I’m an idiot.
note: I have not read Virid’s latest comment – it came in while I was writing this.
I did a lot of thinking last night and this morning, some of it thanks to the gentle (and not-so-gentle) prodding of friends. I’ve come to a conclusion—I’m an idiot.
I made SO much progress, and I’ve just been totally lame the past few weeks.
I woke up this morning and went to the gym and did 60 minutes of cardio. It sucked. But I made a choice. I’m doing what I can.
My ambivalence towards my project was due to a few factors (these are not excuses.):
- Life changes (schedule, priorities, etc)
- The requirements set out by the Bev5
- Not reaching my first goal.
- Hating chicken
Each one of those points could be an entire post, so let’s just say there is more then may meet the eye there.
Well… I got stuck in a rut, and I’m digging my way out (wait, mixed metaphors!).
I can’t say that I’m gonna do it all right – but so what? I’m gonna do what I can, when I can.
Now, where’d I put that chicken?
Cardio: 60 mins elliptical
Pushups: 30 (so far)
Waist: 35” (Slllliiiiipppppiiiinnnggg)
Weight: 165.4 lbs
He’s back, rolling with the punches!
Nice man :)
Do you really can do this; you aren’t really far from your goal. You just need to get into a rhythm. Slow and steady wins the race.
Don’t kill yourself eating the same chicken dish—switch it up: tuna, turkey burgers, veggie burgers, etc. You just need to eat protein from lean meat and quality carbohydrates, from foods with good natural fiber. Hell, if you’re exercising regularly there’s no reason you can go to Subway and pick up a turkey sub on whole wheat bread with some baked Lays, every once and while.
Don’t be so strict with your diet and exercise routine that you start resenting your fitness goals. Have you tried mapping out how many calories you will be burning and see how much you are consuming? You’re chicken diet might be more constricting than it really needs to be. If you can find a way to add different meals to your diet, it might not seem like such a chore.
Plus, perhaps you could do your push-ups and sit-ups in sets. Do a set in the morning before work, then maybe a set in your cube during a coffee break, and then again in the evening before a shower. So it won’t take up any big chunk of time and it’ll keep your fitness goals from slipping to the back of your mind.
Grr—you need an edit option on your blog. My grammatical errors give me anxiety.
LOL. Just refreshed and saw the new logo!
Nice!
Hi Erik,
Just found your site, don’t have enough time to read it all at the moment so I apologize if I suggest something you already know about. Here is what I am doing to get a six-pack.
Eating:
Eat often, every few hours, but don’t eat that much. Just eat some protein each time along with what ever else you eat. Oatmeal every breakfast (no sugar!). Never eat anything with sugar added, no white bread or white pasta either (whole wheat). Eat most of your carbs in the first few meals, and taper slowly off so that you eat very little to no carbs on your last two meals.
Make sure you eat enough. Eating will build the body. Exercise will shape your body. You need a fair amount of both.
Drink a ton of water. Get 8 hours of sleeps each night. Do not let yourself loose weight. Never get hungry. Eat before you feel hungry.
NO ALCOHOL at all (stops fat from metabolizing)!
NO POP.
Exercise:
Run. If you can, and not on a treadmill. Run 5K a day if you can. If not, 3K or whatever. Don’t run at the same time every day.
Lift weights. If you have to choose between running (or any cardio) and weights, choose weights. Make sure you do 20 minutes a day but don’t do the same muscles each day. Eg. Do biceps and triceps and crunches one day, pushups and rows the next, squats EVERY OTHER DAY for sure – this is crucial – doing this will boost your HGH the quickest and in your body everywhere because your quads are the biggest muscles.
Cheat:
IF IF you do ALL this, you body can handle a little treat at midday – for example – a cookie or a few French fries at lunch. But that’s it.
There you are. What you are doing is very hard, I KNOW that from experience. I have no six pack yet either. Best of luck in your project and drop me an email if you want to discuss anything at all.
Oh yeah, this is a cool site for calculating your body fat pecentage:
http://www.gymgoal.com/dtool_fat.html