Monday July 16th, 2007:

Made it through my first day of training. It consists of 1 1/2 hours at the gym and another 1/2 hour when I get back home from work. My biggest problem is not the training but the nutrition. I have a heart on for fried food and could literally dry hump a pizza right about now.

My job doesn't help. I am a rising star at a large company. I spend a lot of time on the road. I am off tomorrow for another 3 day road trip. Keeping focused will be hard to say the least.

The idea is to stay locked up for the next 5 weeks. My first official weigh in will be in 5 weeks (August 19th). Why so long? I learned a long time ago that the first thing to do is to setup a routine...don't get bogged down on the scale. You need to be consistent.

I will do what I can to stay focused. So what motivates me? - WOMEN. I get pumped just thinking about walking into a club with tight game and a tight image. Imagine, having women eye hump you as you walk into the bar...anyone can do it. It just takes dedication and will.

The other motivation is my trip after the bootcamp. I am going back to my home town. I haven't been back in over 3 years.

When people ask I say I am busy at work. However, the truth is that I am embarassed. I was the good looking guy in high school. Going back even to see my family is like a high school reunion, and no one wants to be the guy that let himself go. I have spent the last 3 Christmas' alone...cue the ackward silence.

Outside of my health, I am a success. I have a sick house, a nice company car and stock options. I just need to get a Playboy lifestyle and I will be set.

I better get going. I have a 5 am date at the gym and I need my beauty sleep.

T.

PS - You may wonder why I call myself, "El Tiburon". A few years ago, I went to Mexico on Spring Break. It got wild and I ended up making out with 12 girls in one night. The next day I went into town and the locals were staring at me. I had a shit load of hickies all over my neck. They started calling me, "Shark Bite".
However, after I explained to them what happened they changed the name to:
"El Tiburon" aka the "SHARK".