Hello everyone!
Well as you know I fulfilled my goal of fighting an MMA fight on Saturday night July 23rd. I will say two things about the fight-#1 it was hot hot hot #2 I lost. No excuses the other guy won fair and square. I have watched the video a few times today and still not sure what I was doing but I gave the guy a clear shot to my face and he took it. With his foot. From what I was told and after watching the video it seems that I would have won the first round but winning a round doesn't mean anything when there are 3 rounds and you don't finish the 2nd round. I give my congrats to Michael Rivera on a good clean fight.
Now--the big question--will I fight again? If I answered that today I could possibly be lying. What I will say is I am a daddy first and foremost and that is my #1 priority in life. Secondly I have some very special people in my life who either don't want me to fight again or have even asked me not to. By MMA standards I am an old man. This is a young mans sport. Stepping in that cage Saturday night brought back many memories of walking out on the wrestling mat 20 years ago and reminded me of my competitive spirit however. Flying airplanes really doesn't give you that feeling. Skydiving neither. Fastest beer drinker is still just the fastest beer drinker. One on one competition is what I was raised on and I love it. When competing one on one there are no excuses. You either win or lose and no one else is to blame. So will you see me fight again---I don't know. Right now I am going to be a daddy. I will continue to work out and if the stars align just the right way maybe. Maybe not.
So thats the answer I have right now.
Again, I want to thank everyone who helped or pushed me along the way. I had awesome support from January all the way thru this fight from many family members and friends. Thanks again to a long time friend Levi Chappell for being in my corner. Thanks to all of you who paid money to see the fights and again to those who drove in from far away.
Til the next time,
I'm out
Monday, July 25, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
On the road again!
Hello and good afternoon from a very crispy Hutchinson, KS.
In just a couple hours we will be leaving for Chillicothe, MO. I am excited to get home and see family and friends and sounds like some of them are just as excited to see us when we get there. Should arrive in Chilli about 11:30 or so.
I got a good workout in this morning and a little over a mile walk. Weighed in this morning at 167.6. Probably going to give my body a rest tomorrow except may have to steal a bike from Denny and get a few miles in around Chillicothe.
Over the last week or so, I keep getting asked the same question. Are you nervous? My answer to that is NO. Anxious, maybe a little but nervous no. I know I have given my best effort to prepare for this. I have had obstacle after obstacle along the way that I neither let get me down or stop me from reaching this goal. In a way I feel like I have already won no matter what happens on Saturday but trust me when I get inside that cage I am going in with only one goal in mind.
Throughout this journey I have lost 50 lbs as of my weight this morning. I have increased my energy, strength, confidence and overall wellness. I have had cuts, bruises, bumps, scrapes and many a sore muscle. I have had people who have pushed me along the way and others who never thought I would make it. To those of you who thought that, YOU LOSE. Again I want to say thanks for everyone who has supported me from January until now in this goal I set for myself. Without those supporters I may not have made it to this point. Also, I say thanks to those of you who wish I wasn't doing this thanks for not trying to talk me out of it. It would not have worked and only have wasted your time and effort. Thats my stubborn side but also my side that allows me to dream and live out those dreams without letting anything get in my way. I challenge each and everyone of you to set a goal or live out a dream that you have had and make it happen. There are no excuses for not living out your dreams or attaining a goal. For anyone who watched the Espy's a week or two ago there was young man on there by the name of Anthony Robles. Some of you may have heard of him and many others probably not. Anthony was a wrestler. A very good one at that. Matter of fact he was an NCAA Champion in wrestling. Some of you say so what, several people have had that title. Well this is where it gets interesting, Anthony Robles was born with one leg. Do you think this man had an excuse? If he had chose to be in choir or band do you think his one leg would have been an issue? This young man not only had the courage to take up wrestling but set a goal to be a National Champion. No excuses for him. Now how many one legged NCAA wrestling champions do you know. Watching his speech brought tears to my eyes and realized he had many excuses where he could have given up. 2 fathers walked out on him and his family, born with what most of us would consider a handicap. This kid persevered though all that and stood there on his crutches a National Champion. NO EXCUSES.
