Raw Food Blog » 12 Week 50lb Fitness Challenge http://mrmeltdown.com Raw Food Diet & Fitness Blog Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:26:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 12 Week 50lb Fitness Challenge Fail? http://mrmeltdown.com/12-week-50lb-fitness-challenge-fail/ http://mrmeltdown.com/12-week-50lb-fitness-challenge-fail/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:59:59 +0000 mrmeltdown http://mrmeltdown.com/?p=400 Continue reading →]]>

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Back in August of 2009 I started a 12 Week 50lbs Fitness Challenge. When I first started on this insane plan I was weighing 424.4lbs. I am now at 390lbs which means that so far I have lost over 34lbs since August.

This means that if I lose another 16lbs I would have reached my goal of the first 50lbs gone.

I am at a point that I am feeling like I am worth the effort to lose weight. I have been living my life with so many obstacles that are just unavoidable.

I have been kind of down about not having lost all 50lbs by now, but the deal is that I have lost weight and that is what is important right?

I have been trying to rethink my life path as far as my career goals and relationships and things like that.  None of that matters if I am overweight and not in the best healh I could be in right?

Since I have started this blog I have made so many really cool friends that email me and some that I even talk to on the phone. This journey has made me look at health in a new way and has given me a second chance to do a full Mr. Meltdown makeover.

It is worth the effort and hard work to know that I am going in the right direction in life and it feels good. I have to say that just because something is hard and you have to work at it for a long time doesn’t mean I should put it off. I think a little more logically now and set small goals to reach and that helps me stay on target.

I did realize I am not perfect and sometimes fall off track of my diet but now I get back into the swing of it quicker. I find that it is so much easier for me to push away cheese cake and my favorite apple pie and pick up an apple now.

So if anyone is going through what I am going through and on a diet please don’t give up it is possible to reach your goals.

I am not at my goal yet but I will be soon God willing and if I am doing it then anyone else can too.

Talk with you later,

Your Pal,

Mr. Meltdown


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Hi everyone!!
I know I have not posted in a week but I had some projects that took up most of my time.
The good news is I stuck to my diet and kept up my progress. I weighed myself yesterday and I have finally reached the 300 zone!!!!!

I am now 395lbs!!! YEA!!

I am so happy right now and proud of myself! I remember not to long ago a doctor told me that “I was a walking time bomb just waiting to explode.”
I just don’t want to get to that point and this is the way I will fight it! I don’t want to prove him right.

I don’t want to wait until I am rushed to the hospital to lose weight and end up on medication with lost abilities from a stroke that could have been prevented.
So this challenge is not about to end after I reach my first goal. It is only the beginning for me and that is what’s important.
I have a long way to go, but I am making progress now in the right direction.
I went to the track today and did my mile and plan to get that in everyday this week.

I am going to turn it up now and put more into my workouts and go harder on my plan.
I made a quick video of my walking and wanted to share it with you. I feel so blessed that I am doing this and hope everyone that is working out is also doing well.
Talk to you tomorrow people!
Your Pal,
Mr. Meltdown

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400.2lb

Start: August 3, 2009
Start Weight: 424.4lbs
Week 4 of 12
Status Phase 2: Day 22
August 24, 2009

Hi everybody!

It is that time once again for this week’s weigh in so let’s get to it. Today is Monday and the beginning of a new week for me.

This week will mark the 4th week on the 12 Week 50lb Fitness Challenge. This is a great accomplishment for me just sticking to this lifestyle change and dramatic eating improvement that I’ve made.

I have been drinking my water eating my fish and lifting my weights like clockwork minus a mishap last week.

Besides that I have been doing good and ready to get another week under my belt! YEA!!

How have all of you Team Meltdown members been doing? Let me know post your progress!!!!

I know I am babbling a bit so let’s talk about this week’s weight loss. I am now down to 400.2lbs which means my total lost so far is 24.2lbs!!!

I feel so happy about that considering I was a bad boy last week and messed up. But I guess with all the workouts my metabolism is kicking in and might have helped the scale in this case a little. If there are any experts out there, let me know if that is the case?

So now here is the big Mr. Meltdown news of the week. It is now phase 2 of my diet and fitness program and I will now rewrite my workout to add a little more muscle building into my routine. I want to make sure I am lifting a little more aggressively to tone my skin as much as possible.

I have seen the results of so many weight loss stories from such great people and also the horror stories of lose skin once the fat was gone. So I am going to do as much as I can now so that I can decrease at least some of the amount of extra skin I might have once I reach my goal.

If anyone has any suggestions on this please let me know so I can take some notes. Well enough of me being long winded. LOL That is all I got for today so check out the video below and I will catch all of you beautiful people a little later!

Peace..

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