Category: Health and Diet

Ok, not so much a downside, but still something to ponder. Some people join the gym and workout to loose the weight. The actual pounds. I started out at 210 at the beginning of the year. I wore extra large shirts and size 36 pants, which were tight. I’m down to 185 now. I shot past large shirts and find myself fitting mediums. My 36 pants are now loose. I’ve dropped to a medium in shorts. But because I am lifting weights as part of my workout I need to wear large dress shirts, for the arms. My wardrobe, some of which was only recently purchased is now baggy on me. One are still needing improvement is my backside. I have some back fat, or back rolls, and large thighs, which make my ass look small. I need to work on that. A rounder backside to fill out my jeans.

Progress doesn’t come easy. You have to work at it. Push yourself every day. Build your strength. I’ve started using more workout supplements. Like pre-working drinks and workout drinks to help fire up my system and burn more calories. My gut is slowing going down.

here’s a little before and midpoint. Not done yet. But getting there.

I‘m trying to figure out when is a good time to weight in. I know I shouldn’t check the scale that often. I mean, that’s what they say right. Check the scale too much and you will get discouraged. Not see enough progress, etc, etc, ect. But its hard not to. 

I can feel my shirts are getting loose, at least a bit around the gut, which is my main problem area. Next would be my back roles. My sleeves are getting tighter, from the lifting. Which is good. Tight sleeves I can deal with.

Gut, back roles, glutes, thighs. Those are my main objectives. I want to be able to look down and see my feet. Tie my shoes without loosing my breath. I want to walk without my legs rubbing together, causing rashes and iratations, I want my ass to look a little less like cottage cheese. More round.

So back to my main point. The scale. How often is to often? I’ve heard some say once a week. Others say once a month. Never before bed, just after you wake up. Is there really a rule on this? Or was that just something people tell you when they’ve hit their plateau and no long wish to check the scale.

Tonight was an hour of cardio. Something we haven’t done in a while. It was hard. But I pushed it. I set my mind on a goal, 1050 and beat that goal out of the water. My sides are sore, my legs are jelly. But I never stopped.

With an incline of 14.0 and speeds between 3.8 and 4.5. By the last 45 seconds I pushed my speed to 5.5.

Tires on the bike are fixed. I was a bit nervous at first. Not because I can’t ride a bike, more because the bike is rusting. I was afraid it would fall apart on me.

But I now have completed my 2nd 2 mile ride home his week. I would love to increase to 5 soon.

Just not the shape I want to be. Nothing against those who are, and who look good. But  for me its time to loose some pounds. More pointedly its time to loose some fat. I wouldn’t mind weighing 199, if that were more muscles. But when you see the rolls of fat on you back and sides. Not cool. So its time to change what I eat, exercise and really concentrate on loosing the bulge, in my gut.