Day 65

Happy New Year!! We are headed over to the Jarvis' tonight for dinner and to have a quiet night, maybe playing some cards? Kids going too. I leave first thing tomorrow morning to head to Riley, KS to go deer hunting. I weighed in this morning at 228.0 lbs, so I have lost all the Christmas weight!!

Day 64

It was Chad's Birthday yesterday so we all went out for a couple of drinks after work (I didn't drink anything). I took Job to Burr Oak Woods Conservation Center for a class where he was learning some firearms safety and shooting and bird watching, ect., it was a pretty cool deal and he really enjoyed it. I also got my KS hunting license, so I am now set for Friday/Saturday and I hope that I fill this extra doe tag!! I weighed in at 229.2 lbs his morning, so I lost 2 of the 4 lbs I gained over Christmas, and I know it sounds crazy, but I am looking forward to the contest diet phase so I can lose some weight. I am sure about 3 weeks of the diet I will be singing a different tune....Pic today is of Job with all his Transformers he got for Christmas.

Day 63

Sorry, but I have been out of town for a few days for Christmas and I leave once again this weekend to go deer hunting again, but this trip will be a short trip and the last time we leave town until the competition, which is good because I am about to start the competition diet and I cannot be leaving anymore. We had a great Christmas and the boys loved what Santa brought and what we got them (iPods), so it was a success! There are many pictures to post, but I need to get them off of Rhonda's camera, so it may be a couple of days, I am posting one that was on my cell phone and it was of my truck getting pulled out of the snow my the tractor......YES, I got it that stuck. I gained about 4 lbs over the weekend, but that is no surprise with all the food and wine that was consumed. It was my official last cheat time because now we are into crunch time, so I enjoyed myself one last time. I weighed in at 231.4 lbs this morning.

Day 58 (Christmas Eve)

"Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel" which translated means, "God with us." Matthew 1:23

Merry Christmas to all!

Weighed in at 227.2 lbs

Day 57

Work has been really busy lately and I thought I would have a slow week this because of Christmas and it is usually slow this time of year, but it has been real busy and not much down time at all, thank God for all the work!! I worked out with Bobby yesterday on the shoulders and now we have hit all areas of the body, he says that I am still too "soft" and that we will start with the Estrogen blockers on the 22nd of january when we start the competition diet and this will "harden" me up. Rhonda gave Ethan a haircut yesterday and when I saw him I told her that he looked like Jim Carrey in Dumb & Dumber and thne she started laughing and agreed, enclosed in some coomparison pictures,,,you decide. p.s., we fixed his hair last night so he looks better now.

I weighed in this morning at 228.8 lbs.

Day 56

Chest workout yesterday and I can tell that I am having some nice gains, today I work out with Bobby on the shoulders. Bobby will also be getting me a new workout schedule today and we are going to be kicking it up to 6 days a week, and then around January 15th we jump into the competition diet phase and start the process of losing about 30 lbs. I weighed in this morning at 228.0 lbs. pic is of my dead sexy wife!

Day 55

Yesterday was a pretty good day. First I found out that if you put some walnuts in the protein pancakes it makes them really good! Secondly, because we made it to church Saturday night we were able to stay home Sunday morning, so we did some deep house cleaning and we thought originally it would take about and hour.....WRONG.....try about 5 hours, but it got done. I also made it to the gym and did a little back and shoulder work. I weighed in this morning at 229.0 lbs.

Day 54

Yesterday was real nice, didn't have a whole lot to do, made it to the gym and we went to the Saturday night church service, so that means we were able to sleep in this morning!! Today is another day with nothing to do....I might go into the gym and fart around, nothing serious. I weighed in this morning at 229.2 lbs, so it's seems like there has been a little weight gain, I am guessing I will end up around 232 lbs, which means I only have to lose about 30 lbs which should be pretty easy to in a 15 week time frame, that is only 2 lbs per week. We went to Blockbuster last night and rented 4 movies for 5 days, and got 4 boxes of theatre candy, 2 popcorns, and 4 20 oz sodas, all for $19!! It should have been $26, but the clerk made a mistake and let me have it for that price.....kick ass! Later, pic is of my beautiful wife cooking breakfast for the boys.

