrow. I'm definitely smaller than before! I could really see it. Like that article I read said, I'm going to monitor my progress by how my clothes fit and how I look and feel, not by the weigh scale. I've been doing this 'Overkill' for 18 days now. I'm hoping to keep this up for the next year.

Day Three Hundred Twenty Five - Overkill Day Seventeen

Did 3 miles this morning. Great warm up! Soon as we got back, I did my outside weights workout. 30 deadlifts, and 2 sets of 15 reps (100lb curls). I also did some jump rope. I found that when I keep my legs close together, I can jump better. For some reason, when I have my feet spread apart and I try to jump rope, my knee really feels it and starts to hurt. When I have my feet close together, I don't feel any pain or discomfort. I'll need to keep that in mind.

Finished my gallon of water today! This evening I did my second workout of DDP yoga, followed by 40 crunches and this time, 20 cross leglifts. Then I did my pushups and finished off with my dumbbell workout. Totally beat now! Back at it again tomorrow.

Day Three Hundred Twenty Four - Overkill Day Sixteen

Did my 3 miles this morning! Today was Bowflex day again so I did that. 2 sets of every exercise. Some were 10 reps, others were 15 reps. When I was done with that, I did 30 reps on the Ab lounge, followed by 20 minutes and 3 seconds on the exercise bike. I was totally wiped out!

Finished my gallon of water today!

I had a really crap evening. Lost money at the casino and I'm going thru some things in my personal life that is really getting me down today. We got home late and I am not feeling that evening workout so I decided to skip it today. I'll hit it hard again tomorrow. Right now, snooze time.

Day Three Hundred Twenty Three - Overkill Day Fifteen

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Started off the day with my 3 miles. Did it alone today because Lisa had school things to attend to. Afterwards I did my outside weights workout. 30 deadlifts, 2 sets of five 100lb curls (which are getting easier.) 20 bench presses, and some jump rope. I didn't do much jump roping though because my right knee was hurting a bit when I was done with my weights workout. I might've done something to it, but it's not bad. Just don't want to make it worse.

Finished my gallon of water today. Celebrated St. Patty's Day by going to the casino, which was fun. Won some money and got some treats from there. I bought Lisa dinner there as well with some of my winnings. She had a great time. She studied while we were there. Great lil holiday for us!

Finished off the day with my evening workout. I did DDP yoga, along with my 40 crunches, pushups, 10 cross leglifts, and then my dumbbell workout. Feelin pretty beat, but I can say that everything is getting easier. When something feels easy, I do more. It's a slow process but I'm slowly moving up my reps for every exercise. Over time I'll be doing more and more. It's pretty Awesome!

Day Three Hundred Twenty Two - Overkill Day Fourteen

Today is 3.16 ;} Definitely my day!!

Started off the day with my 3 miles! Lisa came with me. My body was really tired today. Off to a slow start. Too much Rest Day yesterday ;} Since my legs were aching, though I don't know why, I didn't add any running in my walk. Just did walk, keeping up a quick pace. When we got home, I did my Bowflex workout, 2 sets of every exercise. Then I did 30 reps on the Ab lounge, followed by 19 mins 30 secs on the exercise bike! I really got in a great workout this morning!

Finished my gallon of water today! I did not do an evening workout today because I went out with Dyanna again. We had a great time. We didn't go out to eat this time, just a movie then that was it. We watched, American Sniper. Such an awesome movie! I have so much respect for people in the military. It was one of, if not the best, war movie I had ever seen. Definitely better than that movie, Fury. We both loved it. Afterwards, we had a nice conversation out by her car. It was really nice! I really like her. It's nice getting to know her everytime we meet up. The downside to this is that tomorrow she's going to be having surgery and she'll be out for 6 weeks. She told me about it. It's pretty serious and I really hope she'll be ok. That was something else to know. You really start to fall into someone, then find out about that. It doesn't make me like her any less nor does it change anything about anything. I'm just scared for her and I hope she'll be ok. I look forward to many more movies and outings with her.

That was my day. Back to exercising tomorrow!

