Damn You’re Fat Part II
Well, I started my new life yesterday, again. I woke up at 7:30 and started my exercise regimen. I prefer the low impact kind of work out so I walk stairs. On one of my previous new life starts, I subscribed to Men’s Health magazine. I provided all kinds of great work out and health tips, many of which were for young, single, adventurous type and not married, middle aged men with a paunch. One of the tips I remembered and put into practice was an aerobic work out involving steps.
What you need for this exercise is a flight of stairs. You start going up one and down one. Then up two and down two and so on until you get to the top. You then reverse your course with say up twelve, down twelve, up eleven, down eleven. We have 13 steps from the basement to the first floor and a set takes about 5 minutes. For the standard 20 minute workout, I do four reps and if there is time remaining, start another rep. According to the Body for Life the aerobic workout is every other day but I think I will do it every day. It starts the morning and provides a feeling of accomplishment.
The other days you do weight training and I have the set up for that but it is an evening routine due to the hour it takes to complete the series.
There are two other adjustments to this new life I started yesterday. The obvious one is a change in eating habits. Low fat, low sugar, portion control is the key to eating healthy. Body for Life recommends things like a 4 egg scramble with only one yolk in the mix and two pieces of whole wheat toast. Not bad and filling. They also recommend that you eat a healthy snack between meals like fruit or low fat yogurt. That only makes sense. We should all know how to eat healthy but the temptations of the sugar and fat demons are ever present.
The not so obvious change is one of thought. You have to want to do this and get results. Most people are armed with the right exercise routines and diets but they fail in the mental planning. I know, I am a victim of poor planning. Will power alone is not enough to drive the change. It must be a desire to want to lose the weight and get into shape; to be healthier and have more energy. Does this sound like a pep talk to you? I am tired of being out of breath to put on my socks and I want to wear all of the clothes that say size 38 waist. I would even settle for buying size 36 pants as a reward to achieving my goal. I don’t want to bulk up and look like a gangsta rapper all buff and full of myself. I just want to feel better about my choices in life and treat my body like I treat my mind.
Icool
Cobb
What you need for this exercise is a flight of stairs. You start going up one and down one. Then up two and down two and so on until you get to the top. You then reverse your course with say up twelve, down twelve, up eleven, down eleven. We have 13 steps from the basement to the first floor and a set takes about 5 minutes. For the standard 20 minute workout, I do four reps and if there is time remaining, start another rep. According to the Body for Life the aerobic workout is every other day but I think I will do it every day. It starts the morning and provides a feeling of accomplishment.
The other days you do weight training and I have the set up for that but it is an evening routine due to the hour it takes to complete the series.
There are two other adjustments to this new life I started yesterday. The obvious one is a change in eating habits. Low fat, low sugar, portion control is the key to eating healthy. Body for Life recommends things like a 4 egg scramble with only one yolk in the mix and two pieces of whole wheat toast. Not bad and filling. They also recommend that you eat a healthy snack between meals like fruit or low fat yogurt. That only makes sense. We should all know how to eat healthy but the temptations of the sugar and fat demons are ever present.
The not so obvious change is one of thought. You have to want to do this and get results. Most people are armed with the right exercise routines and diets but they fail in the mental planning. I know, I am a victim of poor planning. Will power alone is not enough to drive the change. It must be a desire to want to lose the weight and get into shape; to be healthier and have more energy. Does this sound like a pep talk to you? I am tired of being out of breath to put on my socks and I want to wear all of the clothes that say size 38 waist. I would even settle for buying size 36 pants as a reward to achieving my goal. I don’t want to bulk up and look like a gangsta rapper all buff and full of myself. I just want to feel better about my choices in life and treat my body like I treat my mind.
Icool
Cobb
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