Amilcar Herrera

I had gained some weight (5 lbs) since I got shingles 2 weeks before a Half Ironman Triathlon race I had signed up for last year. I did not get to do the race but I got better and the pain and the nerve endings got better…. now, it’s all history and I hope and I pray it does not “come back”…. since then I had craved on sweets and carbs and that’s how I gained the 5 lbs… (I was as high as 143 lbs 1 day)….and I could not exercise for a while… and I exercised very little only about 4 months after I had gotten shingles….

In the last 8 weeks or so I started training harder (for endurance) for a couple of triathlons but my weight had not changed. Why? I was eating too many calories, carbs and sweets and I was not burning it all off. (I have made the switch to more protein for now…)

Since my wife wanted to lose some weight and there was some discussion about the P90x program, I got it for her and she started last Monday…. (yeah - she was in pain later that day and she can still feel the stress she put in her body….) As she is starting to eat healthier, I made a commitment to do the same so I can lose 5 to 10 lbs. My ideal weight is 133 to 138 lbs (to feel good and to have the endurance for triathlons…)

So far in 5 days of limiting my calories and eating better, I seem to have lost 4-5 lbs… but I think most of it is that my body was retainign water too as I am drinking more water now and I have started to train harder too….

I have put my mind to it and I’ll still to it to get to my goals….

I tell you what, I tried the P90x ab ripper program and it kicked my butt badly… I recommend it…. but right now, I cannot do any other program as I need to focus on my endurance for triathlon time!

Have fun training and commit to a change if you have not done so already!

Amilcar
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