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!

GOOD MORNING PEOPLES!

WOW! I ate BAD on Saturday! But it was allowed and yesterday I was back on track! I ate so awful on Saturday that I felt sick most of the day and didn't want to eat that way anymore. In the morning KSTS & I went for our run and we kicked some major ass! We warmed up then ran for a solid 20 minutes without stopping! I know to some that doesn't sound like much, but that is a butt load of running if you are not used to it! That is longer than I have EVER ran in my life and longer than KSTS has ever run in her life, EVER!!! That is pretty freaking awesome!

I will give you a brief run down of the bad food cheat day - that is allowed and encouraged on this eating day!

Breakfast - Normal high protein. Eggs, chicken meat, salsa.

Second Breakfast - apple fritter, long john, 4 cookies! 2 glasses milk

Snack - (not cause i was hungry, but cause it was there) more cookies!

Lunch - Burger King - 2 double cheese burgers, chicken fries, 2 large cokes!

At this point I am feeling pretty sick to my stomach and gross. And for the rest of the day I was blah....

Dinner - Skipped due to not being hungry at all! Went to the movies and got popcorn and another coke!

Late night snack - Cookies - Lots of cookies - I lost count....

End results - Felt like bootie stank and was more than ready to get back on track this week!

I didn't weigh myself yesterday cause I knew it would be ugly. So I will just go with the flow and weigh again on Saturday morning and update everyone of my results! I am going to post some pics of this mornings breakfast and our run! Good luck to everyone and keep telling me how you are doing! McDowell Babe, are you still doing pushups and situps before bed or shower in the evening?? How many are you up to now?

Breakfast this morning - Eggs, fajita steak, salsa!

We were feeling victorious after our run Saturday morning! 20 minutes straight guys! COME ON THAT IS KICKIN LIKE VAN DAM!!! Check out that pompadour I am sporting!

Just weighed in. 320! Down 9 lbs since Monday! Total inches are 151.5. Heading out for a run then a day of bad food!!! Life is sweet!!!!

Hello all my peeps! The diet is working! I am feeling pretty good and MUCH less bloated, even with all the  beans! I have decided that my new weigh in day will be Saturday morning. Part of what we are doing says you need to spike your calories once a week with an off day! OH YEAH! KSTS & I have been planning what to do on our off day and we are getting pretty freaking excited! But truly the diet is working - I feel good, have lost weight, and don't find it hard at all to stick to this way of eating. My Love is having a bit of an issue with boredom and not digging the beans! But she is losing to and she is very much so looking forward to two cream horns in the morning! I will weigh in the am and post some number for you. And we are going to measure ourselves tonight!

Couch to 5K is kickin like Van Dam! Tomorrow morning we are going to go to a track and do our running. After our warm up we are supposed to jog for twenty minutes (and cover 2 miles) HOLY CRAPOLA! It is a little intimidating to be honest. I will let you know the outcome. BUT it is getting easier... If only ever so slightly :)

I will give you an update ASAP! So far I am digging this week and hope it keeps on crack-a-lackin! 

Last night we dined out and here is what our food looked like!

This was not dinner last night! But this was lunch! Turkey meatballs, black beans, pico de gio (sp?)

Dinner from a couple nights ago - Chicken, cauliflower, mixed veggies, and eggs! Supposed to be like a chicken fried rice - minus the rice...

Left over chicken fried rice served as lunch & breakfast another day!

My dinner last night - Tuna steak, spinach, and asparagus! BTW, asparagus really does make your pee smell funny! Who knew???

 

 

KSTS dinner - Roasted chicken and asparagus! 

Test from phone... I am so freaking technical aren't I!

 

Breakfast from yesterday! 1 hole egg, 4 egg whites, serving of ground turkey sausage, and some salsa!

Breakfast this morning! 1 whole egg, 4 egg whites, turkey sausage, black beans, and a little spray butter! mmmmm!

Lunch yesterday - 1.5 cups black beans, can of turkey breast, salsa, guacamole, salsa!

Dinner Monday night - Squash, chicken, guacamole, salsa!

KSTS dinner the other night - Same as mine, but better presentation!

Good morning my Peoples! Our run yesterday was not that bad! It really sucks getting up that early - no lies there! But the actual running was not as bad as I thought it might be. My legs felt strong and I didn't feel so awful when doing it, but my breathing is still not right. I am not making excuses and so I hesitate to mention this, but I had asthma pretty bad as a kid. It seems to be gone for the most part, except when I exercise... I think that part of my breathing issues is simply how large and overweight I am. So I will just deal with the labored breathing for the time being. If I am still struggling when I am a skinny boy then I may agree that I still have a touch of asthma.

