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Thanks Jill! The encouragement means a lot, I did go to crossfit Monday and it was good. I am still sore as all hell today, but it feels good.

Thanks everyone for the follow up. Things have been a little nuts the 2 weeks. My wife has been in the hospital twice, luckily it has only been for some double checks for the pregnancy. Had some crazy ran that flood me in to me apartment complex, while my wife was in the hospital. I finished the on-ramp program last Sunday, went to a class on last Monday which I as super nervous about going to, still learning things and I don't really know anyone. Planing on going to my 2nd class tonight, but as the class get closer the more nervous i get when i think about it and want to back out. I think that something i need to work on in the future is being less of an introvert. The other being thing that has really gotten me down is this whole getting laid off thing. I am one off the few people that have a job until the end of the year, but the building has been sold and they are already getting ready to renovate the 2nd floor, and Thursday morning when i walk in to the office they are in the process of taking down all the pictures and art work. I have started to look for a new job but I am not having much luck find much that is with in my skill set. I allowed my self to get in to a niche market and never expend my self and I am not sure the best route is right now. So that's the update, I should try and upload all the pictures i took of the flooding.

its going, on ramp was good, and I have been to get to one actual class, I have had some life detours happen and currently working around those.

Day 10-11 8/06 - Wednesday: A much needed recovery day! Hardly able to move at all, and everything seems to hurt, but its a good kind of a hurt. I also liked the feeling of being sore the day after a work out. I guess it makes me feel like that what I did had some effect on my body. I also spend a good amount of the evening getting the babies room prepped for paint. 8/07 - Thursday: Day 3 of on-ramp for Cross Fit, we start with weights today and it was fun. I have to say that I has missed using weights, back in high school I was friends with wanna be muscle heads, and we would go to the school gym a few days a week, but never really got in to it all that much. I think the cross fit environment will be a better fit. I am getting a bit itchy to go for a run tho, going to try and get one in this weekend.

Day 08-09 8/04 - Monday: So today was Day 1 of Corss Fit on-ramp class, and I was nervous as hell going. and not for the work out more of the social aspect and interacting with people, something that I am not good at nor like to do at all. But I sucked it up and went to class. It felt good to do some lifting again, its something that I have been feeling like doing, and I think the way cross fit is set up will be good for me. I can be a very competitive person, not only with other people but internally with my self. I got that way with running, I really learned how to get in my own head and really push my self to grow and get faster and go further. I am sure that I will tap in that with cross fit as well. 8/05 - Tuesday: I wasn't to horribly sore, mostly in my upper arms and across my back. Oh by the way its also day 2 of on-ramp, I am feeling a lot less nervous about the classes now. I do have to say at this point only 2 classes in I am liking it so far. Had a hard time driving home, my legs and arms were shaking a bit, and getting up the stairs was not simple either. But it feels good, It makes me feel like my body is changing.

This one is way to easy for me, I already drink 3-4 32 oz glasses of water at work.

Day 04-07 7/31 - Thursday: Day off from working out, and Date night with the wife! Went out to dinner and a movie as well! Saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, I enjoyed it. 8/01 - Friday: Ended up with a half-day of work being that we have all been laid off, which was good for me tho, I was able to get home get a nice run in (it was muggy out tho, seemed to make the run hard, but I pushed and get it done! I was able to get a number of other things down as well, and get some game time in. Working to get AC4 done so that I can move on to Watch Dogs and Titian Fall 8/01 - Saturday: Good day over all! I worked a lot on getting the babies room ready for paint, and it should be there before next weekend! I was also had a good energy level and decided to go out for a run! 8/01 - Sunday: Took today as a rest day, partly cause I just did a double day run and the Day 1 of crossfit is tomorrow, feeling a bit nervous and excited about it as well. Also got some more stuff done it the baby room, this whole being a parent thing is really starting to hit me hard now that some things are coming together. Week in Review : so over the past week I logged 12 miles over 4 runs, lost 3/4 of an inch in my waste and 2.4 lbs this week! and get a lot done in the babies room. Since i started running again in mid July I have dropped 6.2 lbs and I am under 250 which makes me happy, next weight mark is 245. Feels good to see some changes.

I think once I know a little bit more about cross fit I should be able to come up with some kind of grading system. I did start to take body measurements last Sunday and plan on taking them every week.

Day 03 7/31 - Wednesday: Not a great day, I was in a funk all day long feeling really down with everything going on in life right now. It was super hard to go home put on the running gear and go run. But I some how picked myself up and when for my run. Surprisingly enough it was a fairly good run, I ran my entire distance only stopping at the traffic lights. Still not in the best mind set tho...

Day 01-02 7/28 - Monday: had a great run, I was able to run my 3.1 miles straight through the only stops I had where due to traffic lights. I think that bigger thing for me was how the overall run felt. When I had really gotten deep in to running it was about the freedom of the run and how free and light on my feet i felt, and I had a few of the moments. 7/29 - Tuesday: It was a so-so day, had to get the windshield replaced on my car, which I would think should only take a half hour and when the told me it was going to take 1 to 1.5 hours I was like ok then and end up changing up my whole day. I was going to go in to work late, and the fact that I was already leaving early due to doctor appointments I decided to take the day off and spent it running around doing errands (not the favorite thing to do) be was able to get some things that need to be done, done. and being that I am trying not to over do things yesterday was on "off" day from running, but I think that maybe I should have taken some time for me and went for a run. Some times I am so conflicted on whats to to much and when I need a break...

Welcome! I know that feeling that you are having. I have been battling the same issues me entire life, and I have won a few battle here and there. At my worst i was up to 281 and my best was down to about 218, currently I am at in the 250 battling again to drop the weight. Stay Strong and Keep up the good fight.

I got 10 in 5 before my run and 5 after!

Thanks for the info Nicc! I guess that big thing that I am worried about is how I will be accepted, I have started to notice lately that I have some huge social anxiety issues. Once I get past a few classes I should be ok.

Welcome! I have had some of the same battles my self, starting something and then some kind of s*hit hits the fan and it feels like everything has fallen apart. I am back here for the 2nd time trying to get my self to a happy place myself. I have trained and completed 3 half marathons over the last 3 years, but once the winter hits it was all down hill for me. But looking at back on the path from never running in my life to completing my 1st half marathon really makes me think that we are all more capable of doing things that we don't that we are able to. Just remember that every journey starts with a single step! Good Luck!