Day Three Hundred Twenty One - REST DAY

Oh man, much needed Rest Day today! My body was really wanting to just take it easy. 6 whole days of Overkill. I have been working out so much, it's insane. My body has Never Ever Never Ever Ever Ever Never had this kind of intensity before. It really blows too, I wish I could've started doing this back in April when Fyrescape first started! I should've at least done DDP yoga every evening after my 6 mile walk, but no I didn't. I just did the walk and that was it for the rest of the day. No wonder that only worked for a lil while. I needed to really push myself. My body pretty much got used to the walk, then it wasn't really getting anymore work in or burning anything. That truly does happen! That's the cool thing about Fyrescape. Not only have I dropped weight and got healthy, but I have learned so much about fitness and experienced so many things that I'd either read about or haven't known at all. Now I know what to do and not do, and what consequences are for certain things. I'm definitely going to teach everything I've learned to ppl who want advice or any of my family. I thank God for all of this too because without Him and His guidance and blessings, none of this would have been possible! God made it to where I needed to go to the hospital last April because I believe that was the Only thing that was going to make me open my eyes. I was so blind to everything! I needed a jolt and slap in the face, basically to get myself going. I'm just ever so thankful. My year of Fyrescape is almost up, then Fyrescape 2 starts. That was is pretty much going to be what I'm doing now in 'Overkill Mode', but I'll be doing more and different workouts daily. It's gonna be a wicked ride, that's for sure! I'm excited for my results come April 2016. It'll be tough, but I know I can do it. I will try to pray every morning, and I'll just keep on keepin on.

Finished my gallon of water today.

My day was spent just relaxing. We went to church this morning over at Ideal Baptist Church again. It was a great service. It's so refreshing seeing our old Pastor Fleetwood there. He was much more energetic this time around. Last Sunday he was sick and getting over the flu so his speech was really slow and he seemed like he was pretty sick. Today, man, he was happy and talking loud, just the way Lisa and I like it. So great to see that!

After church, we went and got groceries, then we headed home after getting Subway for lunch. It was a pretty good day. I spent the evening just relaxing. Exercise has been so embedded in my mind lately that this evening I was thinking, "oh man I gotta get up and do my evening...or WAIT, it's my REST DAY! I don't gotta do NOTHIN!!" lol. It's so cool. I can actually relax without having to wonder if I'm doing enough. Before all I was doing was a wimpy 3 miles and that was it. Taking Rest Days after 5 days. For what?! I wasn't pushing myself so I didn't need to take a rest day then. Well now, my rest days are earned. I'm pushing myself everyday for 6 days straight. It's really Awesome!! Today was earned and very much enjoyed. Back at it tomorrow ;}

Day Three Hundred Twenty - Overkill Day Thirteen

Started off the day with my 3 miles! Did a good power walk this morning. I even added some running in there. Felt pretty good on my legs. I can't wait for my rest day tomorrow! I've been at this all week. When I got back, I did my outside weights workout. 30 deadlifts, 2 sets of five 100lb curls, and 20 bench presses. That followed by jump roping. Feelin pretty Awesome afterwards!

Finished my gallon of water today! This evening I finished off the day with my DDP yoga, then 40 crunches, 8 cross leglifts, pushups, and my dumbbell workout. Felt I did really good today!

Day Three Hundred Nineteen - Overkill Day Twelve

Well just like I had said, I didn't get to do my walk or my workout this morning. We had to get up early and head into town. I was hoping to take Dyanna to a movie tonight, but I guess she's changed her mind about things now. She's heading to Albuquerque, so that's that. I'm fine with everything, though. We were just pals anyway.

Finished my gallon of water today, regardless. Also I did my evening workout of DDP yoga, crunches, cross leglifts, pushups, and my dumbbell workout. I really broke a sweat tonight. I wish I could've gotten my workout in this morning, but bills have to be dealt with. I'm going to hit it pretty hard tomorrow. Last day before rest day!

Day Three Hundred Eighteen - Overkill Day Eleven

Today I killed it really bad! Did my 3 miles this morning. I walked by myself because Lisa had to study for school. I did a power walk and added lots of running in there. When I got home, Lisa was just leaving for school. I did a Bowflex workout. I did everything I did the other day, adding a few new exercises. I only did 2 sets of 15 reps on each this time. Last time I did 3 on some of them. Today, I was really tired still so I couldn't get the third set in. After the Bowflex, I did some work on the Ab Lounge. When I was done, I rode the exercise bike for 18 minutes this time. Last time I did 17. I'm going to shoot for 20 next time I do this, but I'm not going to make it a priority. As long as I do 15 minutes. That's my main goal. After I get off that thing, my legs are like jello. I'm really wobbly and it takes me a while to get a good walk. Really wears me out but I love it!