I weighed in this morning! 323 lbs even. Now this is down .2 from last Wednesday which is not that big a deal, but if you consider that I basically was binge eating Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday (cause I have NO SELF control) and weighed Monday morning out of curiosity and I was 329.... 323 is pretty exciting! WOW! That was a run-on sentence! I will measure up tonight and post those numbers later. I also have been trying to upload pictures from my phone and they have not been coming up????? So I will post some now!

This way of eating has not been that hard for me since I really enjoy mass quantities of protein, but oh how I miss bread... Only 2 days of this and I feel like I haven't eaten a slice in months! I wonder if I can figure out a way to make bread out of black beans??? 

Good day kind people who live here in Robusto Land! I am going to keep this brief today because I am trying to work some mojo here at work!

Today KSTS & I started a new eating plan. I have a friend who turned me onto this eating way of life and I liked what it had to say, so we are doing it! Basically you eat no white foods. No pasta, potato, rice (even brown rice), sugar, etc.... Anything that can turn into sugar in your body (which is A LOT of things) are not good to eat. No more soft drinks, even the diet ones - aspartame is not good for you! No fruit except on certain days. Things like that. Basically beans, meat, veggies. It sounds kind of boring, but the results some people are having look fantastic, so why not!

Remember Wednesday is our official weigh in day, so I will post me weight and measurements then. I am going to measure waist, arms, legs and add them up for a total. Then every Wednesday we will post some results. I am eager for some big numbers! The beach is coming and I am not ready yet!

Also, pray for me! Tomorrow starts the next 4:45 am running session and this is week 6 (but we are running our week 5 schedule this week). Warm up walk then: run for 5 minutes, walk for 3 minutes, run for 5 minutes, walk for 3, then run for 5 minutes! HOLY CRAP THAT IS A LOT OF RUNNING FOR A LARGE PERSON LIKE MYSELF! But if those fatties on the Biggest Loser can do it, so can I! Don't be offended by me calling the BL people fatties - I am just as big as they are, and they are fatties! ADIOS!

OH! Almost forgot - I am going to take some pictures of my food and post it so we can keep track of how this is working. I am going to post from my phone so lets hope it works!

The Great Blog-Off: Challange uno!

So Mrs. Robusto thinks she has a fine tuned Swiss watch embedded in her inner self. She may be right... BUT only part right! If you know the lay of the land where we exercise there is a loop that has many hills to traverse. If do a complete 5 minute warm up walk it places us right at the top of a steep down hill slope. I personally hate to run down (or up for that matter), so I have adjusted our warm up walking slightly... Sometimes we walk pretty fast and we I start us running after only 4 minutes, other times we walk slow and I do start us after 5 minutes (or longer if we are slackers!). But I try to start us in a position that is easier for us to get about fifty yards of running in before going downhill.

Secondly! When we alternate our running to walking ratio I do not flub on the seconds or time in any way! I try to start us and stop us right on time. Sometimes we walk 5 or ten seconds too long so I have to adjust that accordingly. BUT we only run for the allotted amounts. Scouts honor! I think the reason my little wifey poo feels that I am taking seconds away during our break session between runs is because I get so far in front of her, then I walk back to her, we walk together for a short time (because it took seconds for me to walk back to her...), and then before you know it it is go time again! So I promise I am not busting her off on this aspect of our runs! I only bust her off in other areas of our life.

NOW! Here is the real story! I believe I saw something in her last message bout me "enhancing" stories! It is true I like to add a little zing like in any good fish re-enactment, but do not think I am the Lone Ranger on this one! When Mrs. Robusto talks about some things they just keep growing as the story keeps going! One of the many reasons I adore her! You know she is only 5'2", she has to add a little zing of her own!

Bring on the next round of Blog-Offs my dear! I am ready to deliver a sword-hammer to any quirks!

Quick update on the Wednesday weigh in: 323.2, down slightly from Monday. Remember, NO MORE WEIGH INS ON MONDAYS! So NEXT Wednesday lets see how I turn out! Good luck! I see that McDowellBabe took me up on my push-up & sit-up challenge! How did it turn out for you? Has anyone else taken up a slightly more active role that is more than they would normally do? How about eating your lunch while walking around your place of business??? I do that sometimes when I can! Last night was chest, shoulder, triceps P90X - my chest and triceps are sore this morning! But a good sore I like!

THE GREAT BLOG-OFF

Well it appears my wife - Mrs. Robusto - has started a blog today! Please visit her blog here! I am quite impressed with her skills and am humbled by her inspiration. BUT I WILL BE VICTORIOUS! Mrs. Robusto I will take your challenge and be the winner of this quest! We leave at first light!

