Well, time for me to post up here...

September of last year i was around 187.  I had been dropping weight from the 205 range since April '10.  Kayaking, running the dog, swimming, that sort of thing.  Nothing terribly serious, but plenty of activity.  Moved to south Texas, got lazy/preocupied went back up to 195 by the end of December.

Now, I'm at 207.  I feel disgusting.  It's time to drop the weight, and keep it off. 

Quote from: El Matador on March 08, 2011, 09:43:37 PM
Congrats man! I keep finding that I'm getting really good at D'arce chokes. Fake the takedown, sink it in, they never expect it.

Cannot pull a kimura off to save my life though.

Do you do Gi or no-Gi?

I do mainly Gi since I'm a Judoka first, I started training BJJ to round out my game.  We practice no-gi, and my throws work better in no-gi since the clinch is close and I no longer need to bridge the gap like in gi sparring.

I have wrestled in high school but that's 11 years ago, but, my clinch game remains unchanged. 

One thing I noticed, coming from Judo to BJJ, I now have a LOT of time to work on positions and subs.  In Judo, we have 5 seconds to make progress or they stand us back up.    

Who are you training with? 

Quote from: bulldogs2k on March 09, 2011, 07:57:46 AM
I do mainly Gi since I'm a Judoka first, I started training BJJ to round out my game.  We practice no-gi, and my throws work better in no-gi since the clinch is close and I no longer need to bridge the gap like in gi sparring.

I have wrestled in high school but that's 11 years ago, but, my clinch game remains unchanged.  

One thing I noticed, coming from Judo to BJJ, I now have a LOT of time to work on positions and subs.  In Judo, we have 5 seconds to make progress or they stand us back up.    

Who are you training with?  

I'm training with Ronny Lis here in austin. He's awesome. His Jiu Jitsu is actually derived straight from Maeda through Franca and not the Gracies; it's geared more towards MMA than just pure grappling.


I like being able to work on positioning, but goddamn, after 10 minutes of rolling I'm completely wasted.

Who do you train with?

Quote from: El Matador on March 09, 2011, 08:17:26 AM
after 10 minutes of rolling I'm completely wasted.

yea thats about how long it takes.  Wait are we talking about smoking or jits?

Quote from: El Matador on March 09, 2011, 08:17:26 AM
I'm training with Ronny Lis here in austin. He's awesome. His Jiu Jitsu is actually derived straight from Maeda through Franca and not the Gracies; it's geared more towards MMA than just pure grappling.


I like being able to work on positioning, but goddamn, after 10 minutes of rolling I'm completely wasted.

Who do you train with?

Judo, I'm with Tidewater Judo Club in VA Beach. 

BJJ, I train with Gustavo Machado: Roberto "Gordo" Corrêa de Lima > Carlos Gracie Jr. > Carlos Gracie Sr. > Mitsuo "Count Koma" Maeda > Jigoro Kano.

One thing I admire about BJJ is that their lineage can be tracked.  I feel that I'm getting the newaza portion of the sport directly through Kano Sensei. 

I started cross training since I figured it provides more opportunities for me to roll and it opens up avenues for more competitions and sport Judo is getting watered down due to Olympic exposure.    

Another day another dollar!  We got to do no-gi stand up and I was hip tossing w/sweep (harai Goshi) everyone in the gym.  What sucked was the Purples getting there revenge on me....

12 round private lesson of all boxing yesterday... The head instructor insisted that I needed to tune up my hands before moving on to the next level of training.  After kickboxing for five years, having to fight without kicks and knees felt totally foreign.  I sweated out four pounds during the lesson, and I'm pretty sure two pounds was just from the stress of reminding myself to not kick.

So, to celebrate the weightloss, I took the wife and kids to the local Mexican overeatery.  Chile relenos and shrimp fajitas!

Quote from: dropstharockalot on March 10, 2011, 07:09:31 AM
12 round private lesson of all boxing yesterday... The head instructor insisted that I needed to tune up my hands before moving on to the next level of training.  After kickboxing for five years, having to fight without kicks and knees felt totally foreign.  I sweated out four pounds during the lesson, and I'm pretty sure two pounds was just from the stress of reminding myself to not kick.

So, to celebrate the weightloss, I took the wife and kids to the local Mexican overeatery.  Chile relenos and shrimp fajitas!

NICE!  I love boxing, I have a BB in Shotokan karate and I remember feeling the exact same way when I started boxing. 

Put in 35 miles yesterday after work on my road bike. I'm not sure what to do about today - it's 85 degrees here and though I want to go to the gym, I also am jonesing to ride too...

Quote from: Monster Dave on March 10, 2011, 10:04:23 AM
Put in 35 miles yesterday after work on my road bike. I'm not sure what to do about today - it's 85 degrees here and though I want to go to the gym, I also am jonesing to ride too...

Do it!  It's raining and 50 degrees here, otherwise I would ride too. 

There are days when I really am glad to be working out at the gym, but when the weather's nice, I just hate being indoors.

While the wife was up in Alaska for 3 weeks I returned to the bottom feeder lifestyle of decadence and bad food.  But it was good bad food, pizza, ice cream, popcorn, and chocolate .  Last time I ran I felt like I was pushing a truck too.  My sweety is now back and I have 5 to 7 lbs to drop.  Veggies are starting to come in from the garden so the diet adjustment has already been made.  After work I'm running 3 miles, it should be 4, but I'm still pushing that damn truck so it'll be 3. 

Today was bitter sweet.  I ordered a new suit two weeks ago...  It comes in, I try it on, and it fits looser then previously worn.  Glad to see some visual progress since i'm not dropping much weight at all.   

Just finished my first p90x session .. kicks ass.. now some pasta n freshly boiled crabs...  only problem is, I dnt know which order to go in.. got it from my cousin in-law who just left today for army boot camp..  he burned them on separate disc..

FWIW - if you're trying to lean down you shouldn't be chowing on carbs after the routine - rather you should eat them an hour or two before. If you're bulking up, then CHOW DOWN!!  


I love foods that happen to be loaded with carbs....I think in a previous life that I must have been Italian.