Well thats all I got for ya, except I will attach a poem that Anthony Robles has written and read on the Espy Awards. Enjoy.
"Every soul who comes to earth
with a leg or two at birth
must wrestle his opponents knowing it's not what is,
it's what can be that measures worth.
Make it hard, just make it possible
and through pain I'll not complain.
My spirit is unconquerable,
fearless I will face each foe, for I know I am capable.
I don't care what's probable,
through blood, sweat, and tears, I am unstoppable."
I'm outta here,
Darren
In just a couple hours we will be leaving for Chillicothe, MO. I am excited to get home and see family and friends and sounds like some of them are just as excited to see us when we get there. Should arrive in Chilli about 11:30 or so.
I got a good workout in this morning and a little over a mile walk. Weighed in this morning at 167.6. Probably going to give my body a rest tomorrow except may have to steal a bike from Denny and get a few miles in around Chillicothe.
Over the last week or so, I keep getting asked the same question. Are you nervous? My answer to that is NO. Anxious, maybe a little but nervous no. I know I have given my best effort to prepare for this. I have had obstacle after obstacle along the way that I neither let get me down or stop me from reaching this goal. In a way I feel like I have already won no matter what happens on Saturday but trust me when I get inside that cage I am going in with only one goal in mind.
Throughout this journey I have lost 50 lbs as of my weight this morning. I have increased my energy, strength, confidence and overall wellness. I have had cuts, bruises, bumps, scrapes and many a sore muscle. I have had people who have pushed me along the way and others who never thought I would make it. To those of you who thought that, YOU LOSE. Again I want to say thanks for everyone who has supported me from January until now in this goal I set for myself. Without those supporters I may not have made it to this point. Also, I say thanks to those of you who wish I wasn't doing this thanks for not trying to talk me out of it. It would not have worked and only have wasted your time and effort. Thats my stubborn side but also my side that allows me to dream and live out those dreams without letting anything get in my way. I challenge each and everyone of you to set a goal or live out a dream that you have had and make it happen. There are no excuses for not living out your dreams or attaining a goal. For anyone who watched the Espy's a week or two ago there was young man on there by the name of Anthony Robles. Some of you may have heard of him and many others probably not. Anthony was a wrestler. A very good one at that. Matter of fact he was an NCAA Champion in wrestling. Some of you say so what, several people have had that title. Well this is where it gets interesting, Anthony Robles was born with one leg. Do you think this man had an excuse? If he had chose to be in choir or band do you think his one leg would have been an issue? This young man not only had the courage to take up wrestling but set a goal to be a National Champion. No excuses for him. Now how many one legged NCAA wrestling champions do you know. Watching his speech brought tears to my eyes and realized he had many excuses where he could have given up. 2 fathers walked out on him and his family, born with what most of us would consider a handicap. This kid persevered though all that and stood there on his crutches a National Champion. NO EXCUSES.
Well thats all I got for ya, except I will attach a poem that Anthony Robles has written and read on the Espy Awards. Enjoy.
"Every soul who comes to earth
with a leg or two at birth
must wrestle his opponents knowing it's not what is,
it's what can be that measures worth.
Make it hard, just make it possible
and through pain I'll not complain.
My spirit is unconquerable,
fearless I will face each foe, for I know I am capable.
I don't care what's probable,
through blood, sweat, and tears, I am unstoppable."
I'm outta here,
Darren
Monday, July 18, 2011
Progress of Michele Deviney---This is copied from her blog
The following blog was written by a friend and past co-worker of mine. Michele has followed my progress as well as I have been following hers. She has made great progress in her goals and if I know Michele she won't stop til she reaches that goal. For anyone that knows anything about Michele and I we started working together approximately 4 years ago. We both chose not to like the each other pretty early on. The reasons I know of was that I wasn't her 'old boss', I did things different, and I was a little rough around the edges. Really the only reason I didn't like her was 1 simple reason. She was PREGNANT. Now I know that sounds crazy and before you all persecute me let me explain. The stories you hear about pregnant women----you know the HORROR STORIES, well those stories are what I dealt with for about 9 months. Obviously since then we found a way to work together and even formed a friendship that for me at least is a friendship I wouldn't want to be without. Michele is a very dedicated woman, she will tell you her opinion but will listen to yours and when you need an ear to vent to she will be there til your finished venting. Now knowing what I know it wasn't the fact that she was PREGNANT, it was the fact that I obviously have a knack for not getting along well with PREGNANT women. Or maybe that is only 2 PREGNANT women.
