Long awaited return....

Ah it is good to be back! Back in the Robusto groove! Well I am all tapped out of things to say, looks like another 3 year drought is in order. So lets get down to some brass tacks as pops would say!

1. No weight loss to speak of, as a matter of fact there has been some major gain and loss and gain and loss going on since 2012 when I last posted. So maybe the name of the blog should change??? We will think about that and then as one of Mrs. Robusto's mentors would say, we will "talk up and talk out!"

2. Lets talk about the wasting time portion of my life where I excel tremendously! I am a positive champion of procrastination! Just ask Mrs. Robusto!

3. One of my main reasons for writing again is to inspire Mrs. Robusto to write again, because lets face it... she is freaking hilarious! I am a rambling buffoon, but she can really put it down! Lets all take a trip over to her blog and make comments and requests for her to PLEASE start writing again.... We can find her blog here... http://lifewithrobusto.blogspot.com/

4. Another main reason for writing again is due to this fabulous woman

SISTER OF ROBUSTO

I mean take a look at her! She is a beautiful woman inside and out! If you put a little make up on me we could be twins! She has been requesting the great Return of Robusto! So lets see how long it takes for her to see that my comeback tour has started!

I feel like I have more numbers I should put down for some reason, but instead I am thinking that I need to get on with the blog... lets call this a journal instead. I think this is more of a journal than a blog... the name blog seems so outdated and I kind of feel silly saying blog... so no more!

So a couple months ago Sister of Robusto started fasting for her diet. She would not do anything too hardcore, but she was only eating one meal a day or maybe going for the 48 hour fast. I decided to try it and stuck with it really well for about 2 weeks... during that time I went for a 72 hour fast! Holy Moses! I know right!?! So during that two week period I lost 10 "real" pounds! Well that ended, because long term fasting sucks! So I gained all of that back and then some!

I got up about 2 months ago and decided I wanted to start lifting weights again! I got about 2 weeks into it and was feeling good! Then I had to have a couple "things" removed from my back... And it set me back again.... Because I was not allowed to workout for a month after each "thing" was removed... So during that time I got on the scale - I weighed 357 pounds! Not an all time high, but wow I am a fatty! So I started eating less food - not stopping eating all of the Full Flavor items I love, just eating less of them! And I LOVE Pepsi... but I do not drink sugar drinks anymore... I have replaced them with water for the most part and 2 diet drinks a day. A diet Cheerwine and usually a diet Dr. Pepper. I still tear it up on the weekends! I still eat Full Flavor every night! But during the day I fast, or if I eat lunch it is meager. So I have been doing this for about 6 weeks and I have not weighed because I really didn't want to know... But last week i realized my belt felt ever so slightly looser! And even though this weekend was FULL FLAVOR! I decided to weigh yesterday morning. I was 343! WTF?!?!? Best Day Ever! Mrs. Robusto and Sister of Robusto and I have been group texting about fasting and food and tie dye (that is for another post!) and wow! I have lost 14 pounds! I mean Holy Shit! That is amazing!

So the comeback tour begins today! Who knows when I will post again, but I hope it will be soon! I am not going to try and become Mr. America, instead I am going to try to become the best ME I can be. And to be honest, the best me I can be is Mr. Robusto! 

Good morning everyone! Weighed in yesterday at 330.4 lbs! Down 2.1 pounds. All I can do is keep on trucking! KSTS and I walked on a super nice trail in Newton both Saturday and Sunday. It is just three miles and pretty level so it was just a really nice walk. There was a rather interesting event that took place on Saturday, but I am hoping that KSTS will blog about it - some I will leave it at that...

ANYWAY! I assume that no read my post last week about the Spartan Race because I did not get a single response... Come on guys! Tell me I am crazy or stupid or too much of a fatty or something! Give me some feed back and a little interaction. I swear - if I had a little more interaction I might be inspired to blog a little more often!

