Got Any Advice on Gyms, Personal Trainers, Exercise etc... I want to hear it!

My Dad, his sister, his Dad...

All have had Both Knees replaced.  In hindsight I wish I was more careful with my Knees instead of accelerating my condition by being Morbidly Obese the majority of my life...
But they say Hindsight is 20/20.

Luckily my back pain has only gotten better and better as I become more active and shed LBS so I am encouraged that my Back issues were strictly weight related.

So My 2011 Goal is to Lose 247lbs...

I am already more than half way there.  However, I know the next 9 months will not be a walk in the park. I need a Personal Trainer to help me find effective Cardio and Strength Training exercises that I can do working around my Knees.

I have lost just over 140 lbs since I started my 2011 Goal (Nov. 1st).
The first 4 months I lost 80 lbs or an AVG of 20 lbs a month.
This last 6 weeks with significant changes to my diet. I doubled my loss from  -5 lbs a week to -10 lbs a week.  I have lost just over 60 lbs in the last 6 weeks.

(See my early Blog about what I did to lose the first 80lbs on my own.)

This last 6 weeks (-60lbs)
I started working with Red Mountain Weight Loss center.

•        Drink Only Water. (No more Beloved Pepsi)
•        Drink 16 glasses (2 gallons) of Water a day. (This is hard, I get close most days)
•        Only eat 4 times a day; 2 Meals & 2 snacks, no grazing in between
•        2 Meals (10 am & 6 pm) are made of 8 oz of Lean Protein (Chicken, Steak, Fish)
•        And 8 oz of a Vegetable (Asparagus, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Spinach)
•        2 Snacks (6 am & 2 pm)  are each 1 serving of Fruit
          (Orange, Apple, ½ a Grapefruit or 6 Large Strawberries)
•        8 hours of sleep (also very hard for me...)
•        25 minutes of Cardio everyday (I am about to triple this starting 04/01/11)
•         No eating from 6pm – 6am to reset my body.
•         HCG drops under my tongue 2x daily (I will stop these when I run out in about a week)

By doing this I have lost an AVG of 10lbs a week.

I do take HCG drops 2x daily, however HCG does NOT help you lose weight or control your appetite.
 
HCG only tells the body NOT to burn Lean Muscle or Structural Tissue.  HCG also concentrates your fat burning from your Torso instead of from all over your body.  (Which is why the body naturally produces this Hormone in woman immediately after childbirth.)
 
I do the HCG because I was getting it free during the radio competition I was in. Now that I have to pay for it I won't and I'll tell you why. The diet & schedule Red Mountain & I laid out for me to follow is responsible for the -60lbs lost.  However, I have lost 12" Inches off my waist thanks to the HCG concentrating on my torso or “Belly Fat”.

The reason why I won'y pay for it is because HCG really isn’t designed for someone my size.  I’m not going to burn anything but fat at this point and wherever that fat comes from is fine.  The key is HCG does nothing if you are doing nothing to burn fat….

I still need to lose another 80lbs to reach my goals for this year and I should be able to do that as long as I keep working and don't quit.  However, I am realistic that this 80 will be as hard to lose or harder than the first 140...

My goal is to start an exercise routine By April 1st.  Which is tomorrow, I've been researching and working on it since the 17th of March when the "Chubby Hubby" contest ended.  So I feel I am ready to "pull the trigger" but I want to make sure I have looked at it from all angles and considered all possibilities.

Any Feedback or Suggestions on Diet and Especially on Exercise, Gyms, Personal Trainers etc... Is encouraged and welcomed.

Thank You,
GDPIII -

Final Week of Voting...

Please Vote for me to be the Winner of the 2011 Chubby Hubby Competition.  Only One Week left to Vote...
6 weeks ago when I began asking for your vote to get me into the competition.  I promised I would work hard and I would not waste this opprotunity. I set aggressive goals for 30 days that would force me to push myself.

I set my Goals at losing 57 lbs & 12" Inches off my waist.

And the Truth is I missed my Goals.
In those 30 Days I lost 55lbs & 10" Inches of my waist. 

While I'm disappointed at missing my goals.  I can honestly say I gave it everything I had and I have No Regrets.


So now, it's out of my hands and it's up to you, the Voter.
Please Judge for yourself, if you feel I have earned it, I would appreciate your Vote, as much and as often as you can offer.


Please Vote for me everyday from 03/21 - 04/05.  One Vote per Day per Email Address.
(i.e. if you have 3 email addresses you can use each one and Vote 3 times a day...)


Win or Lose, I will still keep going towards my 2011 Goal of losing 247 lbs.
I'm already 135 lbs down, another 112 lbs to go...

