Don's Blog

Another oops…but at least good news.

donaldcmichaels — Fri, 27 May 2011 23:33:06 +0000

I haven’t really been keeping up here, but I have definitely been keeping up my workouts. Pics to come, but here is a peek at the scale .

Sorry I have wierd feet.

Oh wow!

donaldcmichaels — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:39:33 +0000

Forgot to post up on here, but I will have you all know that I have definitely been sticking with a diet and workout plan! I started Power 90 about a little more then a week ago, and that has been going very well for me. I am just about down to 220 lbs, which means I will likely hit my goal for February 1 of 220 lbs! I will update with specifics when I get them (measurements exact weight etc.), but for now I just wanted to post something! My next goal after February is going to be 205-210 by April! Ultimately I would like to be a “healthy” 195ish, with a little bit of muscle mass by the time October rolls around.

Getting ready for the new year.

donaldcmichaels — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:31:03 +0000

I haven’t been posting on here, but don’t think that means I haven’t been working out ! I have definitely been actively going to the gym (generally at LEAST 3 days a week), and have been improving on my lifting (haven’t made much progress on losing weight though). For the upcoming new year, I am actually getting ready to start utilizing bodybuilding.com’s “BodySpace” for keeping track of things like measurements, workouts, and weights. I will also start making blog posts here again regularly. You can check out what I currently have up by going here: http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/donaldcmichaels/ . I already have basic measurements up on there as well as goals and such.

It is pretty convenient, as it has places for measurements for everything (arms, calves, and even neck lol). It also keeps graphs and charts of progress so I don’t have to do that myself. Keeping posts up on here keeps me motivated, which is why I intend on doing it again at the start of the year. I have improved a lot, but it is time to get serious with everything since I am used to it now. I would appreciate any suggestions for things to keep track of (aside from the stuff that is on that bodyspace site), or any other suggestions in general. More details to come…wish me luck!

Added a new page!

donaldcmichaels — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:23:34 +0000

I added a monthly comparison page, so you can visually see my progress month to month rather then skimming through old posts. You can see it by clicking on “Monthly Comparisons” on the right hand side of the page!

Month 2 Summary- Weight Loss

donaldcmichaels — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:09:11 +0000

Month 1 January Summary

Weight lost over month 1: 0 lbs. (Actually gained a little, I think it is muscle though ).
Average calories consumed daily: (I will have to figure this out later haha)

Side View:

Flex View (Lol):

Back View:

Overall Thoughts:
An interesting month for weight loss to say the least. Namely because, I didn’t lose any weight. I am genuinely not discouraged though, because when I compare the pictures from this month to last, everything seems smaller in the appropriate places slightly, and larger in the appropriate places. I blame the lack of weight loss in my inability to consistantly perform the cardio I should be doing. Fortunately the gym has mostly been a great success; every week or every other week I am improving either on weight for my exercises, or repetitions. I decided to add a back shot for completeness, although it is a bit unimpressive at the moment. I am going to force cardio down my throat no matter how much I try to avoid it. At this rate, I should probably change the name of my blog to BEEF OUT blog rather then being related to weight loss lol . I will get there, I certainly consider this month a success!

Things to focus on in March:
-Cardio
-Alternate Healthy Cheap Mobile Food
-More hardcore core exercise
I know this is the same stuff as last month, but I didn’t really work on these goals and I feel they are important.

Day 52-57 Weight Loss- February 26-March 3, 2010

donaldcmichaels — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:59:14 +0000

Day 52-57

Weight- 224.2

Food Consumed- ? Calories
Many chicken breast subs

Workout-
Did some core exercises on my exercise ball. Had a few gym workouts, on the normally scheduled days (MWF).

Supplements taken-
Took some multivitamins in the morning. Took protein shakes w/ creatine on gym days after workout.

Overall thoughts-
I am going to sum everything up in my monthly post, which will shortly be following this one!

Tomorrow

donaldcmichaels — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:00:27 +0000

Tomorrow, I will have my daily stat update, as well as my monthly updates. Hopefully there are some noticable changes ! I definitely feel them in my arms!

Day 51 Weight Loss- February 25, 2010

donaldcmichaels — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:20:56 +0000

Day 51

Weight- 224.2

Food Consumed- ? Calories
x2 Chicken Breast Subs

Workout-
Did some core exercises on my exercise ball. Today I worked biceps and legs at the gym!

Supplements taken-
Took some multivitamins in the morning. Had a protein shake with creatine after my workout at the gym.

Overall thoughts-
Ah, good workout at the gym today. I wasn’t able to do as much as I wanted on biceps, but I will get there. Nothing really new or exciting, we are going to be doing low weight high rep exercises I think once a month for some toning. Tomorrow is chest and triceps at the gym, should be good!

Day 49-50 Weight Loss- February 23-24, 2010

donaldcmichaels — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:23:49 +0000

Day 49-50

Weight- 224.2

Food Consumed- ? Calories
x4 Chicken Breast Subs

Workout-
Did some core exercises on my exercise ball.

Supplements taken-
Took some multivitamins in the morning.

Overall thoughts-
Sorry I didn’t update Tuesday, I was out at a comedy show with a hypnotist, it was pretty neat. Today was supposed to be biceps and legs at the gym, but my buddy wasn’t able to make it today, so we are moving it to tomorrow. I am pretty stoked about it; I may even try to up my progression to 40 lb curls. Not quite sure if I am up to the task yet, but it would be a big upgrade. Other then that, nothing really new. I weighed myself, not much of a difference. Should go back down as I do more cardio!

Day 45-48 Weight Loss- February 19-22, 2010

donaldcmichaels — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:54:04 +0000

Day 45-48

Weight- ???

Food Consumed- ? Calories
Many Footlong Chicken Breast Subs.

Workout-
Did some core exercises on my exercise ball. Went to the gym and worked out tri’s and chest on Friday. Went to the gym today for back and shoulders. Did some HIIT on the elliptical at the gym (x2 10 minute sessions)

Supplements taken-
Took some multivitamins in the morning. Had protein shakes with creatine after gym workouts.

Overall thoughts-
Sorry for the lack of updates recently and pictures. I would have one up for tonight, but my photographer is asleep. Busy, busy weekend full of fun. My past 2 gym sessions were GREAT, I definitely am noticing improvement. Maybe the gap of time in pictures will make things more noticable . Despite my relative lack of updates here over the past week, I will continue my normal daily postings starting tomorrow. Everything is going wonderfully so far, I definitely feel differences physically when I touch my arms (I don’t even have to flex to notice them now), and people are telling me they notice a difference when they see me in person. I will have my first weigh in for the past 5 days tomorrow as well, maybe the HIIT have made a difference in that.