Tony's Lifestyle Change

fantasma62 · 08-08-2004, 03:19 PM

Greeky, thank you for the complement in my wife's part and for the lie on my part

....Oh, but don't think that you are not making me blush

by saying that....

Sapphire · 08-08-2004, 04:59 PM

Hey Tony!

Welcome to NY!! You got a nice weekend here, cool and sunny!!

I am starting my rep range week too, if I can help with any questions just ask.

I am better today BTW!!!

fantasma62 · 08-08-2004, 10:10 PM

Well, thanks Sapph, I am glad that you are doing better, I missed ya....
It's been really tough to get a semblance of a diet going here.
I had dinner at 9:00pm when I had a grilled chicken sandwich with sundried tomatoes and a slice of mozzarella cheese. My caloric intake must have been so little.....
My cardio today was basically walking fot 2.5 hours around Times Square, Broadway, and the Waldorf looking for a cheap deli...everything is so expensive...
Either way, the wife fell asleep and I am trying to get sleepy, even if I am also tired. We literally slept last night3-3.5 hours....I'll probably go read a book and try to see what happens....I'll keep you all posted on what I am doing.
Sapph, I am posting below my RR workout, please dissect....

Monday - Chest

Dumbbell Press
Inclined bench press
Flyes

Tuesday - Legs

Leg extensions
One legged leg press
Lying leg curl
Squats
Stiff legged dead lift

Wednesday - Rest (Cardio)

Thursday (at home) - Shoulders and back

Single arm dumbbell press
Shoulder Shrugs
Wide Grip Upright Row
Dumbbell Front Raises
Pulldowns

Friday (at home) - Arms

Alternating Dumbbell Curl
Concentration Curl
Inclined Dumbbell curls
Triceps Pushdown
Skull Crunchers
Dumbbell Kickback

Sat & Sun - Rest (cardio)
Ab work will be performed 3 tiemes a week after workouts Monday and Friday and after cardio work on wednesday...
Cardio will be done on rest days...

My plan is to follow the routine according to Gopro's sticky, where he mentions "3 ranges (7-10), (11-15), (16-20).".

Sapph, if things have changed and ranges are different let me know. I posted a question for Gopro in his sticky for P/RR/S. Check to see if my question makes sense and if you or anyone else can also answer it, it'll help me tremendously because I'll be against the clock.

fantasma62 · 08-08-2004, 10:13 PM

So Cindy, you live in NY? Let me ask you Dylan's Prime or Peter Luger? I want to take my wife to dinner to the best steak house in NY and everyone concurs that it's those two followed by Smith & Wolensky. You could be my tie breaker...See, today is her birthday and...wait, it was yesterday the 8th, it's already the 9th. Anyways, I want her to get the best because she deserves it. She has to put up with me, that's bad enough....

I'll post pictures later and I'll tell ya'll about my wife's first trip to NYC....

fantasma62 · 08-09-2004, 08:55 PM

Well I guess I will be taking it easy for the rest of the week. Now, I am sick.....

We spent a couple of hours today at Central Park (gorgeous) and my wife ordered a hot dog. Now, she likes onions on her hot dog, so she ordered it with them. When she tried the dog, it had a bit of a sweet and spicy taste to it, so she ended up giving it to me. Mind you, that was my idea...So I ate it, walked for a while and went to eat. While we were eating at the restaurant, I began to feel some "problems" in my stomach. We finished, walked some more and went to the Statue of Liberty. We had to hail a cab and run to the Waldorf because I had major stomach pains...
After having the runs and spending about 1/2 hour in bed, I got the courage to take off and finish our Empire State tour...I am still weak, but my wife is really enjoying this, and that, is really what I care about.....
I'll probably post pictures and post what we did (no, not everything).
Lots of fun, lots to see tomorrow. We, by the way, are no longer going to try to go to a steak house. My being sick had nothing to do with it. Not enough time....
Anyway, BYE!!!!!

Sapphire · 08-11-2004, 07:46 AM

OH NO!! You caught my bug!

I had IT for a week straight!! YUCKY!!!

