180
I broke 180 this week. I'm a little behind where I want to be, and it's definitely getting harder as I go. But, I'll get there.

Update
I guess I should update this.

176 this morning.

14 lbs in 10 weeks? please. It's as good as done.

How is my lovely challenger doing?

No Stats
It's only been a week since my measurements and I haven't really been paying much attention to the scale. I've just been following the program and letting the calories do their job.

That being said, I did have an interesting experience tonight. I was working out at the studio, doing military presses on the bench press. To do this, you have to be facing the mirror. The problem was, when I looked in the mirror, the bar and weights took the shape of the tool from Chicago who posts here. I reacted like anyone would, and I threw her against the wall and shatterred the mirror.

When my rage cleared up all I saw were broken pieces of glass and a barbell. I guess the whole episode is just a foreshadowing of what's to come. Ivan Drago said it best to Rocky..."You will lose." Only this time it's not a cold-war related, pro-American movie. This time, Ivan wins.

I'm Ivan.

YO! I'm BAAAAAACK!
Mood:  a-ok
Just when you thought it was safe to stay skinny and puney...she'ssssss baaaaaack!

Ok, so i'm struggling a little with the workouts, but I have good reason. Mainly, since I've been off work/school/EVERYTHING ALLLLLLLLLLLLL summer, I've gone to going to bed at 4-5 am. Now that school/work has started up again this week, I'm getting that back together. So I didnt expect that to change overnight and still have the energy to go workout.

BUT things are almost entirely in order and workout will resume this weekend sometime.

The food front looks good. I'm sure that i"ve dropped lbs this week, but not into checking. I will check it next week, maybe friday, Sunday Sept 3rd? or Monday Sept 4th. I'm not sure if I'll post it, but I will definitely say whether or not I lost weight and if it was significant or just pennies...

That is all for now. As I said, worked all week, went to class at night and did another job...just walked in and can barely keep my eyes open.

Soooo...
To All A Good-night!
(until I wake up in a while!)

On Pace
So I took measurements and scale weight yesterday. I was about 165 on August 2nd, and was 171 yesterday, August 24. Since that's a gain of about 2 lbs/week, I'd say I'm on pace to make the "War Journal" creator look silly, unless she's chopped a limb off or something.

Good Luck, you're going to need it.

Matt Update #1
174 after a feeding frenzy weekend.

Feeling bigger every minute, and loving it.

It's On
I'm in.

grrrrr......
2nd try at this silly thing that i've ALWAYS made fun of...BLOGGING!!! oh no! i've become one of them! at least it is for a good reason. i'm out to kick the ARSE of a JOE DIRT SKINNY (and dumb) friend of mine in az in a competition! We will henceforth refer to him as The Blond Kid from The Christmas Story All Grown Up and Skinny OR The Kid Who Got Kicked Down the Slide by Santa In That Movie OR Joe Dirt, for the similarities as afore mentioned.

THE TERMS: The winner goes to the person who gets the closest to or who further exceeds (assumming we both meet our goals) the personal goals set by each.

Loser has to buy dinner, drinks, dessert (whatever) for the other...wearing an embarrassing item of clothing throughout dinner, enduring MUCH teasing and photos!

Goals: Well,do i want my information out there for all to see? like i think that other people cant SEE for themselves how big i am? (that IS, in fact, what i DO think, by the way) NO, but am i going to post in anyway? YES, she says reluctantly, knowing, however, that it is a good thing...
He, however, is the spawn of satan, and is trying the opposite as myself. He is trying to gain weight, being that he burns so many calories running though the depths of Hell each day!

MY Current/Goal: 300 lbs (not sure what the body fat % is, but lets just say that i could win an election with this % of votes!)

Goal: to reach 240lbs...again, % not important at this time.

Joe Dirt's Current/Goal: He is at 170lbs and is at 13-14%.

Goal: is to get to 190lbs and 14% body fat. (Imagine the Devil in the South Park Movie, that is the ending ideal image for him)

Deadline: December 1st, 2006

That is it. Cut and dry. The better person wins...me. and the non-better person loses...him.

Until later!
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