February 1, 2012
Day 30
Okay, that's one month in the books. Review post coming separately, I think.
Today's goal is to hopefully get a little bit of a start on some kind of exercise program. When I had my most successful weight loss many years ago, I had a health club membership. I would go after work, walk a mile, maybe do a little random weight lifting -- on machines, just a few things I remembered from high school like bench, military and leg presses -- and most importantly go up to the gym and shoot a basketball until I was tired. I managed to get in quite a bit of exercise that way and it wasn't drudgery.
I don't really have that option today. I live in a different state. The local YMCA is expensive, busy and crowded. I can't really afford it. Even if I could, I wouldn't have access to the open gym time to just shoot until tired. So I have to come up with something else. For lack of better ideas, it has to be walking. This is a good week to start, the weather will be favorable. We'll see what happens. Ideally I can back it up with a good night's sleep since I only got about 5.5 hours last night.
Breakfast: ~ 2-3 oz ham
I'm obviously going to finish what I bought this week but I'm still a little mad at myself for not doing my homework.
Note: Wrote the above on 2/1, had to add the rest on 2/2 for reasons which will become obvious.
Lunch: 3 homemade meatballs, same dressing as last two days, 2 slices sharp cheddar
"Dinner": ~ 1.5 oz Meijer hot n spicy peanuts
Oops. Had a snack, stretched out to relax and read the paper before fixing dinner, and boom, out like a light. I hardly even fought it. So no dinner.
I must have needed the sleep, as I didn't wake up for a long time. Ended up with almost 10 hours of good sleep, plus a couple more of lazing about. The exercise plan gets delayed and might end up pushed back to the weekend depending on how things go today (Thurs) and Fri.
Day 30
Okay, that's one month in the books. Review post coming separately, I think.
Today's goal is to hopefully get a little bit of a start on some kind of exercise program. When I had my most successful weight loss many years ago, I had a health club membership. I would go after work, walk a mile, maybe do a little random weight lifting -- on machines, just a few things I remembered from high school like bench, military and leg presses -- and most importantly go up to the gym and shoot a basketball until I was tired. I managed to get in quite a bit of exercise that way and it wasn't drudgery.
I don't really have that option today. I live in a different state. The local YMCA is expensive, busy and crowded. I can't really afford it. Even if I could, I wouldn't have access to the open gym time to just shoot until tired. So I have to come up with something else. For lack of better ideas, it has to be walking. This is a good week to start, the weather will be favorable. We'll see what happens. Ideally I can back it up with a good night's sleep since I only got about 5.5 hours last night.
Breakfast: ~ 2-3 oz ham
I'm obviously going to finish what I bought this week but I'm still a little mad at myself for not doing my homework.
Note: Wrote the above on 2/1, had to add the rest on 2/2 for reasons which will become obvious.
Lunch: 3 homemade meatballs, same dressing as last two days, 2 slices sharp cheddar
"Dinner": ~ 1.5 oz Meijer hot n spicy peanuts
Oops. Had a snack, stretched out to relax and read the paper before fixing dinner, and boom, out like a light. I hardly even fought it. So no dinner.
I must have needed the sleep, as I didn't wake up for a long time. Ended up with almost 10 hours of good sleep, plus a couple more of lazing about. The exercise plan gets delayed and might end up pushed back to the weekend depending on how things go today (Thurs) and Fri.
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