Hello Everyone. I start tomorrow. I'm very excited.

[chinadoll]

Hello Gene. Welcome to ADBB

[SilentMewesDNG]

thanks for the kind words everyone. And to Phil, I think you're right. I don't want to do permanent damage to my knees with the repeated shock of my frame crashing down on them. Yesterday, I went over to a friend's house and bought two old unused exercise machines he's had sitting in his garage for a couple years. They both look like "as seen on TV" machines, but whatever. Something is better than nothing. One is an "aeROBIC Rider" and the other is an "AIR TECH GLIDER". Between an hour or so a day on them, and a brisk walk around the nighborhood(2 miles maybe?) before sunrise every morning, I should be able to get in more than enough exercise. I'm still going to use the Army's conditioning drills and cool down drills.

On a side note, I have been drinking alot more water in the last week than I was previously accustomed to, but just yesterday I started keeping track of how much. I bought a case of bottled water at the local discount supermarket. The bottles are 16.9 fl oz. each. I drank 4 of them yesterday(and nothing else). It seemed hard to get that last bottle in, but I think that may be mostly because I was conscious of how much water I was drinking. I feel like I was drinking at least that much water before I started counting. Probably just a mental thing I am going to have to work through.

All in all, I expect to start melting very shortly.

Oh yeah, does anyone know if Walmart, CVS, or Walgreens sells those ketosis pee strips? I remember using those long ago and how motivating it was to see the color showing that my body was a fat burning machine. Do they even make those things anymore?

[barrnone]

Hi Gene - sounds like you are very motivated - great attitude, it will serve you well. Yes, you can get the sticks at Walmart or walgreens [not sure about CVS].

I joined a challenge to drink 100 oz of water a day, it can be done...and you're right, it probably is 'just a mental thing'...I always thought I drank alot, but 100 is pushing it for me; but I do it, every day!

Have fun and looking forward to hearing your progress.