Since my last post, I have been either running on the treadmill or going to the gym

Last week I did boxing one night and Muay thai 2 nights and the second night i did an hour of drills, then an hour of sparring which i wasnt ready for because I didnt have the gear i needed, like a mouth guard, cup, and shin pads. So i got pretty mangled.

I have all that gear now in my gym bag so im ready for next time.

And two days i didnt go to the gym during the week i ran on the treadmill. One day i did 5 minutes with the weighted vest and it really burned the hell out of my legs.

My goal is to lose a good 20 pounds at least, in 4 months so i can start to do some in house fights.

Its good to have goals, and once you accomplish ones you have, make some more.

I have been able to finish school, get a career, and do some travel. So now i want to work towards these new ones for now.

I still need to eat better. I am doing somewhat better, but not always. Sometimes ill still crave a slice or two of pizza , or some chips or pop.... those are hard to fight still.... Im trying to replace pop with flavoured carbonated water and trying to get tortilla chips instead of regular chips , and pizza i still fall for ...... I love pizza.



Music video for the day.... Bebe Rexha.... shes great.

Update

  I haven't posted in this for ages because I didn't work out much at all while I was finishing up school.

After graduating , I couldn't find a job right away so I took a landscaping job to hold me over while I kept looking. That job paid well but it was 12 to 15 hour days of labour so i'd work all day then get home and pass out and do it again. For about a month. After sending out tons of resumes and making phone calls, I saw an ad online for a technician at a dental equipment company. I know a friend who does this at another company and it seemed great, so I sent an online resume right away.

I got an interview and immediately quit my landscaping job. ( I don't recommend doing this as there were no guarantee id get it.) So anyway, I go to the interview.... They call me in and I sit down with Ken, who is the guy who was the current technician. He starts by saying , so why don't you start by telling me about your experience at so and so company and this and that. 

I was so confused because the company and things he talked about were not relevant to me at all. So I said... um, I think you have the wrong resume....

He said oh this is Andrew somethings resume... hold on ... and he leaves to get mine. So while sitting there I'm thinking.. Damn they thought I was Andrew and meant to call him and not me... crap..

So he comes back in with my resume and I'm still thinking that they had no intention to call me. 

He sits down and says oh ok well give me a minute to read this over as I had the other one read and not yours....

We had the interview, and it went well regardless. So at least I knew I'm in competition with this Andrew guy.

They said they would contact me next week sometime. They ended up contacting me the next day for a second interview with the man in charge.... Awesome

So I go to the second interview and sit in the Office of Jack. A young professional energetic man and we talked about all kinds of things, he asked if I mind travel, if I had kids , and other things. the interview went well. He said hed call within 2 weeks. 

I got an email the next day from them saying to come in the following Monday to start... I've been at this job about 4 months now and its great. on my 3rd month I got sent to Costa Rica and Colombia to train other technicians there... yes I train people now... damn. IN only 4 months ive come a long way in the company.... And I love it. Great people, the bosses are incredible and the sales people ive met were great and the office girls are great too. 

As for working out. I started to go more after getting this job because I had time in the evenings now and wasn't killing myself physically all day. Problem was I was tired still so id come up with excuses to skip the gym. So id go maybe once a week and you all know that going once a week is a complete waste of time and money.

One day at Walmart I started looking at some supplements and decided to pick 2 up. One was CLA to help metabolize fat and the other was a testosterone booster. I grabbed that because I haven't felt like myself for quite a while. Sluggish not enthusiastic.... So I grabbed it they were really cheap and figured they cant hurt.

Well right away after taking the T booster I had more energy and I was motivated to go to the gym , or to run on the treadmill at home. So ive been working out at least 4 days a week now compared to 1....

I have noticed I'm better at running now. I now to a 5 minute fast walk warmup, then a 5 minute run with a 20 pound weighted vest, then a 5 minute fast walk, then 10 minutes more of running. 

At the gym taking boxing or muay thai , I have more energy and am outlasting the young slimmer guys. I hope to keep up my motivation and energy because its great so far. 

I need to start doing more weights as well. I try to go to the gym right after work, get in at least 30 minutes of weights before boxing or muay thai start .

After running with the weighted vest. Pop this thing off and go for the next 15 minutes....

And like I used to do heres the workout hype up song of the day. I love this song .