To be continued.....

Good afternoon all! Well I weighed in this morning - 323.8. It is down from last Monday, but still not back to the 319 from 2 weeks ago. Oh well. You know I am making a new decree -

"Thou shall not weigh on Monday's"

I think I am still carrying around some water and bloat! I am going to start weighing on Wednesday's and reporting then. I am tired of getting discouraged because I ate a little too heavy on the weekend. Yes, it happened again this weekend. My parents are BAD food companions! They encourage you to eat like a rolly poly! Anyway! KSTS and I did run, but we ate not good - but we didn't eat awful either. Anyway today I am eating well and back on track!

It is super hot here right now! So we have decided to start running in the mornings before work. I was not able to this morning because I had to be at my office quite early, but tomorrow we are waking up at 4:45 am to go run! It sucks to wake up that early, and it sucks to run period, but I will say that I feel amazing afterward! It is like when we were doing early morning spin classes - it was so hard to get motivated and get in there, but after you get take a shower and are on the way to work I feel like dancing! I guess it is the endorphins. Whatever it is we are going to run in the morning and I can't believe I am admitting it, but I can't wait!

Out of curiosity has everyone been trying to move more? Did anyone take up my dried bean idea??? Put 5 dried beans in your pocket in the morning then try to walk for ten minutes several times during the day, after a ten minute session throw out a bean - then when all the beans are gone you have accomplished something without even having to try hard! How bout doing ten push ups and ten sit-ups a night before your shower? That would take like literally 3 minutes - even if you do girly ones! Then over time I bet you could build up and do more and more! What if you just tried to add one every week? Just a thought on trying to do better and move a little more. I know it is super hard to commit to an hour of working out or even 30 minutes, but a couple minutes a day is not going to kill you!

So just an update. Week four of couch to 5K was brutal so we are going to repeat week four again this week. Week 5 is still a little daunting. So tomorrow at the ass crack of dawn we will be warming up then running for 3 mins, walk for 90 seconds, run for 5 minutes, walk for 2.5 mins, then repeat! Hopefully we will feel good this week and be ready to move on! I will report in again later in the week my peeps!

Hello all! Well I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. I had a bit of a rough weekend and apparently ate quite a TON and I was feeling a might bad for myself the last couple days... Oh well.. Even after all the running and working out I weighed in at 327.2 Monday morning! Considering that the previous Monday I weighed 319.2 I was quite astonished with my gain! And quite upset. I ate good last week and worked hard and I was bad this weekend. We spent all weekend with my Mom & Dad and they are a BAD influence! Really bad! But 8 pounds in a matter of a couple days???? SHOCKING! I am a fat bastard!

So... Monday I ate okay, but was unmotivated. I felt sluggish and lousy and I got some news that I was not happy about so I let that affect me... Oh well.

Tuesday I ate good but could not get motivated to get in gear. I felt less sluggish and less lousy.

Today! I feel pretty good! I feel back to normal for the most part and even though it is hotter than hadies outside I am running tonight! I missed my Monday run, but not tonight! This is the start of week 4 in the couch to 5K and I have got to stay on track! I am truly excited about running the 5K. I don't know why, but it is like having a personal goal and it is something I can see me reaching. So it excties me!

Wish me luck everyone. If I weigh on Monday 6/13/11 and i am up again or still in the 320's I may have to kill someone!

Okay - Everyone has been asking... I mean, only two people have been asking, but when you only have 8 followers that is like a large percent!

This is from Tuesday evening. I had just finished a grueling session of Plyometrics! KSTS tried to get some movement shots, but I was just too fast for my I Phone!

This is from last night. If you look below I was not really sweaty after our P90X arms & shoulder workout, but then we went for our Couch to 5K run and BRUTAL! At 7:00 PM it was still 94 degrees outside! We are in week three so it was good running and I was sweating like a pig!

Stout aren't I! Or robust....

This is the Michael Tucker Pose! Made famous by the Big Hook himself! Maybe I will invite him to view my blog...

Little tricep horseshoe developing again

Obviously this is with my gut sucked in, but look! You can see the outline of the bottom of my ribcage! It has been missing for quite some time!

Normal stance - not a pretty site, but I promise I am changing!

So here are some pics! You can go throw up now after having to look at my dead sexy body! It looks a lot better than it did 50 pounds ago! I have been feeling a touch bloated this week??? Maybe a little too much good food this weekend and Monday? We have been eating great the past two days, but I feel a little bloated again this morning? Maybe too much fiber in my diet - I dunno. Anyway! I will post more of my raw sex self later! I hope I get a few more followers! Hint Hint!