I was really anxious today so I did my evening workout early! I did DDP yoga, along with my crunches (20 on each side), and this time I did 10 cross leglifts. Then I did my pushups, which are getting easier. Followed by my dumbbell workout. I got everything done before 7pm. I also finished my gallon of water today! I definitely feel like I made up for missing my evening workout yesterday! It was Awesome! I thought I'd be hanging out with Dyanna again today..but didn't hear from her. Oh well, next time I suppose. Tomorrow is bills day! Don't know if I'll be able to get my morning walk/workout in because we need to do our stuff early since Lisa apparently has to be at work by noon for training. So I'll have to put off my morning workout for that tomorrow. Definitely get the evening one in though.

Day Three Hundred Seventeen - Overkill Day Ten

Did 3 miles this morning! It wasn't all that strong today because I had to go to the bathroom really bad, which sucked! Every time that happens, it really screws up my walk and I definitely can't run. When I got back, however, I did my business, then I went back out and did my weights workout outside. I did 30 deadlifts, 20 bench presses, 5 100lb curls, and some jump roping. Lisa did her DDP yoga workout.

Finished my gallon of water today.

Didn't do my evening workout today because I had a "date" planned with a friend I met on Facebook. She asked me this past Sunday to go to a movie with her tonight. That was my evening. I just got back about an hour ago. We had a great time! We watched 'CHAPPiE' and then she took us out to eat at the Blue Moon diner afterwards. Great conversation. She's a very beautiful lady. She would like to do it again. I hope we can too. Be planning on that in the near future!

I shall make up my skipped workout tomorrow for sure!

Day Three Hundred Sixteen - Overkill Day Nine

Just like to note that this day marks my 316th day. That is my all-time favorite number, 316. After my most memorable Bible Verse: 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, so that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.' John 3:16
Amen.

Started off this morning with a strong 3 mile powerwalk and I did some running too. I really pushed myself this morning. Lisa came with me and did some running also. When we got back, I mixed it up. Instead of doing my outside weights workout, I did my Bowflex workout. I did more than I did last time I did this. Way more! I worked my legs, my arms, my back, my abs, my shoulders, my sides. I did lots of different exercises on that thing. I did 3 sets of 15 reps on most of them. My arms were really wiped out by the time I was done. Afterwards, I did 30 crunches on the AB Lounge! That really kicked my butt! My abs started to cramp up after. I finished my workout by riding the exercise bike for 17 minutes this time. Last time I only did 15. My body felt great after! Tired, but I really feel like I kicked arse the whole workout!

Finished my gallon of water early today! Usually I finish it at the end of the night, but today by midday I was pretty much done with it. Once I start to finish my gallon early, I'm going to drink more water. I hear of ppl downing 2 gallons per day. I'm like, DANG!! But you never know, that might be me here in a few months.

Tonight I did my DDP yoga workout, crunches, cross leglifts, pushups, and my dumbbell workout! I ended up drinking more water because I was so winded after DDP. It was a great workout today! Definitely getting it done everyday. Stronger, Faster, Leaner ;}

Day Three Hundred Fifteen - Overkill Day Eight

Started off the day with 3 miles with Lisa. Then when we got back, Lees did her DDP yoga workout and I did my outside weights workout. 30 deadlifts, 7 100lb curls, 20 bench presses, then finished it out with some jump rope. Awesome workout this morning.

Finished my gallon of water today, but I finished it late. I was busy throughout the day so I didn't get to my evening workout until after 10pm. I only did a few moves on DDP yoga, then Lisa came home from work so I stopped for the night. My left knee was aching really bad so I didn't want to push it. I'll make it all up tomorrow. Time to turn in for now and get some rest. My left knee is aching something terrible right now :( Hope it clears up though.

Day Three Hundred Fourteen - REST DAY

A much needed Rest today! I took it easy most the day. My arms were tired all day, as were my legs. I don't want to push myself constantly. I always need to add a rest day in there. I talked to a woman on instagram about fitness and we compared our stories. She is pretty fit and said that her husband is her inspiration for keeping in shape. I told her my workout routine now and she said I was very dedicated, doing all of this everyday like I have been. She said that she works out at least 3 times per week, that's it. Well for me, I don't know, after this weight gain I experienced, I'm just really scared and paranoid. I keep thinking that nothing is helping and that I'm putting all the weight I lost, back on. I know it's crazy to think that, but it's really been bugging me lately. I need to stop letting this get to me and just keep up with my workouts. I decided yesterday that my 3 miles in the morning is now just my warm up. The real workout is when I get home, and in the evenings. That's when I'm really going to be killing it! Also my morning 3 miles is to help train myself to get back in to running full-time! I really want that. So I'm going to be training myself to run, as well as warming up for my daily exercise workouts. That should DEFINITELY get me back to losing weight and gaining muscle, all in all getting healthy, which is the goal of Fyrescape!

