Wish me luck, and stay tuned for the new / old me!

So I am not going to lie, the last two days were ROUGH. They were cleanse days. No actual food, or shakes, just cleanse “juice” and supplements. But, I got through it. Today is back to a 2-shake day and a lunch, and omg who knew a Subway Ham sub could taste so good?! lol Tonight will be another shake, then onto day 6! Knowing what to expect from cleanse days, I think I can handle them on Saturdays now, because the “normal” shake days are cake.

Any who, it’s really going well. I hope I can keep a 16lb average per month, which would mean 160Lbs off in 10 months! I Cant wait!!!! My plan right now is to get around 200lbs then “treat” myself to a gym membership again to get the USMC “guns” back. lol But, for now, Imma keep on keepin on! wish me luck!

I totally forgot I had the 9-day thingy as part of this, till I got my email this morning, and went ohhhh s**t.Yeah, 9 days of this. lol I was OK with the shakes, and the “normal” days, but I am not going to lie, this Cleanse for Life stuff is NASTY! And I only have to drink 4ozs. of it at a time!

But, I have been good. My only “snacks” that were not on the plan, was 3 stalks of celery, and some carrots a little bit ago. Other then that, today and the next 8 days will be ALL “Cleanse For Life” and water only; with some Isa-snacks every 2 hours or so. Although I know at some point in this, they “mix it up” a bit and I do get some shakes in here. Honestly, over ice with about 8ozs. of water and it’s pretty darn good! Vanilla or Chocolate, makes a nice, thick shake. Seriously it’s not bad!

There has been several times where my mind try to say “hey, idiot, WTF are you doing to me?!” but I told it to be quiet and sit down in the back row. I KNOW the prize, and for me it’s fitting in my dress-blues again. Who knows, maybe the Air National Guard Reserves will have a weekend warrior? Doubt it, at age 36, but it’s always been a dream of mine to go back, as a reservist.

But, first and foremost is losing this damn weight for ME. It’s day 3 and so far so good!

So day two started with a Vanilla shake drink. Those I like, followed by the nasty 1 oz. of the YUCK drink. It’s only an ounce, chilled, diluted with some water. Its not bad enough to make ya gag, but it aint good! lol I also took 1 supplement tab. Think of it as an Uber Bitamin-B because that is basically what is in it. Next throughout the day was about 6 bottles of watter; water bottle I think is 32 ozs. It’s not labeled so I am guessing. Maybe a 1 liter each?

Lunch I kinda made something I like, but relatively good for me. I “fried” up some london broil, with ALL the fat trimmed off (not a lot in a broil anyway!) with some Tupperware SouthWest Seasoning and one cap-full of oil in the pan. I added some onion to this. Now I didn’t eat the whole steak so calm down! lol Lunch was 1/2 of it, chopped up fajita style, over a bed of lettuce and greens, and then 2 Tablespoons of Italian dressing drizzled over the whole thing, and then peppered. WAS GOOOOD! And the leftover steak will be used at a later lunch this week.

Dinner, Chocolate shake, and more water. So as I sit typing this, I’ll be damned if I aint full! Actually feel pretty good! Later will be some more supplement pills before bed. I trully think if I can keep at it this well, I am going to be fine.

So, there ya have it. 2 days into the rest of my life. Stay tuned!!!!

So, lemme give the back story here. Heritage of 2009, I met one of the hole-8 Marshall’s. They hold up the “quiet please” signs at our tournament. Anyway, everyone that knew him kept asking him if he was sick, what happened, etc etc. I finally have a chance to talk to him, and turns out he did Isagenix and lost over 100 lbs. EVERYONE was calling him skinny, then I saw his business card. WOW. Well this year’s Heritage I got yelled at for not calling him like I said I would. This year he took my card. lol

Today I went over to his house, saw ALL of his “fat photos” of him fishing, golfing, etc around his house…ALL real heavy. Welp, now it’s my turn and I am writing this post as proof, as well as to put my entire family, friends, co-workers on notice. I’m sorry if I turn down lunches, drinks, etc, but I am going to do this.

Now, before everyone goes “yeah right” let’s recap. NO ONE thought I’d make through Marine Boot Camp at 18 years old either, and I did! Which leads me to one of my motivators for this…. I am tired of people looking at me when I introduce myself as a former Marine, and they see my “shape” and go “yeah, right!” That is going to change. I want people to look at me, as well as looking at myself, and KNOW I was, without a doubt in their mind, A MARINE.

Now sure, there is other health concerns, my liver for one, and I don’t wanna develop diabetes or worse either. So, If you are reading this far, keep going, it’s time for the good stuff.

So, how heavy am I now? Those that know me well know I HATE to mention it, but I am 364. Yeah, that heavy. Almost two-whole ME’s. Well, I wanna shed down to 190; which is CLOSE to what my max was in the Marines, of 186. This was back in 1995 when it was for 5’9″.

I am not sure of my measurements yet, but that will come tonight. So, there it is. No more drinking, if I can help it forever. No more crap-foods or Diet Mt. Dews, if I can help it ever. And no more fast food of ANY kind, if I can help it, ever again. I wanna do this, it’s time I did this, and I WILL do this.

So, here I go. Wish me luck and check back for updates often.