Some Quick Updates October 16, 2007
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Broke my soda diet weekend before last. Had a can of Pepsi. Mmmm…glorious pepsi. It was twice as bad, as I was in a vegetative state playing Halo 3.
Missed the gym last Tuesday, and Wednesday. (My normal make up day is the day right after) because of a wicked flu. Did make it on Thursday but the workout was poor at best. The swimming was fun, I forgot my shorts and towel so I bailed into the pool in my track pants. Wicked. I love our lifeguards – the one on duty taunted me for forgetting my stuff until I jumped in.
This week is looking up – I’m feeling better and looking forward to a workout. I bought hand-wraps. I’m going to buy bag gloves next paycheque, and perhaps target pads too. Wal-Mart might be evil in many ways, but it brings us true department store purchasing to our little store – now I don’t have to order things like this.
I know Ken will be all about doing target pad work with me on gym nights. I might have to start getting there a bit earlier – extra things are taking up more time – though I could do pads instead of jogging sometimes as long as I keep it high energy enough.
My overall diet is sucking – this next couple weeks is going to be the “kick it into better shape” time. Meaning I forsake a bit more junk food, choose a few more leafy greens and try to eat at home more often. I’m not going to make any major changes, but just eating at home can be a great change in itself.
I should start my new bottle of Hydroxycut. I keep forgetting. That means I have to give up coffee though. Ick.
*mmm….coffffffeeeeee.*
My Goals October 3, 2007
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My goals are threefold I think.
1) Lose Weight.
This should really be expressed as lose body fat. I don’t worry much about my weight (currently 183lbs) as I do about getting my body fat down. My target weight is 165, +/- 5 lbs. However, if I stay how heavy I am and lose my fat, I’m still a happy camper.
2) Tone Muscle
I want my muscle to look better. This is partly losing body fat, and partly sculpting larger muscles. This counts everywhere, abs, back, chest (especially), arms etc.
3) Improve Posture
I plan to do this partly by strengthening my muscles, partly by stretching, and partly by attempting to adopt better posture in my day to day life.
Where I am Now.
I am 183 lbs, give or take. I wear a size 34 waist. I have man-boobs and a gut. This all needs to be fixed. This blog is my motivation to do so. If something I’ve written strikes home – do yourself two favours.
1) Build yourself a simple easy to follow fitness plan. Copy mine if you like – I don’t care.
2) Attempt to eat healthier. This doesn’t mean a diet – but attempt to fix imbalances in your diet, attempt to eat more lean protien, more raw and undercooked veggies, and consume less fat and refined carbohydrates like sugar and white bread.
After you’ve done those two things for a while you should be able to make some bigger changes, but I’m betting just those two will set you on your way to feeling better about yourself.
Tuesday Gym Review October 3, 2007
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Awesome gym night. One of the cool things is that Sami is recording House and NCIS on DVD for me so that I have more motivation to get to the gym – I just get to watch them time shifted when I get home. Who would have thought TiVo type devices would be partly responsible for me getting more fit.
I managed my circuit twice tonight. It felt good to be doing it and I had plenty of energy so I bumped up my schedule and did it through again. Of course, I’m still not doing dead lifts (back) or crunches (abs) due to doctors orders. She says my scars are not pliable enough yet for me to be doing strenuous ab or back exercises – however, my core is getting a workout just from my elliptical running and my free weight balancing. I hope.
I’ll be upping my military press and my incline press next time, from 15 to 20 lbs. I need to start hitting the weight if I want to bulk up at all (which isn’t my primary goal). And I need to watch my diet. In that regard I had a can of tuna and a glass of milk when I got home. Extra protein does a body good.
Oops. October 2, 2007
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I had two cups of orange soda on Sunday. I was helping friends moved and chose Orange Crush over milk or water.
I guess I’m made of fail. Oh well, still going to keep going with my soda-less diet as well as possible.
I have been making a conscious effort to eat a little healthier. Not a diet – I’d never stick to it. Just making more sensible choices, like salad instead of fries when possible, or a chicken burger instead of a BigMac etc. I’ve also been eating my tuna (canned, in water) when I get back from the gym if it isn’t too late, and taking Hydroxycut again.
The Hydroxycut has a bunch of stuff, going to do a post on that. I’m not good at taking it regularly, but it is a energy booster and appetite reducer. It works ok it seems, no noticeable negative side effects – I’ll decide whether to continue with such supplements when I’m done this bottle, this was from long before when I was at the gym.
I also put up static pages for my workout partners, they aren’t updated but will be soon. Scott comes regularly with me to the gym, and Chris tries. Ken hopefully will be too – he’s back from basic with the Canadian Military – he didn’t meet requirements to fit into armoured soldier – he’ll be re-applying after his minimum time has run out.