Finished my gallon of water today! My rest days aren't going to interfere with that goal. I'm going to stick with a gallon of water everyday, no matter what! It's really helped me with my diet and with my liquid intake. I'm mostly just drinking water now, all day long. Never anything else. In the evenings I'll have a few sips of diet coke just to get my taste buds a lil go. Drinking water all day, you really crave something, anything even remotely sweet to break the plain. Anyway, that was my rest day. Went to a new church today. Ideal Baptist Church and listened to our old pastor, Rev. H.R Fleetwood. It was a great sermon. We haven't been to church since leaving our old one. I just thought I'd mention that in my blog. It was part of my rest day! I think all my rest days are going to be on Sunday, that was I can attend church and not have to worry about my workouts. Next Sunday we're planning on going back to Ideal Baptist again. The ppl there were so welcoming and it was really great to see Pastor Fleetwood. He was our Pastor over at First Indian for 10 years and 5 months. Both Lisa and I missed him very much! Lookin forward to next week. Well, back at Fyrescape Overkill tomorrow. It's gonna be a tough week for sure, but I'm going to stick to it!

Day Three Hundred Thirteen - Overkill Day Seven

Did my 3 miles this morning! Came back and finished out with weights. I did 30 deadlifts, 7 100lb curls, 20 bench presses, and some jump roping. My legs are pretty tired, especially my chins. They really have been getting a good workout since I've been jump roping and running. Lisa started coming with me again on our walks. She's also doing DDP yoga in the mornings after our 3 miles.

Finished my gallon of water today! This evening I did DDP yoga, along with my crunches, cross leg lifts, push ups, and my dumbbell workout. My body is feelin really good but I am very super tired. My arms felt so worn out by the dumbbell workout that I was really shaking trying to get the weight up above my head. I'm in definite need of a rest day now! I have been at this for 7 days straight. That is what I call dedication!! If I start putting on weight now, then there is definitely something wrong with me. I have never before ever pushed myself like I am doing now. I'm really hoping this gets me somewhere really great by the time Fyrescape year one ends next month!

Day Three Hundred Twelve - Overkill Day Six

Today I did not do my 3 mile walk/run or my weights workout. Had to get our laundry done so I put off the morning workout. Finished my gallon of water today though.

This evening I did DDP yoga, along with my crunches, cross leg lifts, pushups, and my dumbbell workout! The whole thing takes about an hour tops!

Day Three Hundred Eleven - Overkill Day Five

My legs aren't as sore today. I was feeling pretty good, but still tired. I did 3 miles this morning again. I didn't intend on running today because I was pretty tired, but I did anyway. I didn't run as much as previous days, however. Just light running! My legs are really beat, though. I tried a fast pace run while coming home. Not too far, just up a long hill and dang my legs were so tired it felt like, even during my fast pace, that I was going in super slow motion. I had no strength! So, that's good.

When I got back, I did my outside weights workout consisting of 30 deadlifts, 20 bench presses, 7 100lbs curls, and some jump roping. My legs, once again, were way too tired so I did only a few jump ropes, then I stopped.

Finished my gallon of water. Then this evening I did my DDP yoga workout, along with 40 crunches, 6 cross leglifts, and 6 pushups. I followed that with my dumbbell workout. I'm feeling really good! My arms aren't sore like the other day. I'm feeling stronger, especially in my arms. It's an Awesome feeling. Tomorrow I think I'm going to do the same thing as today, then do my last day of the week, Saturday, with my Bowflex workout instead of the outside weights. I'm really planning on mixing it up so I don't get used to just one thing.

One thing I realized today was that this is the first time I'm really getting serious about my Fyrescape. Before, the only focus I had was dropping weight. I went out and did 6 miles, then that was it. I'll admit, when I first started and throughout the summer, I was doing good because my entire day revolved around my 6 miles. Once August came around, I started lagging. By September, my focus was being pulled off because of my Elk Hunt, then with all the work I did at church. By October, then through November and December, even the beginning of January, I was really slacking off. My walk had been cut down to 3 miles. I was just out there strolling too, not power walking like I did all summer long. So that didn't do anything for me, then being as it was the holidays, I was letting my diet slip. Not a good idea! I learned very valuable lessons there.