This is a pretty busy week at work for me so wish me luck! Has anyone taken a look at our CCI Twitter, Facebook, etc...  pages I posted last week? What does everyone think? Should I keep rolling like I have been doing or do I need to change it up?? Feedback people! (Dad, I am pretty sure you are the only one ready this so for the love of God give me something old man!)

Last night I roasted a whole chicken! Kickin like Van Damn! It was quite easy and quite good! I felt so inspired that I want to roast more whole birds! I will say that I did not enjoy messing around with his little raw carcass... I LOVE to eat chicken and all meats! But I hated to stuff the little guy and mess with him.. But he sure was tasty! Tonight I believe KSTS and I are doing fish stick tacos - DO NOT JUDGE US UNTIL YOU HAVE TASTED THEM! Fish stick tacos are freaking awesome! I am not evening playing games! Tonight is also leg, back, and biceps work out! Yesterday was chest, triceps, and shoulders - I am not too sore this morning, but am defiantly feeling it! We will also do a little walking!

OH! I think everyone knows who reads this (Dad). But we are building a house! We meet with our builder today at 3:00 to talk about the walls and stuff. The floor joists are all down and the subflooring is going on today! If everyone would make their way over to KSTS's blog and send her messages about posting house stuff I am sure she will comply! She has tons of photos about all the different phases so far! And she is keeping a good log of what is going ton.

Okay! This has been a choppy random post! Sorry lovies! I am scatter brained today. Talk at you soon! 

Morning All! Don't get too excited.. This may only last for a day... maybe two... but I feel slightly inspired today! Probably because my boss is getting all fired up about this race thingy and he wants me to enter it with him. More on that in a moment.

Current weight 332.5 - Weight last Sunday 1/1/12 337.5. Down 5 lbs in first week from cutting back on food alone. Tonight - walk & lift! I feel pretty disgusting! And my pants are all super tight! And when you are heavy and bloated there are other unexpected issues with your body... I don't think I will go there today, but maybe one day... Anyway! I need motivation and a goal. My 31st birthday is in March and I would really like to be below 300. If I seriously entertain doing this race then I better start running and training right away and drop below the 300 mark or I might die.

Remember that last post about blogging and facebooking for my company and all that stuff??? Well I have been doing it religiously and have been kicking ass at it! Its because I want my company to succeed and have lots of work and I want my boss to be proud of me. ***** (So by me failing with my weight loss and not following up with this blog mean that subconsciousness I want to fail with my weight and I am not proud of me??) ***** That is some seriously screwed up thinking and I don't think I am ready to dive into that pit of despair. WOW! I got side tracked! I am going to include links to my work related blogging, facebooking, article writing, etc... I would really like to know what you guys think and I am would love to hear "CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM"!

Twitter Link = https://twitter.com/#!/CCI_Tweets Or go to twitter and look for CCI_Tweets

Facebook = http://www.facebook.com/CustomCoatingsInc?ref=tn_tnmn Or go to FB and look for Custom Coatings Inc Hickory, NC

The Blogging Painters = http://bloggingpainters.com/author/patrick-stilwell/ This is a website I write articles for and they feature me on their site! (YES, KSTS does some editing on my articles... THANKS LOVE!)

Our company Blog = http://www.customcoatingsinc.com/_blog/Colorful_Insights Sometimes I write stuff and sometimes Joe does and sometimes I just wing it!

So as you can see, I have been quite a busy beaver with all my social media work stuff. And that cuts into Mr. Robusto time!

Now to the race! My boss has entered a Spartan Challenge. I will include the link below to their site. They are having a race in Charlotte on March 24th. When you go to their website and watch the video it gets you pretty pumped up - at least it did me! But notice something in all the videos & pictures - no fatties! Mr. Robusto = fatty! So I am quite nervous about attempting the race and I need some advice. I have 11 weeks to be ready for the race. If could lose 3lbs a week I could be under my 300 pound number and probably pretty fit. The race is a 5K, but you stop every 1/4 mile and do an event. When we were doing the couch to 5K - prior to me heel acting up - I was running for a solid 20 - 25 minutes and covering 2 miles, and that was running non stop. Take a look at the website and video

 http://www.spartanrace.com/

Do I have it in me in the short amount of time? I would need some massive support and if I had a partner that could go at my pace that would be awesome... Thoughts???