Anyways please take time to read and if you will add her to follow her blogs. I am sure you will find many motivations and great tips following her. Congratulations Michele and thank you for finally getting this written for me.
Monday, July 18, 2011
The First of many to come
So I have had many of you ask for it, so here it really is. I am going to really do this. So read away and tell me what you think.
My journey begins back when we had our last snow of winter. I had been shopping with my mom all day and well to tell you the truth getting around Sam's was not easy. Pushing a cart full of grocery's, chasing down 3 kids. Looking into my cart know that pretty much none of what I was buying was really good for us.
We go to pay and I spent well close to $400 dollars. (we will come back to this) I was sweating not feeling well and generally tired.
I got to my moms and always see her scale and treadmill and always thought man she has it easy she can just work out here. No kids just peace right here. Look out on the yard. So I stepped on the scale. What I saw shocked me. Yup there it stared back at. 284. How in the world did I ever allow myself to get here. I started to cry, but very quickly made myself appear as I had gotten something in my eye. See my mom is really big on being sure to tell me if I didn't like to do something about it. I knew I had gained weight as all my clothes had gotten tighter, and being that my youngest was 2 now, I could no longer blame baby weight as the contributing factor.
So I got home after driving in the scary snow. Told Brent that I had gotten on the scale at my moms. See we had a scale but after I gave up last time, I hid it. I didn't want to see it as I knew it would remind me that I should be working out. We agreed to work on it together. However he reminded me that this time that I had to choose when to start and I had to do it my way. He wasn't going to help me it had to be for me and only me.
It wasn't that easy see remember the $400 I spent, well like I said not a whole lot of good food. More like frozen pizza, frozen pies, chips, salsa, pop tarts, cereal, etc. etc etc. I had to make the choice to get rid of these before I could start.
I am an avid watcher of The Biggest Loser. One of which I want to thank the other of what I want to curse. The books have helped me dearly, however it has always made me mad I couldn't lose the weight as fast as I wanted to.
So it started I had to get rid of the money I had just spent. I allowed my kids to eat most of it while I started my meal plans out of the 30 day fast start biggest loser book. The food in there is really good as well as you get nice servings to make you feel full. This is a big point I would like to point out. If you are trying to diet and can't get full it will NEVER WORK!!! Why you might ask because you have to have a life style change. A diet won't work. You have to follow a meal plan. One of my favorite apps on my phone is my fitness pal. It helps you plan your calories and you can put in food you eat. I will tell you getting to my calories has been my biggest battle. I feel like I am consuming too many calories, however I am not consuming enough. Odd right. However that's why diets don't work, you can not starve yourself. Well needless to say I felt like I wasted $400. However, the thought crossed my mind, I would $400 for my health any day.
I cant thank my husband enough for telling me what he did. You can ask him I got frustrated, and I wanted him to tell me when to start and in fact it made me mad. So to prove him wrong I set out to prove him wrong. I would do this and I would do it my way. I started out using the wii. Biggest loser and wii fit. Both are great so don't take this wrong and an outstanding way to start, but they aren't going to get you were you really need or want to be. Great filler though if you can't get outside, or to the gym. Do not try to solely use these. Month one went well. Like I said though I got upset when I saw the weight not coming off as fast as I saw on TV. Well hello Michele its TV. These people have no where to go but to the gym. And at that they can go 24 hours a day. Happened to be the same day that I got an email at work from a "coach". See I have been getting these emails for 2 years and to tell you the truth I have deleted each one without reading them. I happen to work for a very good company whom care about our health. So we have a coach that sends out health tips, work out tips and nutritional information. This one happen to say STOP, you are your own worst critic. You will do this just allow yourself to take the time you need and STOP beating yourself up. Needless to say every week when I get these emails I read them now and print them off. Great information is to be found in them and they keep me going. As well as many things do.