Day 53

Sorry there was no post yesterday, but I was feeling like crap. Today/this weekend is awesome because WE HAVE NOTHING WE HAVE TO DO!!! I am going to take Job to Wal-Mart here in a few minutes so he can exchange his broken Transformers toy and then I am off to the gym. After that I will take the boys to a birthday skate party at 2:00......wait a minute.....i thought i had nothing to do!! DAMN! I weighed in this morning at 229.0 lbs, so it is starting to look like I am really going to miss the mark of the 240 that Bobby wanted me at, especially since I only have 2 weeks left. My legs have been the sorest ever since my leg workout with Bobby, and I mean that I could hardly even stand up yesterday......later. Oh, and here is the pic of why I felt like crap yesterday (yes, I got approval to go out)

Day 51

Ouch!, Pain, hurt....Legs, sore......That workout has turned out to be the most painful to-date. Got to run and head to the gym, I am runnig out of time once again. Weighed in this morning at 228.0 lbs, so it looks like I am gaining some weight. I have a Happy Hour to go to tonight as one of my investors is taking us out, and I am thinking about joining the group, so I will let you know. Today pic is my baby boy on the pot, and NO this was not staged.

Day 50

Yesterday was "LEG" day with Bobby and of course it was the living hell that I thought it would be....nuff said about that! Running short on time this mornig so I will keep it short, i weighed in this morning at 226.8 lbs.

Day 49

WOW! I weighed in this morning at 226.2 lbs, so that means I lost over 5 lbs in water weight yesterday which would explain why I was up every other hour last night taking a leak! Today is the dreaded "LEG" day training with Bobby, so I will let you know how that went tomorrow. Gotta go!

Day 48

OK, so I remember why I don't miss drinking....I got permission to have a few drinks at a Christmas party on Saturday night and had too much wine so I felt like crap all day yesterday, but I was good and did not snack on any of the awesome looking chips and dip, ect. I also got some free Chiefs tickets Saturday night, so I took Ethan and we went with the neighbors to the game and all I can say is "yuck". The new stadium is pretty cool though. Here are some pic's from the game. I weighed in at 231.4 lbs, and I am sure it is water weight from the wine, so let see what happens tomorrow

Day 47

Yesterday was another busy day at work and I went to the gym to workout the arms. We wnet to a play last night in Blue Springs to see a friends kid (Torre) act in it, and it was "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus", it was really good. I am headed to the gym this morning and then I am taking the boys to The Gun Show Expo for the day and get them out of momma's hair for the day. I weighed in at 226.6 lbs this morning.

Day 46

Yesterday was my day off, so I spent the morning being lazy and then went off to work and had a great day at work, picking up a couple of new new deals. Today is biceps/triceps, and I also mixed in a little bit of applesauce with the protein pancakes (thumbs up), now they have have some moisture!! I weighed in this morning at 226.6 lbs, so the the yo yo continues.

Day 45

Yesterday was a "leg" workout day and I had to take it easy because my left knee has been giving me problems and I cannot afford to have any injuries that set me back. It was a high of 10 degrees yesterday so it was cold, but nothing like our friends in Iowa had to deal with, they had 15 inches of snow and 50 MPH winds! I weighed in this morning at 225.8 lbs, I am guessing that this is because Bobby changed my diet and cut my calorie count down by 200 calories, so I think it is going to be hard to get up to 240 by January 1st. In these pictures you can see Ethan helping me making Protein Pancakes, they consist of; Oatmeal, egg whites,protein powder, and they are really good!

Day 44

Yesterday I had my "back" workout with Bobby and that went real good. We also had the "storm of the century" that was to roll into KC......but.....like usual it just missed us and hit Iowa like a drunken step father. The picture is my back porch after this storm that they said would hit us and as you can see it is pretty much just a dusting. I also had to buy a new TV yesterday because our big screen crapped out and of course it has been a pain in the rear trying to get it to work. I weighed in this morning at 226.8 lbs, I also got a new diet from Bobby yesterday and I can say that Protien pancakes rock!

Day 43

Yesterday was back to the real world of working and routine. I workout with Bobby again today and we are going to work on the "back". I weighed in at 227.0 lbs today. Here are some more pictures from the hunting trip.

Day 42

Yesterday was the laziest day I have had in a LONG time, I never even made it out of my PJ's. Got the Christmas Tree up, and kinda watched the Chiefs lose. I was my first day back on schedule with the diet and of course I didn't do a whole lot so I put on a little weight and I was at 228.2 lbs this morning. I forgot to say something yesterday, but I had met with Bobby last Tuesday before I left out of town and we did measurements and a workout on Biceps/Triceps. The measurements were very interesting, and here are the results: I gained 16 lbs of Muscle and lost 6 lbs of fats,so the overall actual weight gained was 10 lbs. Body fat went from 17.8% down to 15.8%, Arms gained .50 inch, Chest gained 1 inch, legs gained 1 inch, hips no change, waist lost 1 inch.....so overall the results are great! The goal is to be at 240 lbs and right at 13% body fat all by Jan 1st, so I have some work to do. The after that we jump into competition diet phase at the end of January and the goal will be to get down to 200 lbs and 4% body fat. Got a long way to folks! Have a great day!

