Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Blog Fourteen - Stepping Up My Game

Well it's been several months now and I'm starting to go through cycles of "into it, not into it". I'm told it takes six months to really build a habit but I fear that this habit is going to take longer. However I'm still seeing a lot of results. I've lost another two inches from my waist (now 46" pants) and all around my body muscle firmness, and mass, is returning. These accomplishments I think are the easy wins.

Given how out of shape I was I'm sure that diet and exercise is going to work first on easy to lose fat. I figure that it might take me twice as long to lose another six inches off my waist - from my starting point that is. As to the strength building, I do have one area that I would like to improve but I don't yet know the right exercise to target it. I will though and when I do I will be doing it daily.

As for my cardio, I'm starting my days with a 15 minute bicycle routine and, time allowing, closing my daily workout with 15 minutes on a step climber. When I can get both in, and my strength workout, my rough calculations put me at burning up to 400 calories in a 90 minute time window. That's about 25% of my daily intake... Not only can I live with that but I wonder, can I actually live with that?

We'll find out together won't we?

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