I dont know too much about steak houses... I eat steak once in a while when my Mom has a BBQ, but honestly I dont go out to dinner too much and when I do I eat MUSSELS!!

(my favorite)

I love New York, most of the time! So much to do at any time of the day or night!

I moved yesterday.. all day. That was a workout in and of itself.

Hope your wife had a great birthday!! She is lucky, you are so sweet when you talk about her, I LOVE that!!

JLB001 · 08-11-2004, 07:54 AM

Tony...I hope you get to feeling better! Take it easy on yourself til you feel well.

Enjoy NYC. I've never been, but Craigie Poohs family is from up there. One day...I'll make it there!

fantasma62 · 08-12-2004, 09:33 PM

Hi All,

I am back. We flew in today at 10:15 am, but ended up finally getting here at 5:30 pm...I am tired but feeling much better.
Luckily, the "bug" didn't actually catch me, it was just bad onions on a hot dog. One day of the "quick and the dead". or the "runs".
I'll post a bit more tomorrow. We have a hurricane in the area and should be getting a good soaking tomorrow....God willing, nothing will happen and this thing will blow over, but it isn't likely.
I'll be back soon and post some pictures of out trip....

fantasma62 · 08-12-2004, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sapphire

Hope your wife had a great birthday!! She is lucky, you are so sweet when you talk about her, I LOVE that!!

You are making me blush

**Jodi** · 08-12-2004, 11:34 PM

Welcome Back

Sapphire · 08-13-2004, 05:34 AM

Welcome back!!!

Good luck with that storm!

So what did you think of MY New York? Did we treat you well????

KataMaStEr · 08-13-2004, 04:14 PM

Heeeyyy Tonyyyyy welcome back to the lighting capital of the world. Right now it's raining bullets over here. Hope you and your wife enjoyed the trip to NY.

fantasma62 · 08-14-2004, 02:33 PM

Hi all...

We had a magical time in a magical city. My wife had the best birthday ever (she says so anyway). I'll give ya'll a rundown on what we did. No, I am not going to say eeeeverything that we did

.
To begin with, I was able to scraunge as much as I could for this vacation. How do you make your wife happy on her birthday? Fly her first class to NYC. How do you continue making her happy? Stay at the Waldorf Astoria. How do I continue after? None of your business

...Well, that's what I did, I was able to fly her on first both ways and reserved at the Waldorf.
The day we got there, we arrived at around 4:00 pm to the Hotel. My wife slept for about an hour because we really hadn't slept much the night before packing and, well, she needed her sleep. She woke up and we went out for a walk around Broadway and Times Square (skip and a hop away from the hotel). We walked around until about 8:30 pm. Mind you, we started at around 5:30 pm, so we walked a whole hell of a lot the first night....

Our second day was, well, crazy. We decided to go to Central Park. By the way, that place is HUGE. I had no idea how big it was. We grabbed our map and walked to central park. This was at around 10:30 am. We walked around Central Park and saw people getting sun in the middle of the field (shock to the system to me since I live in Miami), people playing ball in the park, etc. We walked for about 3-4 hours and we thought that we had gotten to the other side of the park. Well, we arrived at Tavern on the Green and found out that we weren't even half way. We walked a couple of blocks further south and stopped because my wife wanted a hot dog. That's when that day's ordeal began for me. They gave her one with sweet onions, which she hates, and me being the husband that I am, told her to order another one and I would eat that one. We ate and walked a little further to the Museum of Natural Science so that I could see my "big ass whale", which is what I call the blue whale in the ocean part of the museum (tradition for me). Got out of the museum and decided to cross over to the other side to go to the Met. What an error. We got lost in Central Park. After asking a few hot dog vendors who could barely understand me or be understood, we arrived to the other side, only to find the Met closed (they don't open mondays). My wife bought a pretzel (I made her do so, since I find them so good) and sat down to eat it. We then decided to walk some more, and more, and more. We had walked for about an hour and thought that maybe we should have an early dinner. So we ate at Serendipity. I ate a Turkey sandwich and drank a "Frozen Hot Chocolate", yeah, that's right, I drank it

