Project 55
Project 35 45 55is now going on strong. Thanks to a month of my grandmother’s good Southern cooking I had to up the weight loss plan. There are about 47 weeks left in 2010 and the goal is to be down to 195 by December 31.

Inspiration
I thought that I was overweight in the above photo that was taken in Busan, Korea in 2006. I lost about 65 pounds when I moved to Korea and now have put back on about 45-55 of those pounds. Also my waist size has gotten bigger and I keep asking JJ why did how buy so many skinny jeans from Korea. Unfortunately, they were not skinny jeans 6 months ago.
Outline of Project 55
- Little or no fast food-Easy- JJ and I have started cooking again.
- 45min-1 hour of Cardio 6 times per week-Slightly Difficult-I get lazy.
- No sweets-Difficult-I love chocolate, pie, cake, icecream and all other sweets.
- Weight Training 3 times per week-Slightly Difficult-I still need to join a gym and I get bored with lifting weights.
- Healthy Snacks-Easy-but JJ and I need to do a better job grocery shopping.
- 8 glasses of water a day-Easy- I just need to remember to drink them.
- Little to no fried food-Difficult-I live in the South and everything is fried.
- More fruits and vegetables. Easy-Just need to shop better.
- Join Men’s Health Belly Off Club-Easy.-Done-Just to follow up.
- Portion Control-Slightly Difficult- I just need the will power.
Once JJ and I move into our apartment it will get easier. My parents tend to keep a good amount of junk food in the house and it is very tempting for me to walk by and not grab something to munch on. I also will join a gym next week. It is way too easy for me to cut down the workout when I try to work out at home. My plan is to have a Wednesday Weight-In/Project 55 update post every week on Wednesday. I know that I can do it; I just gotta stick with the plan.
Today’s weight is 250.
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about 6 months ago
I find weight training boring, too, but I like this site:
http://warriorxfit.com/
It’s not direct weight training, but it’s also not cardio. You get 6 different exercises every single day and they don’t repeat in a month. You only do each exercise 6 times in sets of 20 seconds. And the computer keeps track. If you don’t want to do all six, you can do 2, 4, or 6.
And it’s free.
I like it.
about 6 months ago
Jason,
I’m there with you. I want to drop my last 20ish before I leave Korea so I can justify ditching all my clothes (not transporting them back to the US) and buying a new one (of course, from thrift stores… haha).
Down with the fried!
about 6 months ago
@ Amanda thanks for the link. It looks like a great program. I just bookmarked it and will explore it further later.
@Diana Sending our clothes home was a huge hassle. I think it would be better to get rid of everything and start over!!! Fried food is my downfall.