Thank You,
Geoffrey Dale Pierce III -

What's Next for GDPIII? Biggest Loser - 10 Week Challenge...

Real Quick... Chubby Hubby Contest is NOT over, IF you have NOT Voted yet today, STOP, Go Vote, THEN come back.  That is still Priority #1 until Voting ends on 04/04.  Remember 1 Vote Per Day Per Email Address, so get out those email addresses!
Here is the link:
http://www.mix969.com/pages/chubby-hubby/vote-entrants.php#4

VOTING HAS BEGUN!!! Please go Vote for me everyday until April 5th!

Nov.  2010  GDPIII - 607 lbs...

Feb. 21st 2011
527 lbs  & 72" Waist

March 17th 2011
480 lbs &  62" Waist

March 21st 2011 - 472 lbs & 62" Waist
Competition = 55 lbs in 30 Days
Overall = 135 lbs in 140 Days

Please Vote for me to be the Winner of the 2011 Chubby Hubby Competition.

6 weeks ago when I began asking for your vote to get me into the competition.  I promised I would work hard and I would not waste anyone's time.  I set my Goals at losing 57 lbs and 12" Inches off my waist. They were aggressive goals for 30 days but I wanted to push myself.

The Truth is I missed both my Goals.  In 30 Days I lost 55lbs & 10" Inches of my waist.  While I'm disappointed at missing my goals.  I can honestly say I gave it everything I had and I have No Regrets.

It's out of my hands now and it's up to you.  Please Judge for yourself, if you feel I am worthy.

Please Vote for me everyday from 03/21 - 04/05.  One Vote per Day per Email Address.
(i.e. if you have 3 email addresses you can use each one and Vote 3 times a day...)

Win or Lose, I will still keep going towards my 2011 Goal of losing 247 lbs.
I'm already 135 lbs down, another 112 lbs to go...

Thank You,
Geoffrey Dale Pierce III

A Picture (and its caption) is Worth a Thousand Words...

Adrian lost 7 lbs & 2 Inches

Day 1 -  254.2 lbs / 48.5"

Day 28 - 246.8 lbs / 46.5"

Ben Lost 10 lbs & 5 Inches

Day 1 - 222.8 / 46"

Day 28 - 212.6 / 41"

John Lost 25 lbs & +3.5"

Day 1 - 320.2 lbs / 48.5" 

Day 28 - 295 lbs / 52"

Scott Lost 27 lbs & 4"

Day 1 - 268.4 lbs / 48.5"

Day 28 - 241 lbs / 44.5

Ed Lost 2 lbs & 4"

Day - 346.8 lbs / 59.5"

Day 28 - 345 lbs / 55.5"

My 2011 Goal & How HCG has nothing to do with it...

My 2011 Goal is to Lose 247lbs...

I am already half way there, but the next 9 months will not be a walk in the park.

I have lost a total of 127 lbs since I started my 2011 Goal (Nov. 1st). 

The first 4 months I lost 80 lbs or an AVG of 20 lbs a month.

This last 4 weeks I added HCG and made significant changes that doubled my loss from  -20 lbs to -47 lbs.

The first 80 lbs; I did all on my own with these small changes.

·       I adding 25 minutes of Cardio every day. 

·       a small Healthy Breakfast. (avg 300 cal.)

·       a small Healthy Dinner.  (avg 300 cal.)

·       Whatever I wanted for lunch, but only 1 soda and No Left Over’s.

·       No eating at all from 6pm – 6am (this allows your body to finish burning what’s in your system & reset for the next day.)

·       12 glasses of Water a day. (anything else I drank didn’t count towards those 12 glasses.)

·       8 hours of Sleep a night. (Proven to increase energy and aid in Weight loss)

*Now this worked for me but I did start to plateau after 4 months and I was starting from a much higher weight then Avg…

This month here is what I am doing with the help of Red Mountain;

·        Drink Only Water.

·        Drink 16 glasses (2 gallons) of Water a day.

·        Only eat 4 times a day; 2 Meals & 2 snacks, no grazing in between

·        2 Meals are made of 8 oz of Lean Protein (Chicken, Steak, Fish)

·        8 oz of a Vegetable (Asparagus, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Spinach)

·        2 Snacks are each 1 serving of Fruit
    (Orange, Apple, ½ a Grapefruit or 6 Large Strawberries)

·        8 hours of sleep

·        25 minutes of Cardio everyday

·         No eating from 6pm – 6am to reset my body.

·         HCG drops under my tongue 2x daily

By doing this I have lost 47lbs in the last 28 days. 

I do take HCG drops 2x daily, however HCG does NOT help you lose weight or control your appetite.

 

HCG only tells the body NOT to burn Lean Muscle or Structural Tissue.  HCG also concentrates your fat burning from your Torso instead of from all over your body.  (Which is why the body naturally produces this Hormone in woman immediately after childbirth.)

