just keeping it real. the good the bad the ugly. i SUPPOSE i could have warned the first lot of you. maybe next time. maybe not!
so i have managed to peel off 5 lbs total, over the past 2 weeks. that sounds paltry i'm sure, given all the running. but i'm so dang hungry all the time given all the running. it is a tricky push and pull. i would like to work my way back down to a smaller pants size, which is probably another 5 or 10 lbs away.
i've been keeping the snacking at work to a bear minimum. more fruit too. i also indulge, but in small pieces rather than boxes of stuff. i think it is a decent strategy. however one of the main factors has been the spreadsheet i keep at work, whereby i have been counting calories. i of course sneak open the spreadsheet when i think no one is looking and very quickly scramble to type in what i've been eating before anyone can see i'm counting calories.
men do not count calories, not in public anyway. Oh the horror, that we might want to actually get into shape! You should see the looks i get at work when i take/make a frozen meal. settle down people, just a dude eating a frozen meal, nothing to see here, move along. and then the questions, "what is that? why are you eating that? that doesn't look like enough food. where did you get that? does it taste good? do you eat those meals because they taste good or because they are healthy? do you want to go get some pizza with us?"
finally, another factor in losing weight is looking in the mirror every day and being absolutely convinced that you are losing weight/getting in shape. thats worth another pound at least.
yesterday i completed a full body circuit routine again, with 30 seconds rest in between sets. good stuff. it is very difficult to concentrate on each exercise though because a lot of muscles are fatigued from the sets that came before. it could also be because i'm watching tv too.
tonight, i did 4 sets of biceps. not much but tonight was supposed to be a day off.
later dudes.
so i have managed to peel off 5 lbs total, over the past 2 weeks. that sounds paltry i'm sure, given all the running. but i'm so dang hungry all the time given all the running. it is a tricky push and pull. i would like to work my way back down to a smaller pants size, which is probably another 5 or 10 lbs away.
i've been keeping the snacking at work to a bear minimum. more fruit too. i also indulge, but in small pieces rather than boxes of stuff. i think it is a decent strategy. however one of the main factors has been the spreadsheet i keep at work, whereby i have been counting calories. i of course sneak open the spreadsheet when i think no one is looking and very quickly scramble to type in what i've been eating before anyone can see i'm counting calories.
men do not count calories, not in public anyway. Oh the horror, that we might want to actually get into shape! You should see the looks i get at work when i take/make a frozen meal. settle down people, just a dude eating a frozen meal, nothing to see here, move along. and then the questions, "what is that? why are you eating that? that doesn't look like enough food. where did you get that? does it taste good? do you eat those meals because they taste good or because they are healthy? do you want to go get some pizza with us?"
finally, another factor in losing weight is looking in the mirror every day and being absolutely convinced that you are losing weight/getting in shape. thats worth another pound at least.
yesterday i completed a full body circuit routine again, with 30 seconds rest in between sets. good stuff. it is very difficult to concentrate on each exercise though because a lot of muscles are fatigued from the sets that came before. it could also be because i'm watching tv too.
tonight, i did 4 sets of biceps. not much but tonight was supposed to be a day off.
later dudes.
posted by brent at
8:51 PM
