My name is Adam Sipes and I am going to chronicle the daily struggle of what it takes to lose wieght, manage Grad school, a full time job, and a social life at the same time. My best friends and I, Who all live in the same house, are going to attempt to change our lives for the better. This will be done by eating better, drinking less, exercizing, and generally being nice people. This life change is going to start on Monday March 15, 2010. Hence the name "Life changing Mondays." The blog will consist of all my emoitions as I feel them, (and have time to write about them), and anything else that i think is pertinent in the life changing process. Our goal is to run a marathon in ones years time. We are shooting for the Las Vegas Rock-N-Roll marathon next year. So in saying that, leave any comments you want, good or bad, because they will all be fuel for the fire.

17th March 2010

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Day 1 & 2

“Were taking it off the face.” Those are the words used to describe our first couple days of the new life change by my friend Jeff. It has been a hard couple of days, but i feel that they have also been successful.

Day one was a full of excitement. Jeff and i kept texting like 2 little girls all day, asking each other if we were ready for what was waiting for us that night. I planned on starting the first day of running earlier in the day, but unfortunately i had to live in the library for about 4 hours after work so that i could prepare for a presentation the next day. Once that was over, i was decided to drive 35 minutes away with my buddies Jeff and Travis, in order to surprise Travis’ girlfriend, and one of my best friends, Amanda. Did was fun, we talked alot about the run and work out the we still had to do. We get back to the house at 9:15, by 9:30 Jeff and i were outside ready to run. Surprisingly, during the run, i felt pretty good, i had lots of energy and was feeling fine. I think this is due to the fact that i was working out a little bit the weeks before we started this adventure. Jeff on the other hand, was in pain. He told me to tell all of you that “It’s only the first day and he wants to quit.” He reiterated the fact the we are both taking it off the face. Although i could tell that Jeff was in alot of pain, including shin splints, the tough bastard never gave up on me or himself. I don’t think he ever will either.

Day two was pretty easy. The plan that were are currently on right now is called “Couch to 5k.” Our first race ever will be two months from now in Santa Monica California, God help us. The plan only calls for us to run 3 days a week which is nice. so the only thing we had to do today is the P90x workout, which was a success, but we were both in alot of pain.

I’m sitting here writing this on day three. We have to both run today and do P90x, but that is not the biggest hurdle for us today. Today is St. Patrick’s day. Usually we both would already be shit faced drunk. But that’s the old us. Say hello to the new us. I plan on getting errands done today and doing alot of homework. I’m definitely going to eat corn beef and cabbage though cause i love that shit.

So in conclusion for today, im sore as hell but in a good way. I can tell that this time both Jeff and i are seriously dedicated for this, even though we are both “Taking it off the face.”