In my quest to lose weight and get into shape I have become obsess with breaking through a wall I have been facing for more than a year now. I am down to 190 and can’t get over the hump. I just changed my routine by adding more time at the gym and watching my food consumption like a hawk. I don’t deprive myself of things, but I do make an effort to not give into every temptation.
Tonight I am going to attempt to make some sushi; I am looking at making Crab and Avocado Rolls. Six pieces is only 140 calories, I am so excited and can’t wait.
I also plan on hitting the gym and running 3-5 miles on the treadmill. I hope my legs can carry me the whole way. Lately I have been having a hard time running for anything longer than 3 miles on the treadmill so I have been mixing it up and using a cross trainer machine.
My gym has this great machine called the ARC. I have totally fallen head over heels for it. Most mornings I can hit it hard for 30 minutes at intervolves of increasing intensity. I can burn upwards of 400 cals in a short distance of 1.5 miles. It’s a great cardio workout.
I have also added some light weight training to my workouts. I have to do some more research on that, because my feeling is I am not doing it as effectively as I could.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
My first post
My first post; last year I weighed more than 200 pounds and felt terrible. In January I got the flue of some kind and lost about 15 pounds. I liked that I was thinner, it was noticeable to a lot of people and I enjoyed the complements. I had no idea that I had gotten so large (well I did, but I didn’t like to let on). I was determined that I was not going to close the flood gates that had been opened for me. I was going to keep losing weight and get into shape.
In February of 2011 I turned 30. At 30 I had hoped to have achieved so much more than I had, so I set some goals for myself and went about accomplishing them. One goal in particular consumed me and helped me keep my focuses. I was going to run a Marathon.
I joined a gym and took up running. It was hard, painful and time consuming to achieve marathoner status, but I did it. I began to love running. I talked about it all the time, I even would make reference to it in my Sunday-School lessons I would teach. I met other runners and inspired some of my friends to pick up the habit. I continued to lose weight and look fit. I lost a total of 35lb last year and have managed to maintain my weight at 190.
This year I plan to get over the hump and push past this wall to drop another 15 pounds. I have put together a very optimistic list of runs I want to complete this year including a 30 miler ultra marathon. I can’t wait to see how I far I can push myself.
This is not going to be an easy feet, my wife and I are excepting out second child right at the beginning of the running season. We have a two year old now and I am hoping that she will still enjoy going out in the jogger with dear old day so mommy can have a break and be with our new son. It will be absolutely wonderful when they start to ask me things like, “hey dad can we go for a run tonight?” I can’t wait.
In February of 2011 I turned 30. At 30 I had hoped to have achieved so much more than I had, so I set some goals for myself and went about accomplishing them. One goal in particular consumed me and helped me keep my focuses. I was going to run a Marathon.
I joined a gym and took up running. It was hard, painful and time consuming to achieve marathoner status, but I did it. I began to love running. I talked about it all the time, I even would make reference to it in my Sunday-School lessons I would teach. I met other runners and inspired some of my friends to pick up the habit. I continued to lose weight and look fit. I lost a total of 35lb last year and have managed to maintain my weight at 190.
This year I plan to get over the hump and push past this wall to drop another 15 pounds. I have put together a very optimistic list of runs I want to complete this year including a 30 miler ultra marathon. I can’t wait to see how I far I can push myself.
This is not going to be an easy feet, my wife and I are excepting out second child right at the beginning of the running season. We have a two year old now and I am hoping that she will still enjoy going out in the jogger with dear old day so mommy can have a break and be with our new son. It will be absolutely wonderful when they start to ask me things like, “hey dad can we go for a run tonight?” I can’t wait.
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