For a variety of reasons, I've been off my bike now for about 2 months. I can feel/see myself getting fat again. And with the holidays here and winter bearing down, things aren't going to get better by themselves (do they ever?).
Over the weekend I picked up a copy of The Abs Diet put out by Men's Health. I got through the first few chapters, learned some interesting things, will be going to the supermarket today or tomorrow to start stocking up on their power foods.
That's all the easy part, the hard part is finding time to exercise. I hate being indoors, but by the time I get home it's dark out. So riding during the week isn't possible. Riding on the weekend is sketchy at best (lots of reasons, a story for a different thread). So, since I work on a college campus, I'm going to take advantage of their open gym hours and shoot baskets on my lunch break. It should be enough to get me sweating and it should be something I will enjoy. It will get me out of the office for an hour or so every day, and won't cut in to that all important "family time" that dictates my schedule in the evenings and on weekends.
So, as of today, Monday Nov 28, I weight 178lbs. My goal is to get down to 160lbs by March (trip to Florida) while keeing or increasing my cardio fitness. We'll see what happens - 170lbs should be no problem, 160 might be tough - haven't been there since my sophomore year in college.
Over the weekend I picked up a copy of The Abs Diet put out by Men's Health. I got through the first few chapters, learned some interesting things, will be going to the supermarket today or tomorrow to start stocking up on their power foods.
That's all the easy part, the hard part is finding time to exercise. I hate being indoors, but by the time I get home it's dark out. So riding during the week isn't possible. Riding on the weekend is sketchy at best (lots of reasons, a story for a different thread). So, since I work on a college campus, I'm going to take advantage of their open gym hours and shoot baskets on my lunch break. It should be enough to get me sweating and it should be something I will enjoy. It will get me out of the office for an hour or so every day, and won't cut in to that all important "family time" that dictates my schedule in the evenings and on weekends.
So, as of today, Monday Nov 28, I weight 178lbs. My goal is to get down to 160lbs by March (trip to Florida) while keeing or increasing my cardio fitness. We'll see what happens - 170lbs should be no problem, 160 might be tough - haven't been there since my sophomore year in college.