WHy ello everyone... New and old. It's been a long time since my last post...it's been a long time since I actually did something with this whole weird "exercise thingy". When we last checked in on Saturdaysaint (yeah... I'm in a "third person mood"), I had reached day 60 of my P90x routine. Was going to post my 60 day pictures...then i fell completely off the face of the earth. What gives you might ask? Well... moving, stress, moving again, new job, stress, newborn, etc happened...that's what. Our son is now 2 and a half months old now... and he's growing fast. He's gonna be a linebacker that one! We moved from Florida to Georgia...and lets just say we got off on the WRONG foot. The place we moved into was a complete and total dump. Not fit for anyone to live in. So within a week (filled with frantically searching, scrambling and fighting with the old landlord), we found a new place, had to reload a uhaul truck and move again. Luckily it was less than 2 miles away though. And closer to work. So thats good. Things are busy...very busy around here. We love our new place and it's such a quiet neighborhood. We love it here. But onto the part about me and my slacking with my weightloss/exercise routine.
After my son was born, It through me off my schedule so badly, I lost complete umph and want to exercise. I was so tired all the time.. I tried and tried as I might. But to no avail. I started skipping days, not giving my all... sometimes not even getting up. Then my sister in law came down to visit from Canada with her son for a MONTH and...well, trying to exercise with a guest in the house that sleeps close to the room you work out in at 4:45a.m. just isn't conducive. So there went another month. Then we get moved, and settled...and It had been a month and a half since I truly worked out. I haven't gained any weight thankfully...well... actually..taht's not true...It fluctuates from day to day... some days I'm down to 186, then back up to 191. It all depends. But the good news is...my skin is still shrinking...which means I can fit into my size 34 pants that I've been holding onto. For all those that remember my wife (well, for that matter for those that don't know us from adam as well), she has now started exercising as well. She started doing what I started a year ago, the Biggest Loser work out dvd. And I started back at the beginning of P90x's Lean Program. We're starting together, as a team. Our goal is to both lose about 20lbs by Christmas. It's gonna be WAY harder for me than her...she loses weight way faster than I do..and I am at the end of my journey... the last 20...which after looking at when I started my "Under 200" diary, that was 5 months ago. That's devastating. Breaks my heart actually...I SO should have been down to where I wanted to be by now. Thats what happens when you slack. So I'm picking it up. As hardcore as I can...as straight forward as I can. And so is she. So without further ado... here's some recent pictures of me...and then a comparison from a year ago to now. Wow alot's changed.
This was taken Last November: and here's a picture taken at a street market here in Georgia this past October:

Crazy ain't it? So...use that last picture as my "Before picture" and I have 20 more to go ish. Hopefully you guys'll help keep both me AND the wife motivated.

wlecome back - sounds like you've been busy

MAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY.... I'm so happy you stopped in!!!! just looked at your stats...holy crap woman! GREAT FOR YOU!!!!! You're doing awesome!!

Hi SS!!

Nice to see you again! It's good for your future, to know that you are maintaining and not gaining in the times when you can't manage a full on fitness routine. It's great that your wife is ready to jump back on board too! Enjoy your new diary!!!

A double whammy! First Mal, then Felici...What a good turn out... I'm sure theres tons of catching up i need to do in both of your diaries eh?Thanks for the welcome!

HEY SS!!!! Great to see you back, I hope you can find the time to stick around now.

Hey there welcome back!!I can see you haven't SLACKED
off 1 bit,you look great,Tammy

Hey there Handsome - your looking great as usual I see...Ive been slacking forever andI kinda feel the same way you do - if I had stayed at it I could be at a much better weight now - but Im not and I didnt - lol...unlike you however I have gained big time...so I might be crying on your shoulder tomorrow morning when I do my first offical reweight - eeekkk!!!

Anyway Im restartign and refocusing as well and Im glad to see you back baby!!!

Congrats two both of you on your bundle of joy and on doing this together!!!

Hey Dairy! Long time no see! I'm trying to keep up with posting... helps keep me accountable! How are you?!

I haven't Slacked? Are you kidding me? I'm King Slackman Slackerton of Slacktown! Well...I was. Not anymore though..back to my ole p90x self!

Mornin Cinder! Thanks for the compliments. Keep me posted on your progress, weigh ins... We'll get it back... no problems!

This morning was good though... Got up while the wife was finishing up her exercise... then we traded off. I did my p90x Cardio...and it was awesome. I'm a little sore... Last night, my two older kids (3 and 4) asked me if we could run laps in our backyard (which is pretty derned huge) so we went out and ran about 15 laps (yes...15 laps. Aparently I've inspired them to want to be more physical...which makes me SO happy) and I sprinted 3 more much to their excitement and laughter. So this morning...when I was doing my exercise, my thighs were a little disgruntled. But I did it. And if we keep this trend up..I'm back on track... and that makes me happy. I've started counting my calories again... being mindful of my water intake...things seem to be on the upswing..I hope!

Running around the yard with the kids sounds like FUN exercise. My yard is too tiny, and what is there is now covered in snow

hey dari! We love the yard..it's awesome here... go here: New BEAUTIFUL Home There's some pics on there!

Edit: Pardon the mess in the pics of the new house... these were taken while we were moving in... Very messy/unorganized! I'm going to try to hit some diaries tonight..check in on all my "peeps" lol

Nice! I love that awesome big yard!!!

Ugh.. me = 0 motivation. I quit exercising this morning. didn't exercise yesterday. WTF people? It's like... I got up the gusto to start again... then to be honest..got bored this morning. With P90X... I know I'm not THAT elite... but jeez..how do you get bored with a routine that is intended to come THIS close to killing you?! So I'm not sure what to do...not having the greatest fitness outlook . I have aprox 38 lbs I want to lose..and I know the last little weight is the hardest to come off..but come on now! What gives?

So... this morning was FAR better...not the best...I did the martial arts routine (Kenpo) and it was good... but I still didn't "Have my head in the game" like I usually do..which is weird...because I'm normally all for a round of Kenpo. Not sure what the deal is... I've decided to try to mix up the routines myself..througout the week. I'm just getting more and more frustrated. There's not enough time in the day..atleast I'm not gaining..well...not much atleast. I'm up 2lbs again (190.5), plateu city! yay... Anyway... back to work for me...

Your life has changed a fair amount in the last few months or so...dont be so hard on yourself...at least your not gaining - your maintaining and still exercising - credit yoruself for that!!!