Can anyone say slacker??? I am not even going to address my overly hectic schedule over the last several weeks and what I have going on at work. I am not going to make tons of excuses about why I have not been blogging and give you pathetic meaningless reasons. I am not going o say I will not tell you about my excuses, and then do it subliminally in my ramblings... I will tell you that I just get lazy from time to time and can't seem to get motivated. Hence my weight issues and other random things I do battle with.

For instance - We always plant lots of flowers and get your yard kickin in spring. Then summer comes and it gets hot and yucky and it doesn't rain and I am too lazy and cheap to keep watering the lawn and the flowers... and then weeds take over... and it is just a slippery slope. I would like to say that I will garden with gusto next year and not allow it to happen, but then life just gets in the way. Know what I mean??? It is the same with losing weight (which as of this morning I am 317.4lbs). I work out and eat right and everything is kickin, and then you feel guilty about spending time with someone and it is so much easier to eat bad when you go out rather than at home. Then you spend too much time out and socializing and when you get home you don't feel like working out or walking... you feel like getting cleaned up and sitting on the couch for some TV. Man I am a slacker!

SOOOOO anyway! This week I have been working out some. I have modified the workout plan of P90 and what I feel I can commit to - which is a four day a week 20 minute weight lifting session. Pretty sad. But I can easily do it in my bedroom right before my shower, and I have been doing it. Walking and a little running is coming next week. Oh! I don't think I ever posted about my heel and my running...

Well, my heel was really bothering me - I MEAN REALLY BOTHERING ME! When I got out of bed in the morning and I was hobbling around and grabbing the walls so I didn't fall down. At work when I would get up from my desk or walk around a job site it was pathetic. All my guys were worried I was going to fall out and get hurt (they were worried in between laughing and making fun of me...). So because I am hard headed and have testicles I put off going to the doctor for a while, like 4 weeks.... KSTS was NOT happy with me... Anyway - When I went to the doctor he told me I had a form of bursitis (old man disease) where my achilles tendon and my planters facilitis tendon meet - on the back of my heel. When I would step it was like fire was shooting up my heel all the way to my calf. My doctor being such a kind physician told me if I had come in sooner he might have helped alleviate some pain, but since I was a dumb ass he told me to stay off of it and ice it and take Motrin. That was a little over two weeks ago and you all will be happy to know that I have been going on a week of pain free walking. So lets go for a run and injure it again!

I do not think we will be ready for the September 5K we wanted to run. I am hoping to be able to do the turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning though! Wish me luck! Our beach vaca is coming up in 5 weeks! And we have a wedding to go to before then as well! I have got to be below my 300 goal! 20 pounds in a month! No sweat right??? I can commit to a month of kickin it right???

Part of my job is evolving and I am hoping to become a social media guru for my company... I know! FUNNY! Especially since I blog so regularly and do it so well... But it is going to help my company and I am going to get paid to do it, so I can commit to that! (i hope) I will update with links and all that good stuff on here... eventually... I will be tweeting, facebooking, and blogging! All about stuff at work - which my MASSIVE followers on here may not find interesting, but then again maybe you will. I will probably NOT update my work social stuff with Mr. Robusto - work people may not appreciate the language or sassyiness of this blog. And if they found there way over to Life with Robusto I am sure to be toast! When Mrs. Robusto posts she is like a loose cannon! You never know what the hell is going to come out of her! And her pictures.... oh vey!

I hope everyone is doing well and I hope I am able to post more regularly. I do like getting things off my mind and I really enjoy feed back - of course mcdowellbabe is my only religious commenter. THANK YOU! Have a great holiday and I hope to hear from everyone soon!

