Day 23 - It's a juicy kinda day!

ABOUT ME

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover" - Mark Twain

"I dare you to try." -Me

I heard The Roches singing the the "Hallelujiah Chorus " from Handel's "Messiah" in my head this morning. I'm on the right side of 155 lbs. for the first time in over 10 years. After days of frustration I finally got a little relief. Yes, my friends, slow and steady wins the course. Persevere. Persevere. Persevere. I am a rock.

For the first time since this whole journey started 23 days ago I am truly letting myself embrace and BELIEVE that I'm actually going to do this. Yes, I can talk a good game and put on a good face but it's finally actually sinking into my psyche. I'm gonna do this. I'm actually going to lose 20lbs in 30 days. That's AMAZING. Really - it's flipping AMAZING.

In continuing the shake-up of my life, KC has put me on a juice regimen for 2 days. Real juice. I watched it be created from real carrots and apples and ginger. It's yummy and tangy and satisfying. I didn't think I could actually do "just" juice. Yes, I'm hungry. But who am I kidding - I'm NOT going to starve and it's NOT going to kill me. I'm just going to be hungry. I can do this for 2 days. Like I said in the beginning of this journey - it's NOT forever. It's to kick-start my ass into gear and then we move into a program of moderation. Besides - I really do dig shaking my life up and getting out of the doldrums of routine. It keeps me frosty.

There are a couple of other cool milestones besides being on the right side of 155. Unbelievably - I did a pull-up. Not from a standing position or anything that momentous - I gave it a hop, but it's a real-honest-to-god pull-up. AND... I got through the tough ab work-out on my beloved "I Want That Body" video with Tamilee Webb this morning. Now, it wasn't all neat and controlled like I am on the beginner's work-out. But I got THROUGH it. I've had that video for probably 8 years and NEVER made it through the tough ab work-out before. I'm rocking! Who says middle age is downhill? Baby - I am climbing and on my way UP!

The keys to the world of Buff-dom (as in - being buff not being IN the buff ;-) are in my hands and I have begun unlocking the door. Pretty cool and not bad work for 3 weeks and a couple of days.

Here's the REALLY good word:

STATISTICS

Height - 5' 7-1/2"

Weight - For the record, I'm weighing in next to nude on the same scale, around the same time every morning before eating or drinking anything.

WEEK ONE - Wednesday, July 15 - Tuesday, July 21, 2009

DAY 01 - 173.4 lbs

DAY 02 - 167.3 lbs
DAY 03 - 165.0 lbs
DAY 04 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
DAY 05 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
DAY 06 - 162.8 lbs

DAY 07 - 161.6 lbs

WEEK TWO - Wednesday, July 22 - Tuesday, July 28, 2009

DAY 08 - 160.2 lbs

DAY 09 - 160.4 lbs

DAY 10 - 159.2 lbs

Day 11 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in

Day 12 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in

Day 13 - 159.4 lbs
Day 14 - 157.6 lbs

WEEK THREE - Wednesday, July 29 - Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Day 15 - 157.0 lbs
Day 16 - 158.2 lbs

Day 17 - 157.0 lbs

Day 18 - 157.1 lbs

Day 19 - I was away and couldn't weigh in

Day 20 - 155.0 lbs

Day 21 - 156.1 lbs

WEEK FOUR - Wednesday, August 5 - Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Day 22 - 156.2 lbs

Day 23 - 154.9 lbs <-- 1.5 lbs to go to the 20 lb mark!

FOOD

Breakfast

• 2 cups of coffee
  
• Juice: Carrot, apple, ginger

Snack

• 2 cups of decaf green tea
• Juice: Carrot, apple, ginger
  

Lunch

• Juice: Carrot, apple, ginger
  
• 1 cup of decaf Kombucha green tea

Snack

• Juice: Carrot, apple, ginger
  

Supper

• Juice: Carrot, apple, ginger
• Decaf blueberry tea
  

EXERCISE

• 15 minute ab workout (Tamilee Webb "I Want That Body" Ab workout) WOOT! I got completely through the 2nd session - the tough one.
  
• I can also do a pull-up for the first time in well over a decade (just one but that's 100% more than ZERO)
• 3.1 mile power walk
• Random pullups