After my first month ALONE, I got Brent on board. There were many reason to him making me do a month alone. Many things had to change. I know men lose weight faster than women and this was one of his reasons. The other was he knew I wouldn't change my shopping habits for everyone if I didn't for myself. I have found out and as silly as it may sound, shopping for healthier food is so much cheaper and you can buy in bulk just like you do with your not so healthy or what I like to call worthless calorie foods. Another big struggle and still is starting my day out eating. I don't know why but it is so hard for me. With that being said I started drinking shakes. Not just any shakes, but with soy milk and fruit. You get full healthily calories this way. In another blog I will fully go into what a typical meal day looks for me.
Month one under my belt and I wanted more. I was still doing wii, biggest loser andwii fit plus. I wanted more and had already purchased books in the biggest loser line, why not some videos. That's what I did, purchased a few workout DVDS. Jillian's 30 day shred is no joke. It helped but after almost 2 months of doing it on my own and out of my own home. I still wanted more.
I was sick of paying full price for the kids to play y sports so Brent and I checked it out. A membership for our entire family was only $47.00, it was that easy. $47.00 a month and we can work out unlimited. Well during the open hours.
And with that we were y member and still are. Brent and I both work out. He is my rock and accountability. Without that person and my apps on my phone I would be lost. The trainers at the y(even though I have not hired them) are very helpful and willing to offer up help with just a simple question.
I know this blog is long and its getting late(really I have an almost 3 year old jumping off the couch.) I promise now that its really started to follow up as daily as I can.
I know many of you want to know my inspiration and how I do it. I know that almost 6 months into it I haven't lost as much as I was hoping for and I will also explain that. Feel free to follow my blog and stay up to date with me. I will begin training for my first ever 5k in Jan. 2012 and hope to run in Texas with my sister. Many great things are yet to come so follow be inspired encouraged, know that I will be there cheering you on.
~I can accept failing, what I can not accept is not TRYING.~
My journey begins back when we had our last snow of winter. I had been shopping with my mom all day and well to tell you the truth getting around Sam's was not easy. Pushing a cart full of grocery's, chasing down 3 kids. Looking into my cart know that pretty much none of what I was buying was really good for us.
We go to pay and I spent well close to $400 dollars. (we will come back to this) I was sweating not feeling well and generally tired.
I got to my moms and always see her scale and treadmill and always thought man she has it easy she can just work out here. No kids just peace right here. Look out on the yard. So I stepped on the scale. What I saw shocked me. Yup there it stared back at. 284. How in the world did I ever allow myself to get here. I started to cry, but very quickly made myself appear as I had gotten something in my eye. See my mom is really big on being sure to tell me if I didn't like to do something about it. I knew I had gained weight as all my clothes had gotten tighter, and being that my youngest was 2 now, I could no longer blame baby weight as the contributing factor.
So I got home after driving in the scary snow. Told Brent that I had gotten on the scale at my moms. See we had a scale but after I gave up last time, I hid it. I didn't want to see it as I knew it would remind me that I should be working out. We agreed to work on it together. However he reminded me that this time that I had to choose when to start and I had to do it my way. He wasn't going to help me it had to be for me and only me.
It wasn't that easy see remember the $400 I spent, well like I said not a whole lot of good food. More like frozen pizza, frozen pies, chips, salsa, pop tarts, cereal, etc. etc etc. I had to make the choice to get rid of these before I could start.
I am an avid watcher of The Biggest Loser. One of which I want to thank the other of what I want to curse. The books have helped me dearly, however it has always made me mad I couldn't lose the weight as fast as I wanted to.
So it started I had to get rid of the money I had just spent. I allowed my kids to eat most of it while I started my meal plans out of the 30 day fast start biggest loser book. The food in there is really good as well as you get nice servings to make you feel full. This is a big point I would like to point out. If you are trying to diet and can't get full it will NEVER WORK!!! Why you might ask because you have to have a life style change. A diet won't work. You have to follow a meal plan. One of my favorite apps on my phone is my fitness pal. It helps you plan your calories and you can put in food you eat. I will tell you getting to my calories has been my biggest battle. I feel like I am consuming too many calories, however I am not consuming enough. Odd right. However that's why diets don't work, you can not starve yourself. Well needless to say I felt like I wasted $400. However, the thought crossed my mind, I would $400 for my health any day.
