Woo!

Just weighed in and took measurements. I've lost another two inches in the waist, and one in my hips. Putting my body fat percentage now at 35%, when i started at 57%. I'm incredibly excited. All of this means I only have 7% to go until I'll be able to get my ship date, and all of that other exciting stuff. Just wanted to let everyone know :D

August 2010 - 226 lbs, 57% body fat.

February 2011 - 182 lbs, 35% body fat.

:D
-A Jarrah

Been away a while

Don't know what's killed my motivation the past week or two. I've hardly PT-ed, as much as I HATE to admit that. Good news in regards to that, I haven't gained any weight. Irritating news, I haven't lost any either. I'm trying to get myself on a routine, but it seems to be hard for me to find exactly what I want to do. P90X wasn't really my style, it was a good workout, but I think it might not be right for my PT. Been eating pretty good still, my starch intake is killing my weight loss though, I can already tell. I eat a lot of bread and rice. I haven't heard from my recruiter since the last time we met to go to the high school, which I need to change. It'd be a lot easier if my truck didn't have a dead ignition switch though. Anyway. I need to get back to business. I've allowed myself to slack off, and look where I'm at. Same weight I was before. Funny how true it is when they say "you get what you put into it".

Weather.com tells me Monday should be only partly cloudy, so I'm going to make it a point to get to SSgt Spaulding's office if he's there. Let's hope he is. Not being in there for a while demotivates me. Let's hope this time next year I'll be calling myself a Marine. We're shooting for the weight to be off by June. 4 months to lose 40 more pounds. Wow, 10 pounds a month. That seems like no sweat. Easier said than done, though.
This update's really scattered and random, probably not very well written, so excuse me for that. I just wanted to let everyone know I'm still around.

Y'know, last night I laid in bed trying to imagine myself in a Marine's service uniform. It was hard to picture myself on a parade deck, earning the title. So I'm praying I get where I want to be. I can guarantee nothing would make me more prideful than actually earning something, and earning an EGA of all things.

About to sign off, but if you'd like to MSN me, feel free at: aminehjarrah@hotmail.com.
Think I might go for a run tonight, we'll see. I'll post again soon.

Stay motivated, work hard.
-A. Jarrah

Couple updates

So for starters, I've been meeting with SSgt Spaulding at the recruiting station for the past couple days and it's been going pretty well. Thursday I'll be PTing with him and the other poolees, doing a 1.5 mile run. I think I might go for a 1.5 mile tomorrow as well, but I'll do it on my own just to see what kind of time I can get. As far as my dieting, I'm still doing really well. Keeping track of all my calories with www.livestrong.com and haven't been going over. Next week probably I'll be trying the 3 day diet. It causes rapid weight loss, but has been known to be effective and it's not all that unhealthy. If anyone wants to check it out or try it, you can find the foods you have to eat at http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet . It's VERY specific with the foods you eat, and guarantees about 7-10 lbs lost in a week. Do not try to do the same plan for more than three days of the week.

In other news, my ankle's still holding up great. I even dropped from the pull-up bar today at the station and it didn't hurt it at all, which surprised me. I thought it might be a little sensitive, but it wasn't. Oh, and as far as my MOS, I finally decided on what I want to do. I ended up choosing 3521, which is in Motor Transport. I'll be an Automotive Organizational Mechanic.

I'll probably try for another video tomorrow, I'll wait until after my run though so I can report on how it went. I'm tired as hell right now so I'm probably going to hit the rack here soon. You'll be hearin' from me tomorrow, later guys. Stay motivated, stay healthy.



And! My friend Zach McVey is working on losing weight to enlist as well, so check out his blog/vlog at zmcvey1.blogspot.com :) keep him motivated!