went biking yesterday but slipped on the ice, am very sore and blue on my right side, I think I will need to do it easy this week or at least til the soreness is gone.
Did install my snowtires yesterday afternoon, so it will be better and ready for next time.

Wow, weekends are really hard! At work I have structure, so it's easy to really get those meals in every 3 hours or so. On weekends, I'm up a little later and on Saturdays, I get up and work out so my first meal isnt until 9ish vs 7am on weekdays. From there it's usually go, go, go. This weekend, I stuck to good foods and carried a couple with me as needed, but had a hard time eating every 3 hours or so and found myself stretching to 4+ hours at times and getting hungry.

I also started taking a pre-biotic (digestive enzymes) Sunday for grains/veggies as I'm having some pretty severe bloating eating all the grains lately (TMI???). So far so good. Anyways, here's the rest of my 2nd week.

Julie - as I review my workouts for the next several weeks, I'm concerned by my limitations with dumbbells. It looks like the workouts should change up and 'evolve' a bit, but I dont have all the options available to me for different workouts with the dumbells. I'm thinking I do need to invest in a bench and perhaps a barbell. I see there are exercises using the exercise bands too. Any thoughts on other small additional items I could include that would help mix it up?

I haven't blogged in over a week due to taking care of my dad. I didn't have the opportunity to plan meals like I would have liked to & ate out alot. Sooo needless to say I spilt some milk, but haven't lost the cow. I did do 1/2 of my work-outs. This week I need to do my workouts early in the week. I will be serving on team Thurs. thru Sun. on a women's Christian retreat. Anyway, This is my work-out for today. 40 min. treadmill @ 3.5, onto my totalgym (3 sets of 12 reps-this is the first week I increased one set)--Lateral Lunge(incline2)--Hamstring Curl(incline 2)--Seated Cross Cable Row(incline 3)--Seated Row with Ham string Stretch(incline 5)--Squats each leg to fatigue(40 each @ incline 4)--Prone Biceps Curls(incline4)--Preacher curl(incline 3) High Carb Day--Meal#1 apple w/ 2 TB.

This is my first post here on GHF, and I'm excited to get started.

My name is Kiel and I'm 25. I'm currently 240 pounds at six feet, one inch. I sit on my butt all day as a software developer, but I've been working hard to get in shape and lose weight.

I joined today in order to boost the results I've had over the last year. During the past 14 months I've gone from 305 pounds to 240 pounds. Unfortunately, I've hit a bit of a plateau in the 235-240 range and I need to get back on track.

I've set some lofty goals for myself to achieve by my next birthday (January 28th), and I'll include them in a future blog.