Archive for September, 2009

I DID IT! I STARTED LOSING WEIGHT!! YEEEUH BUDDY!!

I actually managed to get up this morning at 6am, too. It helped that the wife practically booted me from bed, but, you know. Went to the gym, did my morning cardio with her there which was really nice, said our goodbyes as she went to work, and then I saw the scale and thought to myself “seriously, if I still haven’t lost a single pound, something’s going wrong” and decided to give it another shot. Sure enough, TWELVE POUNDS have gone away! I danced into my clothes and all on the way to work.

After seeing that number, I looked at myself again, and realized that I am actually getting… well, leaner. My arms look more muscular and not filled with fat, my sides have shrunk a bit, my belly has recessed, my legs are toning… it’s hard to notice but, I can see it now, just a little.

Totally motivated now to keep going.

I could not, for the life of me, get my HR up today, unless I went full out. My legs were getting tired long before my heart and lungs. Is this unusual? I had to double my resistance and run as hard as I could for about 8 minutes before I made progress. Then I just… kept going. I ended up going over 1.3 miles and burnt more calories than usual, even though it wasn’t all from fat. But man, I was sweating like hell when I finished!

I think I’m going to by my co-worker’s old bike, once I move into a house. A nice morning bike ride would probably be a perfect way to burn some calories without an on-site gym. That, and it’ll let me explore the neighborhood, and see what’s around there.

Weee, progress!

Instead of going to the gym today, I ended up going up and down stairs, last night and this morning, a total of 16 times (8 down, 8 up), carrying heavy old computer equipment. I’m not sure how many calories I burned, but oh man am I sore. That counts as good cardio, right?

I met a friend for lunch the other day, who commented that I had very broad shoulders and look very muscular. That caused me to reevaluate my feelings of “no results” that I’ve been feeling. I looked in the mirror this morning and, sure enough, noticed that I do have stronger-looking arms, shoulders, and chest. My belly is a little bigger than I’d like it, but, it’s not round any more, it just sticks out, like a bit of a beer gut. I don’t have a massive spare tire any more.

That said, I’m feeling really good and confident today. I don’t fit into a lot of previous pants and stuff, but instead of being tight at the waist, they’re tight around my thighs, which somehow have gotten rather massive. I think, I really just need to continue with my cardio and general fat-burn, as well as pay close attention to my diet, and all will be well.

I went to the gym this morning, and on the way, my mp3 player ran out of batteries. So, I’m thinking “Well, crap, I already don’t feel like going. Today’s going to suck.” Real great attitude, right? I get to the gym, plug my headphones into the TV, turn it on, and see Jonny Test. It’s a cute show. Then Pokemon comes on, and I just start giggling about how silly it is and I can’t believe how much I used to like it when I heard beeping, and realized I had just finished going 30 minutes.
I wish I could get this wrapped up in it all the time! It makes the gym so much easier. I didn’t burn *as much* calories as usual, short by about 50 or so, but man I felt pretty good when it was all over. At least I went, right? But I’m still over 400 calories burnt, so I’m happy about that. Charging my mp3 player now, though.

My apt complex really needs to do something about the 80 degree gym. Blech.

I made it back to the gym today, even though I was out kinda late last night. I really had no energy, so I just kind of coasted. However, I must still have been pushing myself, because my HR was right at the fat burn zone. So, I burnt about 500 calories, 50% from fat. That’s not half bad! I should probably start tracking exactly how many calories are from fat, and this way, have some sort of measure as to how I’m doing in getting my weight off. I did end up walking about 30 city blocks yesterday, so, that should count for something at least.

Also, I did kinda eat a heck of a lot these past few days. I’m gonna return to being a lot more picky about food, and eating smaller portions, starting this morning. Less than 40 days to the cruise!