Well it is over, we have done it....ran our first 5K, can't wait until the next one.
Learned a lot about how to do it better the next time, but I feel like a winner because I started & finished something I wasn't sure would ever be possible for me to do 5 years ago.
I was so freaking proud of my super skinny, tight butted, gonna take the contest by a long shot wife as she crossed the finish line, running the entire way!!! Way to go you super skinny, hot mama.....I am such a lucky man to have done this contest with the most amazing person EVER in the world...

The Drug

Well It has been awhile sense my last post, I hope all is well with everyone. Sense the last post so much has happened, it been awesome hearing all the changes in everyone. Well made it to the gym tonight after all the craziness in my family "SOCCER, BASEBALL, SCHOOL, SCOUTS" It is simply amazing the change in my life and Alis it wasn't but a few months ago that this pace with our kids would have been impossible. Well at the gym tonight I went there with the attitude that I would simply get my 45 min work out in and call it a night well almost 2hrs later I just had to leave, sweating for me has become a drug for me, I love it . I'm so proud of Ali when she tells me that she has been working out so hard she is sweating from head to toe and to hear her say "Matt I ran almost 2 miles today". This is such a Awesome experience it sad that it is almost over, but we have been put on the path now its up to us to stay on it. Good by for now keep up the good hard work and keep sweating.

love it now maybe

Well the Blogging keeps going and the time is quickly running out, another week gone so many lessons learned and still learning new things. As the challenge is coming to a end I can say the main thing that I have learned is the power of food. I look back at my life and what I use to eat and I look at the things people eat as they driver by me on the road, while there texting also. So it comes down to this I looked like what I use to eat and I use to eat allooooot. Sense the challenge Ali and I are cooking allot together in fact, I'm cooking a few of the meals myself and it is fun, I use to burn water when I cooked, so I left the cooking to Ali. But with a little planning and a little of this and a little of that, I can make a dinner that everyone around the table can say that was good thanks. But only a little pat on my back the cooking is still Ali's she is much better at it then I. Hope everyone is good, amazing changes in the Gym with everyone only a few more Mtns to climb.

Y Because we can NOW

To some this Blog might not mean a lot, But for me and Ali this means allot to the both of us, for two people that have lived below this all there life's and have never had the desire or the will to see it up close, it is now something that we have accomplished and it is a small step in a big change in are life's. It all happened Saturday Morning. Me and Ali and are 3 boys stood at the bottom of the Mtn looking up saying, do we really want to do this, with a little encouragement from our boys and a big desire to do it, we Hiked to the top of the Y on Y Mtn. You can ask Ali was it worth it and I can guarantee one thing she will say it was really a work out with the backpack on, especially when she found out I packed the bag like we were going on a 10 day hike, man it was heavy, well we made it up and we made it down, the whole time Ali and I talked how hard it would have been had we not been going through the changes we are going through right now. Man it felt good. I am so proud of Ali and my 3 boys for doing it, it was truly a builder of confidence and a builder of love for us. Doing it might not be for all of us, but doing it once and knowing now that the path it well maintained and plenty of people and a wonderful view, going low and slow it was well worth. Hope all it well with you all, keep up the good fight and I hope we can all conquer our own Y on the MTN.

I love it now

Well it has been a little while sense my last blog so here we go. At the gym a few days ago it was amazing seeing some of you at the gym what great changes we are all going through right now. My first thought is the "Winters" those two were amazing Thurs, watching them over in the corner with their trainer doing those things they called the SUPERMAN that was totally amazing, kudos to the WINTERS. Well as my title says I love it now has to deal with that big box store that Ali loves to go to and I really hate, the store is Bed Bath and Beyond, well Ali and I went there yesterday and I really liked it there it is amazing all the fun things that you can get for helping cook food, with all this food changes in our life Ali and I are cooking allot more together so it was fun buying a few fun new things to help us cook with, our favorite has been a peeler for avocado's it is cool, a fruit scrubber and some funnels for our Protein drinks, but amazing how fun it has become to simply prepare food and like a store that i hated before. Also this week I was cleaning out my cloths drawer and I found a old doctors report from about 6 years ago. I had this test done by my doctor after he told me that if i don't get in shape I will not be around long to see my kids grow up. So I share with you some of these number It scares me to wonder what I would be like if i hadn't started to change or would I be here.
Weight 285Ibs
Cholesterol 272
Hdl 62.3
pulse 86
Blood Pressure 138/89
There were many other # that simply said HIGH
So for all of you every little bit helps it will change you life Its awesome to see the change in you all

New things and better ideas

Well another week down, and many new things learned. The big things, in those two things you wear on your feet, yes maybe all of you have found this out all ready and that is the cheap shoes and higher end shoes there is a big difference in them, Ali and I went to the Running Corner Sat and had are feet fitted for new shoes they really worked with us one on one, we tried many kind on and did a little running in them, they told us the style of shoe that would work the best, well tonight for my first time I was able to run 4 miles on the tread mill the whole time, and my feet for the first time felt wonderful, it was a little pricey but o what a feeling. Also this week my wife got chewed out by a neighbor that is a distant runner that if he every sees me out going for a run with sweat pants and a hoodie on he will track me down and take them off, so I guess you want as little cloths on as possible, he told Ali if he could he would run naked, well not to worry I will stick with lighter and less cloths when I go running, hope all is well for everyone seya at the gym or class, keep up the good work and Ali you are looking awesome every day.

waiting

Well here I go again, This is such amazing thing that has happened in my life with in the past few weeks, I am seating here at the computer looking at the clock waiting for Ali to get home so I can go to the GYM, I cant believe that feeling, I want to go so bad Cause of how it makes me feel each day with each mile I run or calories I'm able to burn off. Its just amazing how I'm feeling now and watching the change in everyone i see at the gym. This is totally awesome. She is still not home. Ali you looked so good today its amazing the change in you, keep up the hard work your awesome, you will reach your goal