I went to the Y early on Monday and Wednesday. During both trips, I was able to lightly jog one mile without stopping to walk. Afterwards, I did a three-lap cooldown. Of course, I did weights and the abdominal crunch while I was there.

Sixth week of running one mile without stopping, 3 times a week.
Various weights, abdominal crunch.
Love handles decreasing substantially.
Stomach slimming down.
Pants and shirts more loose fitting.
3 months without consumption of carbonated soda.

Seventh week, running one mile a day, three days a week.
Food consumption needs immense improvement.

In January, I started another 16-week weight lifting course at the local community college. Today, that class is over.

At the beginning of the year, I was 28.1% body fat. Today, I am 22.2% body fat. Last January, when I started taking this class continuously, I was over 33.3% body fat. I couldn't even chart myself! Now I'm within striking distance of the healthy 14-18% range and only 12% away from my long-term goal of 10% body fat.

It couldn't have been done without eating right, exercising 3 times a week, and a life free from Ameriskanks.

By the end of the year, I could very well hit my goal if I keep the pace up. Woot!

Ix, that's awesome! Now that the class is over, are you going to keep it up at home/at a gym/take the class again this summer?

But seriously, that's a huge amount of improvement. Congrats, and good luck on the rest of your goal!

Good job, sir. You have been working hard on getting down to where you want to be. You deserve to reap the benefits.

As for me, now that I'm done with school (should be), I need to start making eating regularly and working out a habitual thing. I kept getting on and off because of school and all the work I had to do. Now I should be able to find something that's normal and routine.

I've been running one mile a day, three days a week. This is week #12. I've remained faithfully away from the sodas all year, and I've lost at least 20-25 pounds in the process.

On April 10th, I weighed 452.

On April 20th, I was down to 438.

On April 28th, I went back up to 441, but I'm confident that this figure has gotten smaller since then.

Good job on your progress, Bron.

And thanks to you guys for your comments. I don't think I'll be taking the class in the summer, but I will continue its training regimen outside of class as I've always done.

Thanks, Ixzy.

Ran/walked a mile in about 8-9 minutes roughly. This is not bad for me considering I haven't actually ran for several years (not counting the short warm ups on the treadmills at the gym in previous summers). My knees felt kinda rough at first, but it felt much better after I got to running a bit.

It is good to hear you guys are still going at it. I've been hitting it extremely heavy the last few weeks. Me and a buddy who is an exercise science major have started a summer program he set up. It's pretty intense. Warm ups on upper body day is 15 pull ups and 50 push ups. That alone gets me good and sore. I'm looking to put on maybe another 10lbs of muscle. I don't want to get overly bulky for my frame though. I'm 5"11 about 165-170 depending on my water intake. I already have a good amount of muscle deffinition, but to look as ripped as I want to I need to put on a bit more weight. It's going to be a tough summer, but I'm pumped for the challenge. I hope we all can pick away at our goals.

I'd like to put on muscle. It's been a long time goal, but I'd get lazy or school took up a lot of time for me to go to the gym consistently. Now my membership is almost up and so I can't even workout for bulk at home with the exception of a pair of 35 lb dumbbells. Frustrating sh*t. You frame would probably hold 190 lbs decently, though I haven't seen how your body is comprised. You know, small shoulder width and all that. My frame, I would say would hold up 210 lbs and not look ridiculous. I base it off athletes. I'm 6'2" so hitting 200 wouldn't be over the top, but I"m not feeling it. I think I will go around 180-190 and be fine with that. But it's good you're keeping up with it.

You stretch, right?

Nope.

With June coming up, and my contract expriting until August, I decided I'll take my "vacations" to good use. I'll start going to the gym! I will have no excuses or distraction for the next 2 months so... let's see...

I've been maintaining my thrice a week regimen. My current size of pants have become quite baggy without a belt, so now I need to go down another pants size.

I now know I'm about 310 or so pounds. But since I'm still around 22% body fat, if I didn't have a shred of fat, then I'd be about 245lbs. Of course, having 0% body fat means you're dead. So it seems that the weight I'm aiming for is about 270.

Good to know you're still on a regimen. 10% body fat seems like a reasonable goal for body fat. You'll most people, even skinny people, have this. I used to be 6% in high school, but I somehow got to around 12% half-way through college. But the pinch test is arguably the worst test to measure body fat out there. If that's what you're being measured for body fat with, then take about a +/- 3% or so off or on your percentage. What is your overall weight goal? If you're gaining strength, you're most likely gaining muscle mass, too. So old goals probably won't be there anymore.

Also, word of warning to all... do not stretch before lifting weights. Warm up your muscles with very light weight on what you're starting off with for particular muscle groups. Stretch AFTER you lift. Many people (who know what they're talking about) have said that stretching before a workout (of lifting) will actually weaken your muscles. So if you stretch before lifting, you will not be able to maximize your strength.

Hmm... I just started going to the gym today. Right now I'm at 203 lbs (highest I've ever weight) and 24% body fat. I think I won't feel half my body tomorrow.
But I like the feeling of sore muscles. Hopefully I'll be able to move tomorrow and go again.

Well, I've been going to the gym for 2 weeks and a half now... I'm upset at my left arm for being so ridiculously weaker than my right arm. I mean, I'm not surprised in a way, since my right arm is my dominant arm, but I can't do bench presses yet since my left arm simply fails me.
But other than that, I think I'm doing ok. I'm trying to push myself as hard as I can without hurting myself and doing cardio and stuff...

I have the same problem with my right arm being stronger. It's mostly noticable while doing hammer curls. I can do 3-4 reps more with my right. It's surprising it makes that big of a difference on bench though. I've been consistantly weighting over 170 the last two weeks. Meaning I've put on around 5 lbs of muscle. My legs are starting to tone up a bit more too. I'm sure that's where some of the weight is from. Leg days are hell on earth.

I don't see how you guys LIKE the feeling of sore muscles. I guess it's not bad if you can be lazy the next day, but having to go out and use those same muscles blows hard.

@ Guarionex: Do you have anyone you can lift with? I can't stress how much a lifting partner helps. Well, I guess it depends on if you're trying to cut weight or build muscle. Being able to do forced reps is great for building.