I cant thank my husband enough for telling me what he did. You can ask him I got frustrated, and I wanted him to tell me when to start and in fact it made me mad. So to prove him wrong I set out to prove him wrong. I would do this and I would do it my way. I started out using the wii. Biggest loser and wii fit. Both are great so don't take this wrong and an outstanding way to start, but they aren't going to get you were you really need or want to be. Great filler though if you can't get outside, or to the gym. Do not try to solely use these. Month one went well. Like I said though I got upset when I saw the weight not coming off as fast as I saw on TV. Well hello Michele its TV. These people have no where to go but to the gym. And at that they can go 24 hours a day. Happened to be the same day that I got an email at work from a "coach". See I have been getting these emails for 2 years and to tell you the truth I have deleted each one without reading them. I happen to work for a very good company whom care about our health. So we have a coach that sends out health tips, work out tips and nutritional information. This one happen to say STOP, you are your own worst critic. You will do this just allow yourself to take the time you need and STOP beating yourself up. Needless to say every week when I get these emails I read them now and print them off. Great information is to be found in them and they keep me going. As well as many things do.
After my first month ALONE, I got Brent on board. There were many reason to him making me do a month alone. Many things had to change. I know men lose weight faster than women and this was one of his reasons. The other was he knew I wouldn't change my shopping habits for everyone if I didn't for myself. I have found out and as silly as it may sound, shopping for healthier food is so much cheaper and you can buy in bulk just like you do with your not so healthy or what I like to call worthless calorie foods. Another big struggle and still is starting my day out eating. I don't know why but it is so hard for me. With that being said I started drinking shakes. Not just any shakes, but with soy milk and fruit. You get full healthily calories this way. In another blog I will fully go into what a typical meal day looks for me.
Month one under my belt and I wanted more. I was still doing wii, biggest loser andwii fit plus. I wanted more and had already purchased books in the biggest loser line, why not some videos. That's what I did, purchased a few workout DVDS. Jillian's 30 day shred is no joke. It helped but after almost 2 months of doing it on my own and out of my own home. I still wanted more.
I was sick of paying full price for the kids to play y sports so Brent and I checked it out. A membership for our entire family was only $47.00, it was that easy. $47.00 a month and we can work out unlimited. Well during the open hours.
And with that we were y member and still are. Brent and I both work out. He is my rock and accountability. Without that person and my apps on my phone I would be lost. The trainers at the y(even though I have not hired them) are very helpful and willing to offer up help with just a simple question.
I know this blog is long and its getting late(really I have an almost 3 year old jumping off the couch.) I promise now that its really started to follow up as daily as I can.
I know many of you want to know my inspiration and how I do it. I know that almost 6 months into it I haven't lost as much as I was hoping for and I will also explain that. Feel free to follow my blog and stay up to date with me. I will begin training for my first ever 5k in Jan. 2012 and hope to run in Texas with my sister. Many great things are yet to come so follow be inspired encouraged, know that I will be there cheering you on.
~I can accept failing, what I can not accept is not TRYING.~
Why you working out with your phone?
Good morning everyone!
Just got in from my run/walk earlier. Weight is holding right where I want it at 170. I'm down to just a few days left before the fight. Looks like we will be heading to Chillicothe either Thursday night or Friday morning. Sounds like the show on Saturday should be a very good show. 15-20 fights and then the live band afterwards for anyone who wishes to stay. It's not to late to get your ticket if you still need one.