1.) Don't ever let yourself lose focus on your fitness goals. No matter what, Keep Doing It!
2.) Regardless of how hard it may be, always stick to your diet, even during the holidays.
3.) Don't get lost in drinking Diet soda. Just because it says "diet" doesn't mean it's good for you!
4.) Drink a gallon of water EVERYDAY, at least!
5.) If you feel pain in your knees, Stop and go easy for JUST A SHORT WHILE.
6.) DO NOT BASE YOUR PROGRESS BY THE WEIGH SCALE!
7.) If you keep doing the same thing everyday, your body will get used to it. You need to mix up your workouts and keep your body guessing.
8.) Challenge yourself everyday!
9.) No matter how tired you are, or how sore you are, GET YOUR ASS OUT THERE AND DO IT!
10.) Only take ONE rest day per week. Never take more than that!

Those are some of the most valuable lessons I learned, but I learned them thru mistakes. I would have probably been so much further in my progress if I had known all of that stuff back when I started in April of last year. But I've never done this before! I have never been into fitness like this. I'm learning as I go and recording my mistakes so I know to never do them again in the future. The last and most important lesson I've learned is this:

NO MATTER HOW BAD YOU FEEL, OR HOW LOW YOU FEEL, OR HOW NEGATIVE YOU FEEL...DON'T EVER QUIT! PROGRESS TAKES TIME AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST OR SLOW YOU GO, IF YOU KEEP IT UP, YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS! DON'T EVER GIVE UP!!!

Day Three Hundred Ten - Overkill Day Four

Four days straight now! I am really sore today. My legs, everything. I got out there early today and did my 3 miles. Lots of ppl down at the ditch where I walk, but I still did my full walk and I added lots of running in there once again. Not as much running as yesterday, but still added some. When I got back, my legs were so sore. I could not do my weights workout or the jump ropes. I was way too tired for that. Came home and I stretched out my legs really good. That's one thing I'm not doing before my walks, is stretching. I need to start doing that. I stretched out really good, then had breakfast.

I did things different today. I wanted to challenge my body so I'm not going to stick with one pattern each day to where my body gets used to it. The fitness guides I've read say to mix it up so your body doesn't get centered on one thing. This was my plan from this morning, so I called off my outdoor weights workout. About midday, after my stomach settled from breakfast and I had my energy full, I did a Bowflex workout in my weight room. That workout consisted of (I don't know the exact names) but pull downs, bench presses, leg lifting, lower back lifts. I'll get the exact names as I go along. After that, I did 20 Ab lounge crunches. Those are really good, like situps. I haven't been doing situps but I'm going to work that in over time. Afterwards, I did 15 minutes on the exercise bike. By the time I was done, I was pouring with sweat but kept myself hydrated. It was an intense workout.

This evening I did my usual workout consisting of DDP yoga (Diamond Dozen), 40 ab crunches, 10 cross leglifts, 5 pushups because I was too tired to do more, and my dumbbell workout. Really super tired. One thing I am concerned about is whether I'm not eating enough for this kind of working out. This morning I did my 3 miles and didn't have any food in me, which is normal. I usually only have a cup of water then I'll eat about 3 or 4 crackers and head out. I ate my breakfast, which gave me tons of energy for my midday workout, but my evening workout was before I ate dinner and that really burnt me out. I'm going to try and keep myself energized throughout the day. I need to eat small portions of something so I can keep up my energy. I had an orange today after my midday workout. I want to add more fruits to my diet. That's also my goal. This evening, my workout was really tough and right now, my body feels amazing, but really tired.

Day Three Hundred Nine - Overkill Day Three

Third day out! I did 3 miles this morning and added lots of running in there once again. I'm running longer distances now, compared to long time ago. I find I don't get tired so easily and my breathing has improved. I was really sore today from yesterday, but I still pushed myself. When I got home, I did my weights workout. 30 deadlifts, this time I did 30 straight jump ropes without stopping, and 5 curls. I finished my gallon of water today and once again drank it throughout the day.

This evening I did my second workout consisting of DDP yoga again. I'm starting all over from the beginning. I'm doing the 'Diamond Dozen' and getting a feel of all the moves, as well as trying to remember all of them. Lisa can do the workout just by listening to the recording. I haven't done it as long as her so I need to really get to know the names of everything before I can do that. So I plan on doing this same workout for a couple weeks in order to get everything down, then I'll move up to the first major workout which is, 'Energy'.
After DDP yoga, I did my 40 crunches, 7 cross leglifts, 5 pushups (still very sore arms), and my dumbbell workout. The whole workout takes about an hour, including DDP yoga. I'm sweatin like crazy and my arms are really burning from the dumbbell workout. It feels great and I'm really looking forward to where I'll be in a month.

