Since I started my new job at my alma mater about seven months ago, I've had more sitting on my butt than walking around. Quite a bit of gear shifting from being a student. I quickly found a downside to not having to walk uphill everywhere - I was getting a big(ger) belly about every week!
I started with changing up my diet a bit. My GF and I eat out about twice a week, down from four or five meals. My lunch and work snacks are fairly healthy: low-sugar oatmeal cut with regular, unflavored oatmeal; a sandwich on healthy bread (F--k that white stuff); baby carrots; apple; banana; low-sugar oatmeal bar.
Well, that seemed to slow down my weight gain, but it was still progressing! I felt as if I was taking up the slack for my friends. One is training for reserve firefighter/EMT, the other decided he was tired of being really far, so he dropped
over 150 pounds. I didn't see him in his "losing weight" stage, so when we went out to eat and he stepped out of his WRX STi, I was amazed.
So, being inspired by these guys and knowing riding season is coming up, I decided to do something about it. For the past five or six weeks, I've been working out four to five times a week at home. I have about an hour between when I get home and when it's time to play taxi for the GF, so that's plenty of time.
A simple routine of squats, pushups and crunches has done wonders for my physique. My arms, shoulders and chest have lost a lot of flab and you can see some good muscle there. My legs are usually easy to get into shape and they are just all muscle now.
On the other hand, my belly is still a bit bigger than I would like. Therein lies my problem. I like to eat, like any red blooded American.
So my options are 1. get my metabolism going, or 2. get my metabolism going.
Eating less is not an option!
Now, I have bad knees, so that pretty much eliminates running from my possibilities. I can do stairs, but there's no great place to do those around here. Stupid stadium renovations.
My "lost 150 pounds" buddy does have a bike he is willing to let me borrow and then sell to me on the cheap, and there's a nice riding trail around here. This appears to be the most attractive option at the moment. The GF has been pestering me about wanting to go bicycling, so maybe this will calm things down and trim both of us up.
Enough of my attempts at personal fitness. I acquired my friend's Morgan Carbtune and purchased some dryer vent ducting, so I can run my bike in the garage and keep the nasty exhaust out of the house.
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