Day 41

Well, I'm back! We had a great time in Kansas Deer hunting and That is where these pic's are coming from. I will posting the pictures over the next couple of days.

I did pretty eating the best I could while in the woods, but there is a lot to be desired when eating half frozen rice and chicken out of a ziplock baggie. I shot a real nice big doe so at least I didn't get skunked, but the hunting was not that good this year. I think the problem was that there was a full moon every night so the deer were able to run around at night and stay down during the day, and it didn't help that the wind was blowing hard everyday but Friday. I weighed in this morning at 226.6 lbs so I didn't lose any weight, which is good since my goal is to bve upo to 240 by January 1st.

Day 36

Today I get to workout with Bobby before I leave out of town, so I am excited about that. I got everything packed and i just need to throw it all in the truck and hit the road. Today I weighed in at 226.6 lbs, so I lost all 2 lbs that I gained on my cheat day for Thanksgiving on Saturday, so it only took a couple of days.....this is good because today I do weigh in and measurement with Bobby....I will post results.

Day 35

Yesterday was a jam packed day because we were doing laundry and getting packed back up for another trip out of town as we leave on Tuesday. I have been trying to make up some ground by working out on Saturday and Sunday AND Chad showed up!! I weighed in this morning at 228.0 lbs. It will be tricket to get all these meals in while hunting, but i will try my best. This will be the last post for the rest of the week. Pic is of me, I'm out of here!

day 34

I spent that past couple of days in Indianola, Iowa over Thankgiving. I had permission to have 1 cheat day......so I did. I weighed in this morning at 228.2 lbs, and I am getting ready to go to the gym and then off to church. We leave on Tuesday night for Riley, KS to go deer hunting for the week and Ethan get's to go this year, so I hope I shoot one while he is with me. Well back on the regular eating schedule today!! This picture is Ethan with his new hunting coat that he got at Bass Pro.

Day 31

Okay, I know i said that I would be gone for a few days, but I am still here this morning so here is my update. It seems that my weight must be cycling because this morning I weighed in at 227.2 lbs, so I have lost most of that weight I gained and I once again feel better as I was feeling real frumpy. Bobby said that my body will go through these cycles, but I needed to stay the course. last night Ethan and I went to the "Christmas in the Sky", and the rest of the family stayed home because Nolan fell asleep at 5:30 and Job didn't want to go, so mom stayed home with them. This event is fireworks at Longview Lake and it is coordinated with music that you listen to on the radio, and this radio station puts it on every year and this was the 13th year they have done this. I included a pic form the grand finale and another pic was of Ethan trying to be cool while we were waiting.

Day 30

Yesterday was legs day...yuck, and Chad missed the workout....how conveinent. I was real busy at work and today will be another real busy day. I will be in and out of town for the next 10 days between Thanksgiving and a hunting trip over in Kansas, so I will be missing a lot of post, but I will try to take pic's and pot them when I return. I weighed in this morning at 228.6 lbs.

Day 29

Yesterday was the Chest/Shoulder workout and I was able to show Chad how to "properly" do the workout and he agreed that it was an ass kicker. I also had a good day at work and picked up a couple of loans which is real nice before the Thanksgiving break. Bobby had some kind of family emergency and can't make our meeting/workout today, so I guess I wait another week to get the measurements. I weighed in this morning at 229.8 lbs, and there is something going on here because I have gained 4 lbs in the past 3 days and there has been no diet change, so I need to find out if this is good or not. In today's picture you can see Nolan doing his Grandpa Mills impression!!

Day 28

Yesterday was a day off, but here are some pic's I took this morning and we put them side by side with the pic's from 28 days ago. I can't really tell much difference, let me know what you think. I weighed in this morning at 226.8 lbs, go to facebook to see all the pic's side by side.

Day 26

Yesterday I got into the gym and worked out shoulders, and I notice that I am able to continue to get done quicker with these workouts which is good. I also was able to get the back yard cleaned up and burn a bunch of sticks and trash AND I folded and put away 8 loads of laundry with Rhonda. I weighed in this morning at 227.2 lbs, which seems kind of odd to have that sudden jump, so we will see what I weigh tomorrow. The picture is from back on 9/2/09 when I took Rhonda and Ethan out for Mexican for their birthday. i just love the look on rhonda's face in this pic!