I wanted to talk a little bit about my phone now. Your phone Darren? Why the heck you blogging about your phone? Well this is why. If you have seen me running, or out riding my bike, or at the gym you notice my phone is right there with me. First off, yes I am addicted to it. I check facebook to often and text quite a bit. I said it I am an phone addict, but this is about more than that. On my phone I have numerous fitness apps. I am sure if your reading this blog you have seen one my many post from my workout sessions on Cardiotrainer. I use Cardiotrainer on every workout when I am running or biking. It tracks my calorie burn, time, distance and the exact locations that I ran or biked. Since I started using Cardiotrainer I have logged 135 workouts, 33,957 calories burned and 263.1 miles walked, ran or biked. Now the miles are not correct when you take into consideration the workouts on the stationary bike. Since I am not moving it does not track the miles. Cardiotrainer now has a new program out called Noom. I haven't started using it yet but it looks like it could eliminate a few of the other programs I have used. I have used myfitnesspal and Jefit and really like them both. I currently am in the process of using C25K in order to prepare myself for a 5k run. I recently downloaded a Push-up app that will help you get to 125 consecutive pushups. I downloaded Round One timer also which is a boxing/mma timer to use during training. All of the applications I use are free downloads on Android phones. Each of them have premium apps that add more features but cost to download. At this point I have had no need for the premium apps.
For music apps I use the standard music player and Pandora. Pandora plays a style of music based off of a song, artist, genre that you type in. I use this almost exclusively when I am at the gym. When I am doing my cardio outside I use music player with a preloaded song list that I have setup. Listening to music definitely makes my workouts seem to go quicker.
I think for anyone who is wanting to start working out you should check out some of the apps I mentioned above. I know there are many more out there but these are what have helped me and ones that I have liked. They are easy to use, help to hold me accountable and FREE. My phone has been a big help in my weight loss progress.
So when you see me out running/walking or on the bike with my phone---I promise I'm not facebooking. I'm just checking my distance or time or possibly changing a song.
Well I need to get so I can check my Facebook!
Darren
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
10 days and counting!
Hello from beautiful and burning hot Hutchinson!
Well we are down to 10 days left before the fight. I have been running, biking, and doing bag workouts everyday for the last 9-10 days. I will be ready come the 23rd. Hope to see you there.
I have to go take a drug test tomorrow for a pre-employment drug screening. I have never been very good at test so we will see. I think I will be fine on this one! Been 9 1/2 months since I have worked a 'REAL' job. Trust me when I say I am ready to get back to work. Not going to disclose the job here as I have a couple other things I am working on at this time.
Looks like I will be getting to take Dylan to Chillicothe with me the weekend of the 23rd. Excited that nana and papa will be able to spend some time with him as well as aunts, uncles and cousins. He just doesn't get to see them near enough. It has been awesome watching him grow over these last 9 1/2 months. He has went from barely walking to running. He knows how to say NO NO very well and occasionly will say 'fankou' aka Thank You and even 'urcum' which I think is Your Welcome. Occasionly he will tell some pretty long stories that I wish I could understand. Not sure where he gets his story telling abilities but I can't wait for the day I can understand them. I fear I will be getting calls from the daycare about him hitting someone as he watches me workout in the basement and he loves to hit the heavybag. He barely can hold the gloves up and he will put them on and swing them at the bag when I let him.
Have a mini vacation coming up starting August 3rd. I know how can you take a mini vacation after you have been off work for 9 1/2 months. Well we had planned a family vacation a few months back for south Missouri to go trout fishing but my family has decided to make the trip a bit easier on me and we will all be meeting at Milford Lake near Junction City. It has been a long time since we were all together for a vacation so I am really excited about this. Not sure what all days I will be able to be there but I will be there as many days as I can. My parents have a 34' rv that they will be taking, my brother Denny and his wife just purchased a 25' pull type trailer that looks brand new in the pics and then I will be taking my pop-up. I will be making either my dutch oven pizza for everyone or the lasagna. Maybe both. I am sure many laughs and a few beverages will be had while there. Might even get to do some biking with Denny.
Time to shower for the 2nd time today. Just finished my morning workouts and need to get some work done now.
D-Town out
Well we are down to 10 days left before the fight. I have been running, biking, and doing bag workouts everyday for the last 9-10 days. I will be ready come the 23rd. Hope to see you there.
I have to go take a drug test tomorrow for a pre-employment drug screening. I have never been very good at test so we will see. I think I will be fine on this one! Been 9 1/2 months since I have worked a 'REAL' job. Trust me when I say I am ready to get back to work. Not going to disclose the job here as I have a couple other things I am working on at this time.
