September 15th, 2008 / No Comments » / by ThatGuy
Today was a long day; that is certain. I started the day early after a decent night sleep. Last was the first of many nights I hope with the A/C off and the windows wide open. I am so glad to be on a third floor where I can just leave the windows open without worrying.
Well, I got off work late and had just enough time between it and class to grill a chicken breast and cook some veggies for dinner. I came home about 7:30, just as twilight was peaking. I was beat from the day, but it was such a nice day; I was inspired to get out there ( Driving around today with the top town probably helped ).
I made the same route I did yesterday morning, but didn’t track the time today. I just didn’t think about it as I was leaving the apartment. Nonetheless, the ride felt better and didn’t seem to drag on like yesterday’s ride.
Posted in: Cycling, Fitness
Tags: bike, biking, Cycling, diet, habit, loss, weight, weightloss
September 14th, 2008 / No Comments » / by ThatGuy
I’m a fan of Wordpress. I like people that blog. I like to blog. Only problem is that I’m so not in the habit of doing it myself. I haven’t up with any one of 3 or 4 WP blogs I’ve created on my own domains; I never kept up with my first blog that was just hard-coded HTML. In fact, that may be why I never got in the habit of blogging. It was too much of a hassle to update the pages regularly. Besides, who wants to read anything I have to write… people rarely listen to what I have to say in the real world.
So here I am on Blogger now. With Blogger I’m hoping to begin a process of forming a few habits all at once. For any of you that I do not know, in October/November 2007 I weighed a huge 310 lbs. It was disgusting. If you’re offended by me saying fat is disgusting… deal with it; I don’t know many fat and Happy people. Anyway, I decided it was time for a change. I began making some changes in my routine and my life.
The first step was my diet. I completely cut out all fast food. This alone improve how I felt each day. I began eating lots of grilled chicken, tuna, and lots of vegetables. Along with that, I cut out the soft drinks; they are absolutely horrible for the body. One or two a week is probably fine, but I can not understand how people can go through a 12-pack daily. My fluids consisted of lots of water, iced tea, milk and Guinness. I’ll talk about that one later.
The next step was one that was greatly helped by starting a new job. In my previous job, I worked from home and didn’t have a set schedule. I often worked at night and irregularly. Once I began my new job, it was 8 or 9 am to 5 or 6 pm. Very quickly I was able to get into a regular sleep routine. I was in bed by 11 and up at 6. I attribute much of my loss to this.
So, with only those two moves, I dropped from 310lbs in November to 240lbs in April. It was a great, great feeling. And here is when it becomes difficult. Over the next couple months, I fluxuated from 245lbs to a low of 235lbs, and this morning I was at 249 lbs. I have been hovering between 248 and 253. I am not doing enough to maintain the weightloss, it seems to me that I have either plateaued or am putting it back on.
And here comes the reason for the post… last week I took my poor, neglected bike to the shop to have it overhauled with the full intent to begin riding. My freshman year in college, I didn’t have a car, and all I did was use that bike. I felt so good that year and the next year. Once I quit using it, and started drinking, that is when I began the rise in weight. So with my leveling out the weight with diet and routine, it’s necessary to start working that heart… get the blood pumping.
This morning was a beautiful morning. I woke up at 7:30 and thoght to myself, “Time to start.” That said, I almost said no. I didn’t let the laziness get to me. I got dressed and went for a ride. And it was pathetic. I am really out of shape. I biked a measily 1.7 miles in 10 minutes. I was run down and my legs were hurting short off my planned path, so I came in. While I think that was pretty pitiful, I guess it’s a good start. I now have a starting point for measuring improvement.
Here’s the hard part… keeping it going. I have a plan to wake up 30 minutes earlier everyday and go biking. Everyday… rain or shine. In time I will increase the time and distance. Wish me luck.
Posted in: Cycling, Fitness, Health, Weightloss
Tags: bike, biking, Cycling, diet, habit, loss, weight, weightloss
