Slimming Down Dad

A little while back I had a run in with personal issues. At the time I thought I could juggle both the podcast and what I had going on in my personal life. I was wrong and Slimming Down Dad was placed on the back burner while I handled more pressing business.

Now that it looks as if the rough patch is behind me, I think it is about time I get back into the regular production of my Podcast that revolves around my Weight Loss Journey. Episode 14 is a catch-up episode, of sorts, as I go over my October Project and what I have in mind for November.

I’m also tremendously excited about the Slimming Down Dad Weekly Challenges and would love for you to participate. This first weeks calls for 500 Squats. C’mon, you’ve got this!

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Just like last week, the perfect opportunity to record an episode of the Slimming Down Dad Short presented itself as I drove over to my daughter’s soccer practice. The episode runs about 13 minutes and covers a handful of topics.

From yesterday's gym session. Pretty soon I'm going to need to buy smaller workout shirts. #Progress #Motivation #Strength #StrengthTraining #FitFam #Fitness #FitnessJourney #WeightLoss #WeightTraining #WeightLossJourney #SlimmingDownDad

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Yesterday I hopped in my car, immediately after a grueling gym session, and began my usual scramble to get things done. I raced home, grabbed a really quick bite to eat, hopped in the shower, whipped up a protein shake for the road, and headed back to the car.

While driving over to my daughter’s soccer practice I thought it would be a good idea to fire up the recorder and put together another episode of the Slimming Down Dad Short.

Short on time but made the most of the session #wycwyc #StrengthTraining #Strength #WeightLoss #WeightTraining #WeightLossJourney #FitBit #FitFam #Fitness #FitnessJourney #SlimmingDownDad

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If you’ve been following along with the Slimming Down Podcast, you have probably noticed things slow down a bit recently. I’d like to apologize for that and assure you that it isn’t an issue of losing interest. I have a daughter that just started school and is playing soccer for the first time. Who knew that a soccer league for 5 year olds would have their parents so busy?

At any rate, this episode takes a look at what has been keeping me busy both at home and in the gym and also goes into how I went about purchasing personal training sessions with CustomFit Training.

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This week on the Slimming Down Dad Short I decided to do something a little different. I’m always trying to come up with ways to reward those signed up for the Slimming Down Dad Newsletter. Initially it was an early release of the Slimming Down Dad Short but this week I pulled out my handy-dandy video camera and recorded a video of the episode. I hope it serves as an inspiration to sign up (you’ll get to see what my wife affectionately described as my ‘Skeletor Face’) as well serves as a thank you to those that have signed up already.

The content of the episode this week was just a quick update on the release schedule for the podcast. I’m finding that it is extremely difficult to continue releasing on Friday mornings with everything we have going on as a family (I had no idea my daughter playing sports would make me so busy…).

Going forward I’m going to release the full podcast on either Saturday or Sunday morning (I’m still undecided – I may even do Midnight on Sunday). The Slimming Down Dad Short will be moving to a ‘whenever I can fit it in’ schedule and may become unpredictable. My apologies to anyone that prefers the supplemental episodes over the full episodes.

To wrap up the episode I talked briefly about an outing I had with the fine folks from CustomFit Training.

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This week on the Slimming Down Dad Podcast I had a last minute change of plans. The interview that I hoped to conduct had to be pushed and I decided to replace it with a barrage of topics ranging from Personal Training to Fitness Classes for my Wife to Dealing with Injury.

I got pretty gabby and the eipside wound up running longer than usual, coming in at about 50 minutes. It is a long one but it was fun to record.

In addition, I made a few mentions about things in the podcast. Those reference links can be found below.

* Exercise Floor Tiles

* CustomFit Training

* Quest Salted Caramel Protein Powder

* Six Star Protein Powder

I had a interesting moment in the gym today. I'm usually in the rack and not paying attention to myself in the mirror. Today I mixed it up and did a chest and arm workout. While doing curls, watching myself in the mirror, I noticed my arms for the first time in quite a while. What I saw surprised me, there is a lot going on in my #WeightLossJourney that I haven't really noticed until now. #SlimmingDownDad #Health #Exercise #StrengthTraining #Strength #Gym #FitFam #Fitness #FitnessJourney #Progress #Motivation

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Episode 11 of the Slimming Down Dad Podcast will go down in my memory as the episode that almost never was. I’ve been battling some personal issues over the past two weeks and for the first time ever, I just couldn’t motivate myself to sit down and record an episode.

On Thursday I tried to force it and fired up the recorder. After a 15 minute pity party and trying to dance around specifics, I closed my laptop and walked away. For the first time, Slimming Down Dad was not published on time and that really bummed me out.

Feeling a bit better this morning, I sat down and gave it another shot. I talked about some of the struggles I’ve been having recently and genuinely felt better. In all of this, exercise has been my quiet time. It has been a way for me to get out of my own head and focus on running that next mile or pushing that loaded barbell.

Before closing out the episode I talked about my biggest loss in recent memory, not recognizing myself in photos, and my need for dietary change to boost energy. I also invite you to join our small community for the Slimming Dad 10K Virtual Fun Run.

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Last week I had my very first session with a Personal Trainer. It was an eye-opening experience that showed just how effective simple exercises can be when done correctly. This week I met with my personal trainer for a second time. This time we worked on building strength in my chest to increase my bench press numbers.

In addition to discussing my training session, I also touched one some truly terrible Isolate Protein Powder I picked up at Walmart. I suppose you really get what you pay for when it comes to supplements.

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I was listening to a podcast the other day on podcasting (I know, that sounds weird) but the host threw out a pretty interesting statistic. Something like the majority of new podcasts never make it past episode 7.

I suppose there is a variety of factors involved. Low listener count, it becomes more work than anticipated, so on and so forth. I’m happy to say that we’ve busted past that dreaded statistic and reached the first of many milestones.

Episode 10 is not only a milestone, it also happens to contain an amazing interview with Lindsay Heller. Lindsay is another friend from the cigar community (Much like Jerry Cruz on Episode 8, Keith Queen on Episode 6, and Tom Adcock on Episode 3) and has become quite the runner.

Lindsay is currently training for the New York City Marathon, which was a very big discussion topic, as you would imagine. In addition to the marathon we discussed gear, fitness, and finding the time to dedicate to training.

In fact, I enjoyed this interview so much that it inspired me to start running with a purpose. I’ve ditched my mundane cardio routine and have began a Novice 10K Training Program. In addition, this episode also inspired the Slimming Down Dad 10K Virtual Fun Run.

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Yesterday was the first of three meetings I have scheduled with a personal trainer at my local gym. In this episode of the Slimming Down Dad Short I discuss how that meeting went and what we’ll be focusing on next week.

Before wrapping up I talk a little bit about having narrowed down my isolate protein powder choices and what I’m leaning towards buying. If you have any suggestions on supplements, I would love to hear them!

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