Setting Goals

Would you strip down to your undies in front of strangers?

After my workout today I was getting ready to shower at the gym and noticed I’m one of the few “Big Guys” who uses the shower at the gym.  I’m wondering if it’s because others are ashamed of their size?  I don’t get bothered in that situation, but do wear a shirt at the beach.  Pretty odd, right?

So I’m setting myself a new goal.  Truth or dare.  I choose dare.  I dare myself to go shirtless in front of my peers for a convention I have to attend in Las Vegas, in June.  I have 5 months to build my confidence up enough to do this.  June also happens to be my goal month to lose 100lbs.  What a way to show the “new me” eh?  I will be in plenty of industry photos.  Only this time I won’t be the “Bellyflop champion” I have been in the past (see photo below), I will be a 200lb stud!

Todays workout was great! 60 minutes on the elliptical for a total of 992 calories burned! In addition I did another 30 minutes on the treadmill of a 3.5mph walk. I set it to Random and it adjusted the incline quite frequently.

My shins were killing me!  I imagine this is because of the incline, but shows I still have a very long way to go.

While there, a friend of mine mentioned she was going to be running a 15k at the end of February.  I need to check my travel schedule, but I’m thinking about giving it a shot.  15k is 9 or so miles.  I imagine this is a 2-2.5 hour race for me at this point.  I wonder if I could complete it?  I absolutely hate running, but setting a lofty goal like this would be good for me.

What are your thoughts?  Have any of you tried a run like this after a period of little activity?  I know some of you guys are a little further in your journey than I, what do you suggest?

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