. However, while having dinner, I began feeling a little "funny". We walked back to 5th avenue (Serendipity is only a couple of blocks away) to get the subway to the Empire State Building. Mind you, this is after walking for close to 8 hours....My feet were aching and I found out later that I had a pretty nice sized blister. Arrived at the Empire State Building and bought tickets to a cool show and the observation tower. As soon as we bought the tix, I told my wife that we had to get "The hell out of there" or I wasn't going to make it. We caught a roller coaster...er...a taxi and went back to the hotel. After about an hour that included the runs and laying in bed, I was able to gather strength and go back to the Empire State in another cab. Watched the show and went on the observation deck at around 9:00 pm. By the way guys, nothing more romantic for the wife or girlfriend than going to the Empire State at night. We walked back to the hotel from there and arrived exhausted at around 10:00 pm.....Went to sleep

To be continued....

fantasma62 · 08-14-2004, 02:45 PM

Our second full day in NYC was a very eventful one. We left the hotel at around 10:00am after having breakfast. We got to Grand Central Station and got a subway to Battery Park, where you get the Ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Got the Ferry and went to the Statue of Liberty, but we couldn't get in since it was sold out

. The one thing that I wanted my wife to do was to climb the Statue of Liberty...Oh well, next time.
Got back to Battery Park and walked over to Ground Zero. Not much to say, other than saying a little prayer and leaving (I wanted to have closure...).
Continued walking and went to Chinatown

. I was very unhappy, but my wife wanted to go buy Goach purses...er...sorry Coach purses (knock offs). Bought purses and as we were leaving, a dump truck full of rotten chickens decided to brake hard next to me and a bunch of chickens dropped to the ground. People started running away and others throwing up because the smell was ill, overwhelming. For a whole block you could smell this crap, and knowing how much I hate chicken

. Not so much eating it, but cooking it and touching it before cooking......
We walked away from that hell hole of a place and walked right thru Little Italy, SOHO and got to Union Square. No, we didn't stop, we got the Subway and left to the Hotel because we had a play at 7:00 pm. So we literally walked another 6 hours that day at that point. We arrived at the Majestic theater to watch the Phantom of the Opera (amazing). The play ended at around 9:30pm. We then went to John's Pizzeria. This is a place that used to be a church and was turned into a pizzeria. Great pizza. We then walked to the hotel after taking a few pictures of Times Square at night and went to sleeep...

Continued....

fantasma62 · 08-14-2004, 02:59 PM

On our last full day there we went to the stores. We went to Macy's and spent the afternoon in Times Square. At 5:00 pm we got on the Subway with my cousin and her husband to go to Brooklin to eat dinner. We ate at an italian restaurant where they had filmed an episode or two of the Sopranos. We had the most amazing time (because on wednesdays, the wise guys don't got there. Nobody got whacked

). No, I didn't eat any pasta, in fact, I ate some potatoes, antipasto (clams, mussels, shrimp), spicy Italian peppers and loads and loads of wine

. We had a woderful time....
We left to the hotel (via a car service, my cousin didnt want me lost around Brooklin and 11:00 pm)
Got to the hotel and packed our stuff and passed out...
The morning after, we left the hotel. However, I made what could have been a huge judgement error. I decided that we should wake up at 6:00 am for our 8:00 am flight to Miami. We left the room and called the car service at around 6:30. The car got there at 7:00 am. We got to La Guardia at around 7:30 am. After worrying a whole lot, we were able to make it to check the bags in, but the boarding passes could not be printed. The short ordeal began. The guy told us to go inside and print it at a kiosk. The boarding passes wouldn't print. Time was passing by. I told my wife to make the line while I tried calling somebody on the Delta Help phones. This was at 8:02 am. We were told by a passenger that they couldn't leave with my bags and that they would have to wait for us. Once I spoke to a Delta CSR, she told me that my flight was delayed to 10:15am because the crew had arrived late the night before and they couldn't fly the plane without a complete rest. Regulations I gues...Either way, thank goodness for these people...After almost having a heart attack in La Guardia airport, we were able to come home and see our kids, whom we had missed dearly.

