I hear ya. Really though I'm trying to soak up as much info here as I can tonight. This maybe should have been in the resolutions thread but, whatever, here goes anyway.
I'm starting back at a gym tomorrow morning. After three years of slacking I've turned a moderatly healthy body into a slab-o-fat. Currently - 5"10", 255lbs, 47" at the bellybutton, 51" at the nipple, and no idea on body fat %. My goals for the first half of 2004 (yep, six month goal)- 210lbs, 38" at the bb, 48" at the nip. I was there once and I know I can get back. I feel that with some good advice from ya'll I can make it in time for summer fun.
Since I know no one here and have been told to share my goals, this seemed like a good place to start. I'm looking at the 3-day split with a 10 minute treadmill warmup as a starting point. I've already started on a 3 mile daily walk.
I'm still looking at the changes I'll need to make in my diet. I know the animal fats, refined sugars and beer(well, the excess beer) have to go.
Any words of wisdom are welcomed.
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Dead in here, yes, but yesterday was Christmas for many, with all the weeks of thinking about and finding presents for others over in minutes.
I've got several pounds of holiday belly fat to get rid of by Valentine's Day, but yesterday had one thrill. One of the five dress shirts I had custom made two years ago after losing 40 pounds didn't fit.
But it wasn't belly that was the problem. It was my chest and shoulders and upper arms. And it wasn't the fat, either. At 68 going on 69 years of age, I've gotten so much more muscular in my upper body that I almost couldn't button a shirt that fit perfectly not so very long ago. That's what serious working out can do for a guy my age!
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I definitely ate a little too much Prime Rib and cheesecake yesterday... but at least I worked out on Christmas Eve and will hit the gym again this afternoon. I'm kind of enjoying the peacfulness at the gym right now because I know after Jan. 1, there will be all kinds of people joining up for their New Year's Resolutions.
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Correction: I had those shirts made 3 years ago, not 2. And today I went back to the men's store where I ordered them, and ordered a couple more. In 2001, my chest was 40". Today it's 45".
Primary narcissism is hard to resist!
And boy, IS it dead here today!
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"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument." William Gibbs McAdoo. US Vice-President under Woodrow Wilson.
Yeah... I looked at my rank today. 180,000th traffic rank! EGAD! Next week things oughtta pick up. This place will be like a gym. Packed with new members for a few months then back to normal by March.
At least you were in a gym! I sometimes hate owning a gym because then, when I get in as lousy shape as I am right now, I have no excuse from others. They look at me and say, "Dude, you have no excuse... you OWN the friggin' gym!" Pressure. No one would notice or care that I am looking a little more portly of belly or puny of arm otherwise.
Don, I noticed you are from NW Georgia. You doing any adventure racing? One of the best (and HARDEST) races in the country takes place up there in just over 2 weeks. Wish I could have done it this year. Next year... (the story of my life)
Yeah, it was evident that I had let my physical well being deteriorate. I guess I had the same reaction from the local jocks that a lot of fat boys & girls get. When asking for something they get a look like "you don't need my help, you need a miracle" More than anything though I guess it was self-consciousness for looking the way I do. But, like you said, at least I was there.
I've never done any of that type racing, just some motorcross as a kid. I did notice here on the board some info on an upcoming race in GA. Good one , huh? I'll have to check it out.
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i'm proud to admit i gave in last week and just went for it. my diet went out the window. i feel like i gained an inch on my waist. the last time i worked out was last tuesday. i did all that knowing how i would feel today.
and that feeling is knowing that i love to workout and i love eating right. what i did last week isnt me, i dont care to live my life like that. i need to hit the weights, i need to count the grams of protein. its a part of me.
look out 2004!!!!!!
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