Well... I have let down all my loyal subjects and I am truly sorry. Ever since we got back from our mini beach vacation I have been SLAMMED! Work has been busy and had some serious downs the last couple weeks. And to soothe myself with the downs in work I turned back to my old friend a time or two for comfort... Pizza, cookies, coke, all the naughty things in life... I have still tried to stay somewhat on track with my newer eating plan and when I weighed Friday 7/15/11 I was hanging on to my 316 weight, but I have not lost any over the last couple weeks due to my naughtiness.... BUT! Yesterday I ate well all day and today I am feeling good and back on track!

When I eat bad a really feel lousy. Oh, not while I am actually eating - when the food is going down I swear the euphoria I feel must be what drug addicts feel. Or it must be like the first drink of the day for an alcoholic. It feels wonderful! But that feeling is SUPER SHORT! And then you have to eat more bad food to get that feeling. And then you are just eating, cause you tell yourself it is your cheat day and since you already ate bad today you might as well really gorge yourself.... And so by Saturday night I was feeling pretty much like bootie stank. Oh! And I didn't run Saturday morning cause my freaking Achilles tendon or something in my right heel is killing me. So no exercise and sitting around packing in the calories... But Sunday I did eat well and the result of only one day eating good???? I feel even better today! Amazing the way our bodies work.

So my heel is jacked up. Not sure what the deal is, but I am rubbing with icy/hot and resting it for this week. I will have to postpone my couch to 5k training. I AM going to start doing push-ups and some other weight training regiment starting this afternoon! I feel strongly that I am getting back on track this week. Mom's birthday is Thursday night, but I am going to eat veggies and something grilled, and NO CAKE! No matter how hard it is and how much I complain - NO CAKE FOR ME THURSDAY! Maybe some on Saturday...

Hey McDowell Babe! Your vacation is over, I am so sorry... Back to reality! Are you going to start the diet today??? How many push-ups are you going to do this evening? How many sit-ups? What else are you going to do to get in shape and start moving??? Are you going to go for a walk down your road or at a local track??? While watching TV tonight can you do 3 sets of air squats during the commercial breaks??? What can you do to help motivate yourself, what can I do to help motivate you??? It can be done! It is going to suck and you are going to not like it one bit, but after a month has gone by and you have lost 10 pounds or more you will be freaking ecstatic!

Pops! BEANS & GREENS are calling your name! MAKE IT HAPPEN!

KSTS! What is your next blog off for me?? Bring it little girl!

Weighed in 316 this am! Another great week of weight loss! But we are going to the beach today and tomorrow.... So 2 cheat days!

Hello all!

I am not exactly sure where my location will be the next couple days, so I wanted to let everyone know that I will do my best to take some pictures and post them along the way! KSTS & I have decided to go on a mini vacation tomorrow and Saturday! I have contacted tons of beach rental places to see if they have a place that is open for a couple nights. We were kicking around going to Roanoke, VA or the beach and I think the beach has won!

Our eating protocol has been going pretty well! We will pack our scale and give you an update Saturday morning of  the weigh in and inches and we can compare! I obviously hope it will be down and feel strongly that it is working because my clothes are feeling loser already! THAT MAKES ME FEEL GREAT! Our running is also going well and we will run Saturday morning wherever we end up! 25 minutes solid with no stopping..... I just may die, so if this is one of my last posts I hope everyone knows how much I love cookies! And KSTS OF COURSE!

I will admit that I have been slacking on my P90X and working out in general, and next week I am getting back on board! We have been keeping up with our running, but strength training is just as (or even more) important than the cardio. Countless studies have shown that muscle burns way more fat than cardio, and when you combine the two you get a fat kicking 1 - 2 punch! I am being awfully corny today... Sorry, but I am just in the mood to be gone with my cell phone turned off and not thinking about work or daily chores or any of my normal stuff! Know what I mean?? Good look everyone! I will keep you updated as I am able during my periods of relaxation!

MMMM.... Black beans, steak, salsa!

MMMM... Chicken, green beans, & asparagus! I know this looks gross, but it was actually pretty good!