I know that this is not part of a workout or diet plan, but I guess this is part of a lifestyle change because we briskly walked 18 hours in three days. Not counting the time we walked in Times Square the day we got there....
So this was my wife's first trip to NYC. She ended up liking NYC more than Las Vegas....I told her so......

fantasma62 · 08-14-2004, 03:43 PM

Now, getting back to my Lifestyle Change. There are some good news. I weighed myself on Monday. Although I was not at home, I weighed myself in my room and in the gym. I weighed in at 251 in the bathroom and 252 at the gym. Being that I am sometimes negative, I went with the higher weight. So during the first week of my lifestyle change, I lost 7 pounds. Not too bad. My muscles feel good and I am ready for a fresh start on monday....

atherjen · 08-14-2004, 05:08 PM

Hey Tony!

SOunds like you had a wonderful trip to NYC!

Congrads on that weight loss

Keep'r going!

fantasma62 · 08-14-2004, 07:53 PM

Hey Jen,

Thanks I sure did have a great time

Let's see what happens next week when I go in a non-stop, full tilt body attack...

chiquita6683 · 08-14-2004, 08:08 PM

best of luck to u!

fantasma62 · 08-14-2004, 09:33 PM

Hi Chiquita, thanks a bunch for the kind words....

**P-funk** · 08-14-2004, 09:40 PM

Quote:

we arrived to the other side, only to find the Met closed (they don't open mondays).

you were tight nest my apt. and you didn't even call me!!!

fantasma62 · 08-14-2004, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P-funk

you were tight nest my apt. and you didn't even call me!!!

My bad P-Funk, but I was so freaking lost in there

Central Park is huge. I am going back hopefully in December. Whenever I go, I'll buy you a beer....er....protein shake...
Is this a bannable offense??

**P-funk** · 08-14-2004, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Whenever I go, I'll buy you a beer....er....protein shake...
Is this a bannable offense??

you're pushing it.

fantasma62 · 08-14-2004, 09:57 PM

Thank you Mr. Funk for not banning me

08-08-2004, 03:19 PM	#91
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Greeky, thank you for the complement in my wife's part and for the lie on my part ....Oh, but don't think that you are not making me blush by saying that....
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-08-2004, 04:59 PM	#92
Sapphire P/RR/S groupie Join Date: May 2003 Location: anywhere my love Chris is... Posts: 4,449 Photos: 4	Hey Tony! Welcome to NY!! You got a nice weekend here, cool and sunny!! I am starting my rep range week too, if I can help with any questions just ask. I am better today BTW!!!
	Sapphire "Thank goodness that perfection is something I will never reach, which will keep me striving till the day I die" ...... GOPRO http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17570 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17638 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17567 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17622

