Posts Tagged ‘Diet’

The excuses…

Monday, April 7th, 2008

So, I’ve been bad. I had a momentary lap in motivation. Not working out nearly as much as I should have. On Monday I only did my 15 minute warm up, 30 minutes cardio, and my weight training. Tuesday was just 40 minutes of cardio. I did nothing on Wednesday. I also ate Taco Bell on Saturday. Had a frozen pizza for dinner on Monday, and another on Wednesday for lunch.

Like I said…bad. I don’t know exactly why, there is no real reason, I just slipped. I’m back on track now though, and did my normal 15 minute warm up and 1 hour of cardio today.

I’m not going to let it get me down though. I didn’t gain any weight in those few days, which means I was still eating few enough calories that I didn’t go over how many I was burning. I also think its human to mess up. The important thing is to not dwell on it, focus on the now, and try to not let it happen again. I’m a couple days behind on my goals now, but its ok. I’m confident, I’m motivated again.

Its funny how easily it is to slip into a comfort zone and lose focus. As you slip down that slope its easy to make excuses, like “I’ve been good I deserve it” or “It won’t hurt to miss one day”. I think its the brains way of trying to make any discomfort stop, you don’t even realize you’re doing it. The human body and mind always want to take the path of least resistance. Changing the way you think and act and look at things is not an easy thing. I’m happy I’ve changed my mind set enough in these few months that I realized what I was doing and could refocus on my goals and the task at hand.

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First week of weights.

Monday, April 7th, 2008

First, I just want to say “WOOT, I hit the 40 lbs under mark this week”.

I’ve also started to notice a difference when I look at myself in the mirror, which is a huge deal in keeping me motivated. Everyone around me also seems to be cheering me on, which is great. I still have to smack myself once in a while when I eat more then I really want to for dinner, but I’m managing to keep myself at or under 1500 calories a day, at least that’s what my rudimentary math is telling me. I don’t nit pick every little thing, I just try to eat small portions and more healthy. It seems to be working thus far.

I’ve been doing a 15 minute work out thing every day. I also walk for an hour on a treadmill mon thru fri and plan on walking outside when the weather improves some. Have to love Wisconsin winters that don’t want to go away. I may also get a bike for a bit of change. This week I added a weight training routine on mon/wed/fri after I do my cardio. Having never seriously lifted weights except when forced too in high school…it was kinda rough getting started. I did some research and picked out what I want to do to target my different muscle groups. I was not prepared for how I felt afterwards. It was a good feeling though, I know I had worked out my body in a way that was good for it.

Why did I add weight training? For many reasons. I’ve always wanted to be tone and have a nice build. I’ve always wanted to have that strength that comes from it. I know that it will help how I feel in the long run. I’m also trying to work on not losing my lean muscle mass from dieting. I know that being on a LCD I won’t really gain any muscle mass, but I can strengthen what I have and work to keep it, so that the ratio of fat to muscle in my body improves. This is all to try to be sure I don’t have large amounts of excess skin with the weight loss. That’s important to me. As much as I know I enjoy feeling better because of the weight loss, I also want to look better.

I mentioned goals, so I thought I would cover some of them.

Short term goals(by the end of April)

Get a job

Get to under 300 lbs

Get up to 2.5 miles in an hour on the treadmill

Continue to weight train and work out

Continue to stay smoke and soda free

Long term goals(year or two)

Go to school

Get to 175 lbs

Have 10% or less body fat

Be able to run a 7 minute mile

Be tone and fit looking

Not have my ankle bother me when I do physical activities

Live an active and fit lifestyle

Not have sleep apnea

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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.

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