I’ve started a weight loss program… again. This time, I’m not doing anything too drastic with the way that I eat. That’s why I’ve failed every time I’ve tried in the past. I’m not coutning calories or carbohydrates, or anything like that. Doing so only pisses me off because I hate being told I can’t have something, especially when I’m the one telling myself such things. So, I’ve all but cut out soda from my diet. If I do drink soda, I drink Pepsi One. Additionally, I’m trying to eat less refined sugar and less enriched flour. I’m also trying to do my best to eat 4 small meals each day, as opposed to a small lunch and a huge dinner. This should keep my metabolism up much higher.
This "diet", alone, might be enough to keep me from gaining weight, but I want to lose weight. So, I’ve begun an excersize program as well. Again, I’m not being a maniac about it, because if I do, I’ll never keep up with it. Instead, here’s my routine. Every other day I spend 20 minutes on some sort of cardio-vascular machine. I spend another 5 minutes warming up and another 5 minutes cooling down. I don’t have a heart-rate monitor, so I just play it by ear. On the remaining days, I engage in 10 minutes of cardio-vascular and then perform 2 sets of 10 on 7 different machines working 7 different muscle groups. I use as much weight as I can possibly handle for the 10 lifts and I go as quickly as I possibly can while making sure that I am doing the exercize properly. I’ve been doing this for about a week now and it seems to be going well.
I’d like to lose 40 pounds of fat and gain 15 – 20 pounds of muscle. That would put my weight around 170ish. Right now, I’m a hair over 190 which isn’t horrible. But, if you consider the amount of muscle mass I have — very little — it’s not so good. Last week, my first week, I skipped only two days. That’s pretty good for me especially in my first week. I’m begining to learn when good times are for me to go and different ways to motivate myself. I think I’m catching on. Every monday morning, if I can remember, I’ll post my weight so you all can cheer me on.
Weight: 192.6