08-08-2004, 10:10 PM	#93
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Well, thanks Sapph, I am glad that you are doing better, I missed ya.... It's been really tough to get a semblance of a diet going here. I had dinner at 9:00pm when I had a grilled chicken sandwich with sundried tomatoes and a slice of mozzarella cheese. My caloric intake must have been so little..... My cardio today was basically walking fot 2.5 hours around Times Square, Broadway, and the Waldorf looking for a cheap deli...everything is so expensive... Either way, the wife fell asleep and I am trying to get sleepy, even if I am also tired. We literally slept last night3-3.5 hours....I'll probably go read a book and try to see what happens....I'll keep you all posted on what I am doing. Sapph, I am posting below my RR workout, please dissect.... Monday - Chest Dumbbell Press Inclined bench press Flyes Tuesday - Legs Leg extensions One legged leg press Lying leg curl Squats Stiff legged dead lift Wednesday - Rest (Cardio) Thursday (at home) - Shoulders and back Single arm dumbbell press Shoulder Shrugs Wide Grip Upright Row Dumbbell Front Raises Pulldowns Friday (at home) - Arms Alternating Dumbbell Curl Concentration Curl Inclined Dumbbell curls Triceps Pushdown Skull Crunchers Dumbbell Kickback Sat & Sun - Rest (cardio) Ab work will be performed 3 tiemes a week after workouts Monday and Friday and after cardio work on wednesday... Cardio will be done on rest days... My plan is to follow the routine according to Gopro's sticky, where he mentions "3 ranges (7-10), (11-15), (16-20).". Sapph, if things have changed and ranges are different let me know. I posted a question for Gopro in his sticky for P/RR/S. Check to see if my question makes sense and if you or anyone else can also answer it, it'll help me tremendously because I'll be against the clock.
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-08-2004, 10:13 PM	#94
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	So Cindy, you live in NY? Let me ask you Dylan's Prime or Peter Luger? I want to take my wife to dinner to the best steak house in NY and everyone concurs that it's those two followed by Smith & Wolensky. You could be my tie breaker...See, today is her birthday and...wait, it was yesterday the 8th, it's already the 9th. Anyways, I want her to get the best because she deserves it. She has to put up with me, that's bad enough.... I'll post pictures later and I'll tell ya'll about my wife's first trip to NYC....
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-09-2004, 08:55 PM	#95
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Well I guess I will be taking it easy for the rest of the week. Now, I am sick..... We spent a couple of hours today at Central Park (gorgeous) and my wife ordered a hot dog. Now, she likes onions on her hot dog, so she ordered it with them. When she tried the dog, it had a bit of a sweet and spicy taste to it, so she ended up giving it to me. Mind you, that was my idea...So I ate it, walked for a while and went to eat. While we were eating at the restaurant, I began to feel some "problems" in my stomach. We finished, walked some more and went to the Statue of Liberty. We had to hail a cab and run to the Waldorf because I had major stomach pains... After having the runs and spending about 1/2 hour in bed, I got the courage to take off and finish our Empire State tour...I am still weak, but my wife is really enjoying this, and that, is really what I care about..... I'll probably post pictures and post what we did (no, not everything). Lots of fun, lots to see tomorrow. We, by the way, are no longer going to try to go to a steak house. My being sick had nothing to do with it. Not enough time.... Anyway, BYE!!!!!
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-11-2004, 07:46 AM	#96
Sapphire P/RR/S groupie Join Date: May 2003 Location: anywhere my love Chris is... Posts: 4,449 Photos: 4	OH NO!! You caught my bug! I had IT for a week straight!! YUCKY!!! I dont know too much about steak houses... I eat steak once in a while when my Mom has a BBQ, but honestly I dont go out to dinner too much and when I do I eat MUSSELS!! (my favorite) I love New York, most of the time! So much to do at any time of the day or night! I moved yesterday.. all day. That was a workout in and of itself. Hope your wife had a great birthday!! She is lucky, you are so sweet when you talk about her, I LOVE that!!
	Sapphire "Thank goodness that perfection is something I will never reach, which will keep me striving till the day I die" ...... GOPRO http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17570 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17638 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17567 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17622

08-11-2004, 07:54 AM	#97
JLB001 I see YOU!! Elite Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 8,293 Photos: 5	Tony...I hope you get to feeling better! Take it easy on yourself til you feel well. Enjoy NYC. I've never been, but Craigie Poohs family is from up there. One day...I'll make it there!
	"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

08-12-2004, 09:33 PM	#98
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Hi All, I am back. We flew in today at 10:15 am, but ended up finally getting here at 5:30 pm...I am tired but feeling much better. Luckily, the "bug" didn't actually catch me, it was just bad onions on a hot dog. One day of the "quick and the dead". or the "runs". I'll post a bit more tomorrow. We have a hurricane in the area and should be getting a good soaking tomorrow....God willing, nothing will happen and this thing will blow over, but it isn't likely. I'll be back soon and post some pictures of out trip....
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-12-2004, 11:34 PM	#100
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,265 Photos: 1	Welcome Back
	Essence EFA

08-13-2004, 05:34 AM	#101
Sapphire P/RR/S groupie Join Date: May 2003 Location: anywhere my love Chris is... Posts: 4,449 Photos: 4	Welcome back!!! Good luck with that storm! So what did you think of MY New York? Did we treat you well????
	Sapphire "Thank goodness that perfection is something I will never reach, which will keep me striving till the day I die" ...... GOPRO http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17570 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17638 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17567 http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/at...chmentid=17622

08-13-2004, 04:14 PM	#102
KataMaStEr -==♠==- Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 1,960 Photos: 6	Heeeyyy Tonyyyyy welcome back to the lighting capital of the world. Right now it's raining bullets over here. Hope you and your wife enjoyed the trip to NY.

