I would first like to shift the blame of my out-of-shapedness to both Kate and everyone who interacts with me on a daily basis. What is the world coming to where everyone is afraid of pissing people off so they never speak their minds?
I'm a fatty. I mean, I'm not fat all around but the absolute center of my body is completely out of shape and I'm a little peeved that no one has pulled me aside and told me to my face that I look like a fat out of shape bastard.
I blame you. Is it that hard to belittle me to my face for 30 seconds so I do something about it than to just not say anything and watch me become a gross shell of a man?
Anyways, I started Project: Cut the Fat yesterday which consisted of me eating a sensible salad for lunch, some salad and some soup for dinner and a rousing 45-minute session of cardio after work. This morning, I got up 30 minutes early and did cardio again. My body hurts. I'm an all-or-nothing kind of guy so don't give me any lip about starting off slow. I'm in this for body damage people. I stretched for a good 42 seconds before running in place and doing the situps and jumping jacks this morning so there.
I'm 30. I should be in good health, have a voracious sexual apatite and be able to go out and run 10 miles but instead, I eat junkfood, watch movies in my spare time and the only exercise I get is the occasional turning of the socket wrench.
I used to be the epitome of health. I was a cross country runner. I rollerbladed a good 15-20 miles a week. I once wore a size 28. *sigh
Anyways, here's to getting healthy. Fuck being lazy anymore. It's time to enjoy life again and who knows how much time I have left anyways so I might as well get the fun shit in before I die of something horribly depressing down the road.
*eyes box of doughnuts on office table
I'm a fatty. I mean, I'm not fat all around but the absolute center of my body is completely out of shape and I'm a little peeved that no one has pulled me aside and told me to my face that I look like a fat out of shape bastard.
I blame you. Is it that hard to belittle me to my face for 30 seconds so I do something about it than to just not say anything and watch me become a gross shell of a man?
Anyways, I started Project: Cut the Fat yesterday which consisted of me eating a sensible salad for lunch, some salad and some soup for dinner and a rousing 45-minute session of cardio after work. This morning, I got up 30 minutes early and did cardio again. My body hurts. I'm an all-or-nothing kind of guy so don't give me any lip about starting off slow. I'm in this for body damage people. I stretched for a good 42 seconds before running in place and doing the situps and jumping jacks this morning so there.
I'm 30. I should be in good health, have a voracious sexual apatite and be able to go out and run 10 miles but instead, I eat junkfood, watch movies in my spare time and the only exercise I get is the occasional turning of the socket wrench.
I used to be the epitome of health. I was a cross country runner. I rollerbladed a good 15-20 miles a week. I once wore a size 28. *sigh
Anyways, here's to getting healthy. Fuck being lazy anymore. It's time to enjoy life again and who knows how much time I have left anyways so I might as well get the fun shit in before I die of something horribly depressing down the road.
*eyes box of doughnuts on office table
Do tae-bo!
if you increase your diet so that you're eating a lot (without gaining weight), you can raise your metabolism. then, you can work out (combining strength training with cardio) and begin to lose weight. repeat when you hit a weight loss plateau.
that said, who cares about raising your metabolism or not. but, you should definitely be eating more than what you ate, especially if you're going to keep up that amount of exercise daily or every other day.
i do a combo between strength training and cardio, and i really enjoy it, sleep well at night, and am losing body fat as well as gaining muscle strength.
I've found myself in the same situation, but worse. Its apparently a Lion Fight in the Coliseum kind of mentality… Don't say anything, just kind of sit back and see how nasty and ugly it can get… that's how i put 55 lbs on in less than a year… one thing I heard was "I was wondering if you'd end up looking like Marlon Brando or figure it out and stop before then…".
Know this, especially as a once skinny guy, there are some folks who take great amusement in the expansion of your belly, if they can see your pants get replaced with bigger pants, thats like bonus points. Its caloric karma. And for the other side of the tracks who DIDN'T stay quiet to watch the train wreck itself, its a matter of not wanting to be rude.
You quit smoking, you can lose weight. Its all the same willpower, theres just more sweat and time commitment to losing weight…