Day 25

Yesterday was the arms workout, so biceps and triceps, and then right after that I had to rush to meet with Jeff so we could do our weekly bible study together. Yesterday was a slow day at work so I was able to break out a little early and come home for our family night. We bought the Transformers 2 movie and watched it, and it was pretty good. Let me tell you what my family did right in front of me last night.... they ate the following: Cheeseburgers, mashed potato's, mac N cheese, popcorn, snickers candy bars, AND Chips and salsa. I think they hate me. Weighed in this morning at 225.0 lbs. This picture is of the swimming hole at the creek behind out house, it is such a cool picture I wanted to post it again. The fall makes it look very Norman Rockwell'ish.

Day 24

Yesterday was my day off from working out, so Job and I took bear for a walk down to the Crawfish Creek so here are some pic's. Also took Nolan to Gail's Harley Davidson last night so he could look at some cycles, just looking. Workout the biceps and triceps this morning. I weighed in at this morning at 226.0 lbs.

Day 23

Yesterday was back day and that always takes soooo long to do, so Chad I have decided to get into the gym early on back day. I also has the KCRAR (kansas City association of realtors) Bowling benefit and you will see the pictures from the event. I once again resisted the beer, burgers, chips, pizza, cookies, tacos, and mashed potato's.....as you can see I noticed all of it on the buffet they had.....just drank water, BUT, I did have a good time. Today is my day off of working out, so I will enjoy the morning at home, and I think that Job and I will take Bear for a walk here in a little bit. I weighed this morning at 224.8 lbs.

Day 22

Yesterday I got my first real workout with Bobby and it was nice to be able to learn proper technique on the Chest/Shoulder workout, it was a lot harder than what I was doing. We are going to workout again next Tuesday and do LEGS!!

I weighed in this morning at 226.2 lbs. These pic's were taken to show you what my mornings at 4:30 look like, as you can see the cats really don't give a crap, but at least the dog acknowledges me.

Day 21

Yesterday I had to switch up the workout a little bit and do legs because Bobby and I are working out together today and doing chest/shoulders. Sorry about no pic's, I just have not been feeling like taking pictures, but that will change and I will get some new pictures. Today will be interesting to see if I have been doing things correctly or not. I will also have the Keller Williams Real Estate Thanksgiving party, so I will go and see if there is anything I can eat, either way way it will be nice seeing a bunch of my realtors. I also have two loans closing today (at the same time), so I will need to somehow clone myself.

I weighed in this morning at 224.6 lbs. Measurements next Tuesday, so I will see if this weight gain in muscle!!

Day 20

Yesterday was a day off. Watched a horrible race and watched the Chiefs and Raiders slug it out to see who is the worst team in football. Weighed in this morning at 225.4 lbs.

Day19

Yesterday I got quite a workout.....I went for an 8 mile Mountain bike ride with a couple of friends and MAN what a workout! Just so you know, 8 miles on a tough mountain bike trail is like riding 100 miles on the highway, it is just a hard 8 miles, and when we got done I had gone about as far as I was going to go, so I was real glad to see the car! After the bike ride I went to the gym with Chad and worked out shoulders, so I was really wiped out when it was all said and done. I know that I said I was going to post some pic's from the bike ride.......but I forgot to take pictures.........this is a common problem of mine (forgetting to take pic's). Sorry, but here is a couple of pic's. One is a pic Rhonda took right before I left to go biking, and the other is a picture of the boys at Comedy City. There was a birthday party for one of the neighborhood parents and all the adults and kids went to Comedy City where they do improv, and I guess the boys got to go on stage at one point!! I stayed home with Hammerhead and we watched a movie and he had popcord and a soda, so we did a little alone time.

Weighed in this morning at 224.4 lbs....I could have sworn I would have lost some weight due to all the crap I did yesterday.

Day18

Yesterday was Biceps and triceps, and man did it feel like my arms were going to explode!! Chad felt the same way. I resisted the Happy Hour drinks after work, and I even went and had a water, our office was kind of celebrating because work has been real good lately and I (we) have been closing a lot of loans.

Today I am going to go mountain biking with Eric Andrews over in Lawrence, so I will try to get a lot of pic's and post them. After the bike ride I will come back to workout at the gym and then it is family movie night at the Tinkham's tongiht. Weighed in this morning at 224.2 lbs, there seems to be a pattern here. The pic was taken by Rhonda right before I left for the gym yesterday morningm and I am sporting a new haircut.