08-14-2004, 02:33 PM	#103
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Our trip to NYC, part one Hi all... We had a magical time in a magical city. My wife had the best birthday ever (she says so anyway). I'll give ya'll a rundown on what we did. No, I am not going to say eeeeverything that we did . To begin with, I was able to scraunge as much as I could for this vacation. How do you make your wife happy on her birthday? Fly her first class to NYC. How do you continue making her happy? Stay at the Waldorf Astoria. How do I continue after? None of your business ...Well, that's what I did, I was able to fly her on first both ways and reserved at the Waldorf. The day we got there, we arrived at around 4:00 pm to the Hotel. My wife slept for about an hour because we really hadn't slept much the night before packing and, well, she needed her sleep. She woke up and we went out for a walk around Broadway and Times Square (skip and a hop away from the hotel). We walked around until about 8:30 pm. Mind you, we started at around 5:30 pm, so we walked a whole hell of a lot the first night.... Our second day was, well, crazy. We decided to go to Central Park. By the way, that place is HUGE. I had no idea how big it was. We grabbed our map and walked to central park. This was at around 10:30 am. We walked around Central Park and saw people getting sun in the middle of the field (shock to the system to me since I live in Miami), people playing ball in the park, etc. We walked for about 3-4 hours and we thought that we had gotten to the other side of the park. Well, we arrived at Tavern on the Green and found out that we weren't even half way. We walked a couple of blocks further south and stopped because my wife wanted a hot dog. That's when that day's ordeal began for me. They gave her one with sweet onions, which she hates, and me being the husband that I am, told her to order another one and I would eat that one. We ate and walked a little further to the Museum of Natural Science so that I could see my "big ass whale", which is what I call the blue whale in the ocean part of the museum (tradition for me). Got out of the museum and decided to cross over to the other side to go to the Met. What an error. We got lost in Central Park. After asking a few hot dog vendors who could barely understand me or be understood, we arrived to the other side, only to find the Met closed (they don't open mondays). My wife bought a pretzel (I made her do so, since I find them so good) and sat down to eat it. We then decided to walk some more, and more, and more. We had walked for about an hour and thought that maybe we should have an early dinner. So we ate at Serendipity. I ate a Turkey sandwich and drank a "Frozen Hot Chocolate", yeah, that's right, I drank it . However, while having dinner, I began feeling a little "funny". We walked back to 5th avenue (Serendipity is only a couple of blocks away) to get the subway to the Empire State Building. Mind you, this is after walking for close to 8 hours....My feet were aching and I found out later that I had a pretty nice sized blister. Arrived at the Empire State Building and bought tickets to a cool show and the observation tower. As soon as we bought the tix, I told my wife that we had to get "The hell out of there" or I wasn't going to make it. We caught a roller coaster...er...a taxi and went back to the hotel. After about an hour that included the runs and laying in bed, I was able to gather strength and go back to the Empire State in another cab. Watched the show and went on the observation deck at around 9:00 pm. By the way guys, nothing more romantic for the wife or girlfriend than going to the Empire State at night. We walked back to the hotel from there and arrived exhausted at around 10:00 pm.....Went to sleep To be continued....
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-14-2004, 02:45 PM	#104
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Our trip to NYC, part two Our second full day in NYC was a very eventful one. We left the hotel at around 10:00am after having breakfast. We got to Grand Central Station and got a subway to Battery Park, where you get the Ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Got the Ferry and went to the Statue of Liberty, but we couldn't get in since it was sold out . The one thing that I wanted my wife to do was to climb the Statue of Liberty...Oh well, next time. Got back to Battery Park and walked over to Ground Zero. Not much to say, other than saying a little prayer and leaving (I wanted to have closure...). Continued walking and went to Chinatown . I was very unhappy, but my wife wanted to go buy Goach purses...er...sorry Coach purses (knock offs). Bought purses and as we were leaving, a dump truck full of rotten chickens decided to brake hard next to me and a bunch of chickens dropped to the ground. People started running away