Archives for May 2014

‘Merica

May 27, 2014 By franco Leave a Comment

I hate when people write and say ‘Merica. Am I missing something? Is the A too much to add to it? But that’s all I heard all weekend. ‘Merica. ‘Merica. ‘Merica. Well I celebrated ‘Merica too. Not sure if many people know that Memorial weekend is a celebration and an honoring of the falling heroes. Veterans day honors those who served. But what the hell do I know.

I went to the shore. Walked a lot. Drank a bunch. Got on Tv. Drank a lot. Ate a few things that aren’t on the weekly menu. Played a show. Came home. Played a wedding. Went in the pool. Played a gig. Went to my god daughter’s 2nd Birthday. Gained a pound. Lost a pound. Went to boot camp Sunday and Monday. I am sore. I went to boot camp 4 times last week. Already 2 in this week. Still at 60 pounds lost since 1/6/14. I’ve been doing this for 20 weeks and 140 days and I am tired. Some things come second nature and sometimes I just think it’s too hard.

But I’ve come this far and I won’t stop. It was a long weekend. I think it banged me up a bit. But I wanted to check in. I’ll be hitting boot camp tomorrow. It’s what I do right. Hopefully by next week I’ll be in the 340’s.

My shoulder hurts. Im trying not to eat anymore tonight and I don’t know why but I am damn hungry. Ugh. I am not going down easy.

Stumbling into Week 19 – Day 133

May 20, 2014 By franco Leave a Comment

I am sorry that I didn’t write last week. But I had gained 3 pounds the scale told me and I hated the scale and everyone else too.

Today is the start of week 19 and I’ve been at it for 133 days. It’s a habit now right? Yes. It is actually. I love going to bootcamp. I woke up this morning.. Trudged downstairs, weighed myself. Took a deep breath as I entered the number into the Lose It app and went to my room to get my clothes on for my walk and boot camp. 133 days… almost every one of those days had a walk or 3-6 hour performance day on them. I have been righting 11 pounds for the past 5 weeks but little by little, I hit 60 pounds lost today. I am actually .1 off but screw it…. 60 freaking pounds… the right way… January 6th I was 411 pounds… today I am 350. Hey, 311… I am coming for you…

So yeah.. There was a bounce in my step this morning and I flew through my 2 mile walk before boot camp. I was doing 22 minute miles, now I usually average 14-16 minutes… I went to boot camp and today instead of stopping when they yell 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.. I kept going. I pushed it out till the end. And I was tired. It was a long week that rolled into a long weekend. I have hit my fuel band goal for the last 128 days.

My wife and I met my June 7th groom and after the wedding will probably be a very good friend… (when I don’t work for him anymore) in Hershey on Wednesday. Bruce Springsteen was there and it was totally amazing. I fit in the damn seat. That’s all I cared about, that’s all I worried about. And I killed it. My ass fit in that shit. I did have a little episode though. I had a few mouthfuls of Mt. Dew for the first time in 4 months on the way.. Then when we got there I had 3 mikes hard lemonades and then my stomach wanted to kill me. Running for the porta-potty clenching my ass cheeks. I didn’t eat anything else the rest of the night. I was panicked. The show was amazing. I have never been bear hugged so much in my life. Ed is about a foot taller than me I think. I was man handled for sure. But I was very glad that I took the chance and went… and didn’t let my weight hold me back….

We had 2 night club shows and a jazz gig this weekend… I had 3 photo shoots too. On Saturday I wore size 52 jeans. When I started I was wearing 60’s. I also could button my 2xl vest that I could not when I bought it… I wore it opened.

So last week I tweaked my app and decided to trust it a little more. I was not eating enough. So now I have been trying to get to 2700 calories a day. High protein, low carbs. I don’t run away from the carbs.. But I am trying to stay away from them in excess. I have been trying not to add any salt to anything.. Not no extra salt…. I can’t cut the sugar in my 1 cup of coffee. I just can’t do it. I use meal replacements once a day…. But as a snack and not a replacement… I am not going to hit my crazy Memorial day goal but I am definitely moving in the right direction now.

I am looking forward to the Holiday weekend. Jersey Shore, I am going to go-cart and not worry about fitting in the damn thing, Wedding and Sugarhouse Casino. Marlo’s Birthday on Monday. Lot’s of running around. Lot’s of fun.

I’ll try to stay in good spirits and keep pushing forward. I got this. Thanks for reading. I tweet a few times a day. Give me a follow..

All the Things I Meant to Be

May 4, 2014 By franco Leave a Comment

“If you could only see…. All the things I meant to be…” – the Affordable Floors

Well I hate numbers which is probably why I practically have my masters in English and nothing to do with math whatsoever. But it’s get to the numbers this week. 354.6 is this mornings number. 2 pounds less than last weeks number. I am happy and at the same time can’t help but want to feel a little anger cause I just want to be be at 350 and get to my next goal. Sitting around 360 for a month was “no bueno”. But little by little. It’s a life change not a race. And I am changing.

When I started in January I had just bought a new pair of jeans for my New Years Eve show. The shirt was a 4xl, so was the vest. The pants were size 60’s. I bought 56’s a few weeks ago and went Friday and the 54’s are loose already so I bought a pair of 52’s and 50’s. I don’t really need to get dressed into jeans until May 14 or so when I go to Hershey to see Springsteen so I am not really worried about it. I’ll be rocking the 52’s in no time. I was at the Philadelphia Premium Outlet’s yesterday and bought a few world cup shirts and got 2XL and I am almost there. By the time the world cup starts in late June I will be rocking the Azzurri. So it’s not all about the scale. I know it’s the major judge. But there are other little victories to win too. And slowly but surly I am getting there.

Still Walking most days. Still fighting the good fight. Still playing with my phone when I am bored walking.

My dad made me a black suit about 2 years ago. It was supposed to be for my baby brothers wedding. The wedding never happened…. (and for the best cause my brother deserved better) but not long after this suit came int he mail from my pops. It didn’t fit. It was from a older pattern of my body that my dad thought would be close. I remember being so upset cause I realized it would probably be the last thing my dad made me from scratch as he gets older and he has less and less time to do things like this. I had to try it on the other day. I was a t boot camp and a little down about my progress and kept thinking about that suit. It’s way too big now. It’s pretty amazing. I need to go to my aunts to have it taken in. So as much as the scale ends up being the judge in the end… I can be a little less hard on myself this week because other numbers that are also important to me are changing as well.

It’s a catch 22. I made a goal to loose 100lbs in a year. That takes me really to January 6th 2015. That’s the day I woke up and all this started. But in 4 months when you hit over 50 pounds you start to want the 100 to come quicker. But you also know in reality that you are going to have those months where getting a few pounds to come off it hard. Very hard. I hope to be at 345 by Memorial Day. We will see. I can’t do much more than what I am doing.

I hope that the summer brings some family time with my brats… my siblings… my brother… and my nieces… (and god daughters). I should be able to have a much more active summer for sure.

So we’ll shoot for another 2 pounds this week. We’ll be reasonable but at the same time we’ll shoot for the moon.