Losing My Mind

So apparently I have gone completely mad. Either that or I am just extremely susceptible to peer pressure. My brother Thomas has talked me into completing a "Warrior Dash". To get a better idea of what a Warrior Dash is, just check out their website at www.warriordash.com. It's a 3.23 mile race with various obstacles to complete. Such obstacles include a wall climb, trudging through waist deep water, jumping over fire, army crawling under barbed wire through mud, and several other devices of torture. Sounds fun right?

The funny thing is, is that two years ago I never would have even considered doing such a thing. I was not at all in shape and had no real desire to put forth any effort to become "in shape". Give me my couch and a bag of Doritos and I was set. And Oreos...mmmmm... oreos.

Anyway, fast forward to when my baby was born. Around the same time I was getting my cholesterol checked and it was a little high. And by a little high I mean "Cheech and Chong high". I figured it was time to do something about it. Especially since I am a daddy now. Six years ago I had open heart surgery due to a birth defect. I can't control that. However I can control what I eat and if/when I exercise. The odds are already stacked a little bit against me so I needed to make a change in my lifestyle.

So, out of peer pressure from my brother-in-law Ben, I started doing P90X. It kind of sucks and is super hard, but I got some pretty good results out of it. I don't have 6 pack abs or anything ridiculous like that, but I did lose 20-ish pounds over the course of a year. Yay me. In July I finished my most recent round of P90X and started to look for something else to start doing. I love Tony Horton and all, but I was getting a little tired of him. So I decided to try a different workout DVD called "Insanity". The title of this workout says it all. It's absurd! In my opinion its way harder that P90X ever thought about being. It's just a crazy amount of cardio and running and push ups and jumping... over and over and over again. By the time that I am finished I am completely drenched. I dread it every morning yet I feel somewhat accomplished when its over. It's a 60 day program and currently I am on day 16. So far I have already lost 5 pounds. I am 1.5 pounds away from my weight starting with a 1! I haven't done that in forever! (well, at least not in a healthy manner. I lost a bunch of weight when I had my surgery but I was super sick so it doesn't count).

I will be sure to give you a status update when my 60 days are over. Should be around October 8. In the mean time you can look forward to seeing if I survive my Warrior Dash. It's September 24th in Tulsa and I'm sure I will have lots to share about it.

Stupid peer pressure talking me into hard things!