and others throwing up because the smell was ill, overwhelming. For a whole block you could smell this crap, and knowing how much I hate chicken . Not so much eating it, but cooking it and touching it before cooking...... We walked away from that hell hole of a place and walked right thru Little Italy, SOHO and got to Union Square. No, we didn't stop, we got the Subway and left to the Hotel because we had a play at 7:00 pm. So we literally walked another 6 hours that day at that point. We arrived at the Majestic theater to watch the Phantom of the Opera (amazing). The play ended at around 9:30pm. We then went to John's Pizzeria. This is a place that used to be a church and was turned into a pizzeria. Great pizza. We then walked to the hotel after taking a few pictures of Times Square at night and went to sleeep... Continued....
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-14-2004, 02:59 PM	#105
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Our trip to NYC, part three On our last full day there we went to the stores. We went to Macy's and spent the afternoon in Times Square. At 5:00 pm we got on the Subway with my cousin and her husband to go to Brooklin to eat dinner. We ate at an italian restaurant where they had filmed an episode or two of the Sopranos. We had the most amazing time (because on wednesdays, the wise guys don't got there. Nobody got whacked ). No, I didn't eat any pasta, in fact, I ate some potatoes, antipasto (clams, mussels, shrimp), spicy Italian peppers and loads and loads of wine . We had a woderful time.... We left to the hotel (via a car service, my cousin didnt want me lost around Brooklin and 11:00 pm) Got to the hotel and packed our stuff and passed out... The morning after, we left the hotel. However, I made what could have been a huge judgement error. I decided that we should wake up at 6:00 am for our 8:00 am flight to Miami. We left the room and called the car service at around 6:30. The car got there at 7:00 am. We got to La Guardia at around 7:30 am. After worrying a whole lot, we were able to make it to check the bags in, but the boarding passes could not be printed. The short ordeal began. The guy told us to go inside and print it at a kiosk. The boarding passes wouldn't print. Time was passing by. I told my wife to make the line while I tried calling somebody on the Delta Help phones. This was at 8:02 am. We were told by a passenger that they couldn't leave with my bags and that they would have to wait for us. Once I spoke to a Delta CSR, she told me that my flight was delayed to 10:15am because the crew had arrived late the night before and they couldn't fly the plane without a complete rest. Regulations I gues...Either way, thank goodness for these people...After almost having a heart attack in La Guardia airport, we were able to come home and see our kids, whom we had missed dearly. I know that this is not part of a workout or diet plan, but I guess this is part of a lifestyle change because we briskly walked 18 hours in three days. Not counting the time we walked in Times Square the day we got there.... So this was my wife's first trip to NYC. She ended up liking NYC more than Las Vegas....I told her so......
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-14-2004, 03:43 PM	#106
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Now, getting back to my Lifestyle Change. There are some good news. I weighed myself on Monday. Although I was not at home, I weighed myself in my room and in the gym. I weighed in at 251 in the bathroom and 252 at the gym. Being that I am sometimes negative, I went with the higher weight. So during the first week of my lifestyle change, I lost 7 pounds. Not too bad. My muscles feel good and I am ready for a fresh start on monday....
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

08-14-2004, 05:08 PM	#107
atherjen DS Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MS Posts: 5,757	Hey Tony! SOunds like you had a wonderful trip to NYC! Congrads on that weight loss Keep'r going!
	" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed." NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

08-14-2004, 07:53 PM	#108
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Hey Jen, Thanks I sure did have a great time Let's see what happens next week when I go in a non-stop, full tilt body attack...
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08-14-2004, 08:08 PM	#109
chiquita6683 Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 802 Photos: 1	best of luck to u!

08-14-2004, 09:33 PM	#110
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Hi Chiquita, thanks a bunch for the kind words....
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08-14-2004, 09:57 PM	#114
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Thank you Mr. Funk for not banning me
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training