 

I do the HCG because I was getting it free this month from Red Mountain as part of the competition.  The diet Red Mountain laid out for me is responsible for the -47lbs lost.  However, I have lost 10+ Inches off my waist thanks to the HCG concentrating on my torso or “Belly Fat”.

However, HCG really isn’t designed for someone my size.  I’m not going to burn anything but fat at this point and wherever it comes from is fine.  The key is HCG does nothing if you are doing nothing to burn fat….

A great example is Eric.  I got Eric in touch with Aime at Red Mountain and she got him started on his own specialized Meal plan and HCG.  However, Eric only has 10 MAYBE 15 lbs to lose.  Yet it's always that last 15 lbs that is always hardest to lose and always right around your waist & belly. 

Eric has been on it just over a week and has already lost 16lbs!!!
He can see definiation in his chest and stomach muscles that he hasn't been able to acheive in the last year.  He will only need to do the HCG for a max of 21 days and will have accomplished everything he has been working so hard to accomplish for the last 6+ months.

So don't get me wrong, I beleive in and endorse HCG.  I hope to one day need it myself to help me lose that last 20 lbs...

(Thats my Brother Eric on my left..)



Drinon, GDPIII, Eric, Hoff & Fessler
At Christmas 2010.



Updated Numbers from last Weeks Weigh-In

The people who update the website at MIX 96.9 made a mistake and reported my waist 3 Inches larger than it really was.  It was nice of them to go in and correct it.

Thank You Liz!

"Chubby Hubby" Week 3 Results...

After 3 weeks of working with Red Mountain.  

GDPIII is down 35lbs & 9.5 inches!

(The website shows 6.5 inches, but it's a Typo)

One more Week to go,
Until Voting begins to crown the 

2011 Chubby Hubby Champion!

Here is How The Biggest Loser Audition went today...

Great Update on Chubby Hubby, Health and The Biggest Loser...

Chubby Hubby Update at the Half way Mark.

As you will see I am leading in all 3 Categories;
Pounds Lost, Inches Lost & Awesomeness.

Geoffrey     -29 / 6 inches  (Not too shabby for 2 weeks right?)

Ed              -3 / .5 inches 

Adrian        -9 / 1 inches

Ben            -13 / 5 inches

John           -15 / 3.5 inches

Scott          -19 / 5 inches  (Closest competition…)

See for yourself or view the terrible pics of me available online: http://www.mix969.com/pages/chubby-hubby/

Geoffrey -

500 / 100... TWO Milestones in ONE Week...

I am way, way, way outside my comfort zone.

You see the Guy to the left, the one with the AWESOME hair...


He weighs 607lbs.

Even though thats not the case anymore, its still hard to talk about.  I can't remember the last time I told anyone my real weight.  I could pretty much say it was whatever I wanted because no one had a scale that could weigh me.

No one that is except me...
(OK, if I could buy a scale that goes to 1,000lbs then someone else could too. My point is I didn't know anyone else with a scale that could.)

Good thing I had that scale too, because seeing
- 607 -
In that ominous, evil red digital scale font.
Was the straw that broke the camel's back.  I never even considered I would one day weight OVER 600 lbs.  You think its uncomfortable to read?  Try typing it about yourself in a forum that anyone can see.  It has to be done though, pain is how we grow...

It was around the time I set my Goal to lose weight in the year 2011.  The truth came out.  I'm not proud of the fact that I wasn't honest about my weight.  However, it shows us one of the things we know about being human.  We lie.  Everyone lies.  Some do it to get gain or to inflict harm on others, but certainly not everyone.  However, everyone does lie to avoid pain.  Pain of someone knowing what you did or who you are.  Its something each of us will have to work on everyday of our lives.

I had toyed with the idea of setting my goal at a weight loss of 300lbs.  Many friends on FACEBOOK, at Church and work, took the time to share their opinions and give me some feedback.

I considered all things and I opted to set my goal for 

- 240lbs -

Ironically, My Overall goal weight is to reach a Healthy 240 and sustain it.  However thats not what I mean this time when I said 240 lbs.  I will lose an avg of 20 lbs a month for the year of 2011, losing a total of 240lbs and weighing 367lbs on New Years eve.

Even though my goals are large, I have milestones of success set up for myself all along the way.  The first Milestone was to lose 100lbs.  I accomplished this on Saturday 02/26 when I hit 505.
(The day before I was 508, a loss of -99lbs)

Quickly there after on Tuesday March 1st, I hit 498lbs.

Its a good feeling to know that just 4 months ago my weight started with a 6 and now it starts with a 4.  The next goal is to get to 3's