Looks like I will be getting to take Dylan to Chillicothe with me the weekend of the 23rd. Excited that nana and papa will be able to spend some time with him as well as aunts, uncles and cousins. He just doesn't get to see them near enough. It has been awesome watching him grow over these last 9 1/2 months. He has went from barely walking to running. He knows how to say NO NO very well and occasionly will say 'fankou' aka Thank You and even 'urcum' which I think is Your Welcome. Occasionly he will tell some pretty long stories that I wish I could understand. Not sure where he gets his story telling abilities but I can't wait for the day I can understand them. I fear I will be getting calls from the daycare about him hitting someone as he watches me workout in the basement and he loves to hit the heavybag. He barely can hold the gloves up and he will put them on and swing them at the bag when I let him.
Have a mini vacation coming up starting August 3rd. I know how can you take a mini vacation after you have been off work for 9 1/2 months. Well we had planned a family vacation a few months back for south Missouri to go trout fishing but my family has decided to make the trip a bit easier on me and we will all be meeting at Milford Lake near Junction City. It has been a long time since we were all together for a vacation so I am really excited about this. Not sure what all days I will be able to be there but I will be there as many days as I can. My parents have a 34' rv that they will be taking, my brother Denny and his wife just purchased a 25' pull type trailer that looks brand new in the pics and then I will be taking my pop-up. I will be making either my dutch oven pizza for everyone or the lasagna. Maybe both. I am sure many laughs and a few beverages will be had while there. Might even get to do some biking with Denny.
Time to shower for the 2nd time today. Just finished my morning workouts and need to get some work done now.
D-Town out
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Pictures of weight loss difference.
Alright I have to admit, it is just a little embarrasing putting these photos on here but even with my man-boobs I wanted to put them here to possibly help inspire someone else who is wanting to lose weight but just hasn't found the motivation to do it.
So here you go. Laugh away.
As I stated in my blog post yesterday I lost 6" in waist size. Went from 36" pants to 30". Neck size has shrunk by at least 1 1/2" and probably closer to 2". I wish I had taken some earlier measurements of my thighs. I know they have shrank a considerable amount but have no measurements to go by. As you can see the man-boobs did shrink a cup size or 2.
Well thats all I have for tonight. I'm off to bed.
Darren
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Broke 170 pounds on Saturday 7/9/2011
Good afternoon everyone!!!
Hope you all are enjoying your weekend and its not as hot wherever you may be as it is here in Hutchinson.
I finally broke the 170 pound mark today. I can't even remember last time I weighed less than 170 pounds. Although that weight was after a 7 mile bike ride and 2 mile walk and run I still broke that barrier and couldn't be more excited. That is officially 47 pounds of weight loss since January 8-9 of this year. I have lost right at 6" around my waist, you can see my ears when your looking straight at me (Michele Deviney will get this), about 1 1/2" off my neck. I feel better, look better and all around a healthier person. I may not have added any years to the end of my life but I definitely will be able to enjoy my life more with this weight loss. I enjoy walking with Dylan or pulling him in his wagon where that was a chore before. I have enjoyed looking at the old buildings around Hutch as I am riding the bike. Today I raced an Amish guy driving a tractor from Ave A to 11th St. I won. Darn near blew his beard off him as I passed him. The racing and winning part are a true story. The beard part not sure about. That darn tractor was fast. That race was about 14-15 blocks and near the end of my 7 mile ride so he clearly had the advantage. lol.
I am going to try and get pictures up this weekend of now and when I took my first pictures when I was still around 208-210. I am still not where I want to be however. I still want to tone up more and 'unbury' the 6 pack that I believe is hiding under the small layer of gut that is still there. So the pictures will show a huge difference due to the weight loss but I am still not where I want to be muscle wise. That is my next project. I would like to keep my weight in the 170-175 area but build muscle and burn more fat. I have taken my body fat % from about 32% to 14-15% already which by my calculations means a 'FAT' loss of 43.94 pounds. So knowing I have lost 47 pounds I have only lost about 3 pounds of muscle. Or it could be the part of the beard I shaved off also. Who knows. Anyways that is really more technical than I wanted to be.
