My Starting Point

As I've mentioned I've never done anything like this before and I'm not in the best of physical shape. My biggest concern is my upper body strength. I'm not too concerned with my lower body strength; now having explosive strength to jump/leap I'm not so sure about. I recently went to Yellowstone National Park and surrounding areas for a nearly 2 week vacation. I did a lot of hiking (at least for me) with significant changes in elevation. Even after the grueling Uncle Tom's Trail in Yellowstone with over 300 stairs I didn't have any muscle soreness the next day.

 

So here's my work out plan...

I've downloaded the Tough Mudder 3 month training plan and will be following this plan as close as possible. I have a few things to consider. First, I have 18 weeks rather than 12, so I am going to do the first 6 weeks twice in a row. Next, I don't have all the necessary equipment, so I am doing some substitutes for the immediate time. For example I will be doing push-ups rather than pull ups, as I don't have a place to do pull-ups currently, but I will be building one. I also don't have any weights so where possible/piratical I'm substituting household items. Besides this training routine I plan on getting 10,000 steps everyday on my Fitbit. I will not go to bed until I hit it each and every day. I will also be modifying exercises as necessary so I will be able to do something. My biggest concern is that I won't be able to do even one pull up in my current condition. So I will do leg assisted ones until I'm there.

Here's my diet plan...

I know every Fatty McGhee out there says this, but I'm not overly concerned about what I eat. Looking at what I eat it's really not too bad, portion control is my problem. So I will address that. But, I am going to make a conscious effort to reduce my sugars as well.

Here's the biggest hurdle... I am addicted to sodas and energy drinks. I am known at work for this refillable 52oz Big Gulp thermos that I get filled at 7-11 every morning. Add to that a can of energy drink and another can or two of soda that's a ton of soda. So to combat that I am going to reduce my non-water liquid intake to just 1 non-water item a day so if that is a soda, that's the only item, if it is a beer, then that's it. I am also tracking my water intake with a goal of a minimum of 64 oz a day.

I will also be tracking my calories using My Fitness Pal.

Here's where I'm at today. I plan on updating this weekly.

	7/3/2016
Weight	228.6
Waist	43
Hips	40.5
Neck	18.5
Days Exercised	0
Water Consumed	0
Soda/ Beer Consumed	Ridiculous
Fitbit Steps	50,115