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So much water

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I’m sick of water. So I spent all of Wed night keeping the basement from flooding. Sucking up water with a shop vac and then emptying it into the sink down there. Stupid sump pump. It was fixed by 7 AM, but I had a joyful 6 hours lifting 2 full vacs full of water every 15 minutes. Each weighing about 80 lbs.

So I didn’t really “work out” on Thursday. I figure all the lifting and so forth was more then enough. I also didn’t do any weight training today.

On top of it, we had to move a bunch of stuff around, so I don’t currently have access to the treadmill. I didn’t want to skip two days of my cardio, so I went for a walk. It was raining when I left, though it did stop and the sun even came out for a short bit.

I walked about 3.25 miles. I’m not sure exactly how long it took me. That wasn’t my concern. I just knew I wanted to get some cardio of some kind in. I’m sore, but it felt good to get out. I think I’ll make a habit of walking outside a bit more instead of being cooped up in the basement.

I also think I’m going to have to start eating a bit less during my dinner meal. I know I’m not going over on calories, but I’ll eat, and I feel very full for hours. Like I ate a bit too much. Maybe I’ll just try to eat slower so I feel more full quicker. I eat pretty fast, habit from when I worked in fast food (wanted to get done super fast to have time to smoke a couple cigs during my break). Either way, I don’t like feeling like I’m stuffed. Will have to work more on not letting that happen.

Just keep on keeping on.

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Its been a month and a half since I started my diet and excersise regime.  I quit smoking a week and a half befor that time. I’m down 30 lbs in that time. So how do I feel?

I feel great, as scary as that is.  I mean, my ankle hurts, my knee hurts(cause of my ankle) and I’ve had a blister the size of a quarter on the bottom of my foot for a week. None of that really lessens how I feel though.  I wake up every day, and I feel more rested then I used too.  There are times during the day that I feel like going out running or something else.  I just need to be active.

Sometimes I kick myself, because this seems so easy, why didn’t I do this sooner? Why did I wait to start changing my life?  Then it dawns on me.  People do not change untill they are ready too.  You can force someone to quit something, but they will start again if they don’t truely want to stop.  I think that goes for anything in your life.

I’ll try to get a larger post with some of my thoughts in it up here eventually.  I get a lot of time to think while I work out, and spend a lot of it contemplating what I want to accomplish, and such.

Here is to keeping postative, and staying active.