I need to get off of here but will try and get pictures posted this weekend. You all have a great weekend
Darren
Hope you all are enjoying your weekend and its not as hot wherever you may be as it is here in Hutchinson.
I finally broke the 170 pound mark today. I can't even remember last time I weighed less than 170 pounds. Although that weight was after a 7 mile bike ride and 2 mile walk and run I still broke that barrier and couldn't be more excited. That is officially 47 pounds of weight loss since January 8-9 of this year. I have lost right at 6" around my waist, you can see my ears when your looking straight at me (Michele Deviney will get this), about 1 1/2" off my neck. I feel better, look better and all around a healthier person. I may not have added any years to the end of my life but I definitely will be able to enjoy my life more with this weight loss. I enjoy walking with Dylan or pulling him in his wagon where that was a chore before. I have enjoyed looking at the old buildings around Hutch as I am riding the bike. Today I raced an Amish guy driving a tractor from Ave A to 11th St. I won. Darn near blew his beard off him as I passed him. The racing and winning part are a true story. The beard part not sure about. That darn tractor was fast. That race was about 14-15 blocks and near the end of my 7 mile ride so he clearly had the advantage. lol.
I am going to try and get pictures up this weekend of now and when I took my first pictures when I was still around 208-210. I am still not where I want to be however. I still want to tone up more and 'unbury' the 6 pack that I believe is hiding under the small layer of gut that is still there. So the pictures will show a huge difference due to the weight loss but I am still not where I want to be muscle wise. That is my next project. I would like to keep my weight in the 170-175 area but build muscle and burn more fat. I have taken my body fat % from about 32% to 14-15% already which by my calculations means a 'FAT' loss of 43.94 pounds. So knowing I have lost 47 pounds I have only lost about 3 pounds of muscle. Or it could be the part of the beard I shaved off also. Who knows. Anyways that is really more technical than I wanted to be.
I need to get off of here but will try and get pictures posted this weekend. You all have a great weekend
Darren
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Just popping in
Hello from Hutchinson!
Just wanted to pop in with a few comments. First I would like to say I am about 1.5 pounds from my goal weight of 170. Heck yea! Nearly 50 pounds in 6 months. Not bad for an old fat bald guy huh. It feels good. I feel good. I'm glad I can keep up with Dylan now who is full speed about anywhere we go now.
I know I have already posted this but my first fight will be July 23rd. Going to be at Good Time Charlies just outside of Chillicothe, MO. Text, call, Facebook me or my brother Derek if you need a ticket. Still have several General Admission tickets and some table tickets for sale. By the way, thanks Derek for helping me out getting people their tickets. For those of you traveling there be safe and thanks for supporting me.
On that subject, I must say from my very first posting of my plans I have only had a few people say 'You're Crazy'. No one has tried to talk me out of this. Wouldn't have worked and I'm sure the people who least like the idea knew that! So I say thanks for all the support shown over the last 6 months. It means a lot to have so many people behind me and excited to see what happens on July 23rd.
Well that's it for today folks
Just wanted to pop in with a few comments. First I would like to say I am about 1.5 pounds from my goal weight of 170. Heck yea! Nearly 50 pounds in 6 months. Not bad for an old fat bald guy huh. It feels good. I feel good. I'm glad I can keep up with Dylan now who is full speed about anywhere we go now.
I know I have already posted this but my first fight will be July 23rd. Going to be at Good Time Charlies just outside of Chillicothe, MO. Text, call, Facebook me or my brother Derek if you need a ticket. Still have several General Admission tickets and some table tickets for sale. By the way, thanks Derek for helping me out getting people their tickets. For those of you traveling there be safe and thanks for supporting me.
On that subject, I must say from my very first posting of my plans I have only had a few people say 'You're Crazy'. No one has tried to talk me out of this. Wouldn't have worked and I'm sure the people who least like the idea knew that! So I say thanks for all the support shown over the last 6 months. It means a lot to have so many people behind me and excited to see what happens on July 23rd.
Well that's it for today folks
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