Day Three Hundred Eight - Overkill Day Two

Second day of hitting Fyrescape head on! Today I did 3 miles and I added lots of running in there. I drank my gallon of water throughout the day, instead of taking big gulps at a time. I've found that if I drink it little at a time throughout the day, then I don't have to go to the bathroom so much. Another plus there!

When I got home from my 3 miles, I did my weights workout outside. I did 30 deadlifts, 5 100lbs curls, and 10 bench presses. I did just a few jump ropes because I was so tired by the time I was done. My legs were really shaky but they felt great!

This evening I did my second workout. I did DDP yoga again, along with my 40 crunches, 7 cross leglifts, 6 pushups (still training myself hard on that), and my dumbbell workout afterwards which was the same as yesterday. Pretty tough day, but I'm feeling really good.

Day Three Hundred Seven - Overkill Day One

This is the day I'm going to really start pushing myself. I'm going to build more muscle and really kick ass out there! I'm not messing around anymore. I figured out a lot of things today. One, I really screwed up on this Fyrescape Blog. Lately it's turned more into a daily journal than a fitness blog that just tracks my daily activities so I can monitor myself and keep track of what I do. No More! From now on, I'm only going to be putting what I'm going as far as fitness goes! I am really going to get serious about this. So I looked back on all my blogs and got this list down:

September 20, 2014 checked my weight after Chama Elk Hunt. Weight was 317.

January 19, 2015 checked my weight and I gained 17 lbs since September. Weight was 334.

January 20, 2015 started exercising hard again after realizing my walks weren't very tough

February 7, 2015 started drinking a gallon of water daily.

February 28, 2015 checked my weight and I gained 4 lbs since Jan 19. Weight was 338.

As of March 1, 2015 been at walking a strong 3 miles and occasional weightlifting for 6 weeks.

March 1, 2015 marks the 23rd day of drinking a gallon of water per day.
Now sometime around October 22, give or take a few days, I checked my weight and I weighed 324. I put on seven pounds. I got pretty freaked out, but I didn't give up. I just kept at it. Plus during that time I was really focused on doing things at the church. My Hallowed Eve 7 as well as the Christmas float and the Christmas Program. So I was really distracted, then came the turmoil with my family and my sister. That really threw me off my game. So from now on I'm going to monitor myself and ONLY put the things I'm going in these blogs. Now I don't know what kind of weight I put on, I really don't, but I know for sure that I did not gain any inches. My clothes fit me just like they did last September. I'm wearing clothes that I couldn't fit into for years and years. Nothing has changed as far as inches. That is certain because I checked it all yesterday when I freaked out. I'm going to start building muscle from now on.

Ok today I did not walk. Why? Because it snowed all day yesterday, then all night, but then it stopped and this morning, it was really slushy and muddy all over. After yesterday I wasn't about to go out there and slip around. I'd be walking to slow anyway to keep from slipping so I wouldn't get much out of it. This evening though, I did a hardcore workout! I did DDP yoga. I did 40 crunches and I'm up to 8 leg lifts. That really kicked my butt. After that, I did 5 push ups. I'm training myself to do push ups. By the years' end, I want to be able to do 100 pushups. I'm not messing around! After that, I did my dumbbell workout. I have a 30 pound dumbbell and I did 10 curls with each arm and 10 back curls where I lift with both my hands behind my head. and I did 10 standing lifts with each arm. Afterwards, I rode my exercise bike for a few minutes. I wanted to try and do 10 minutes, but I was so burnt out by now that I couldn't do more than just 3 minutes. Right now, I'm completely winded and my arms are super tired, but I feel great! That DDP yoga workout was killer. I was really breakin a sweat with it. Tomorrow I'm going to do 3 miles, but I'm going to add more to it. I'm also going to start training myself to run. My knee is feeling pretty strong so I know I'm able to do 6 miles again. I just haven't because I got too used to just doing 3. I'm going to work back up to six miles every day, but this time I'm going to do it differently and mix it up. I'm going to power walk 3 miles, add some running in there, then I'm going to train myself to run the next 3 miles. I'll start off with just an extra mile, 4 total, then work my way up to 5, then 6 finally. I have a pretty good plan. Also tomorrow I'm going to do the exact same workout I just did this evening. That is going to become a daily thing. This month and next month until April 28, which marks my One Year of Fyrescape!