General Critic » Fitness Challenge http://generalcritic.com The views of me Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:51:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Fitness Challenge… http://generalcritic.com/2007/06/04/the-fitness-challenge/ http://generalcritic.com/2007/06/04/the-fitness-challenge/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:06:52 +0000 Geoff http://generalcritic.com/2007/06/04/the-fitness-challenge/ … is back! I’m up to actually jogging for short periods, and I’ve realized most of the sugar has to go from my diet. (I think I can survive with the occasional Coke Zero.) Watch for regular weight updates. (I know you don’t care. It’s more for my own motivation, but hey.)

]]> http://generalcritic.com/2007/06/04/the-fitness-challenge/feed/ 0 Running Man http://generalcritic.com/2006/08/07/running-man/ http://generalcritic.com/2006/08/07/running-man/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:37:05 +0000 Geoff http://generalcritic.com/2006/08/07/running-man/ Since walking is getting me nowhere, so to speak, I hereby make it official: beginning tomorrow (Tuesday), I will jog for some small period of time each day. It may not be long at first, but I watched “Rocky” recently, and he went from short distances to being able to visit several widespread Philadelphia landmarks in a short period of time.

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]]> http://generalcritic.com/2006/02/03/ecch/feed/ 0 Has it been a week? http://generalcritic.com/2006/01/30/has-it-been-a-week/ http://generalcritic.com/2006/01/30/has-it-been-a-week/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:01:50 +0000 Geoff http://generalcritic.com/2006/01/30/has-it-been-a-week/ FitnessDay 15

After a weekend of travel and general inactivity, I was back on the horse today. And I about broke even:

187

And, may I present for your motivation as well as mine:

 Participaction

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Missed working out Thursday due to work. Have gone for an hour each day since. The total is now…

188

…and feelin’ great!

(yeesh, did I write that?)

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No breakfast. Wierd work day… Ate nothing but a bag of chips until 4pm, when lunch was a 6” Quizno’s turkey sub on brown (and I mean, REALLY wheaty) bread with chips and a Coke. 30 minutes on the treadmill at 9:30, then a banana, some grapes, some crackers, and a couple of glasses of ice tea. The result:

189!!!

I don’t really expect to lose a pound a day in this… but it’s pretty cool that it’s working out that way!

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Today at work I had a cheese danish that was in the break room (bad!), walked to the mall and brought back a Subway Club – 6″, brown bread, with chips and a MEDIUM Pepsi. Supper was salmon and a bit of salad, and after a 30 minute stint on the treadmill I treated myself to the last C2 in the fridge. Add it all up…

190

I think my metabolism might already be starting to speed back up! /wishful thinking

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Day 1

So just for fun, I drag out the ol’ bathroom scale, and have my first look in at least a year. And there it was, big as life and twice as ugly:

192.

In the past three years I have gained something in the neighbourhood of 20 pounds. And it ain’t muscle, either. I knew the pants were fitting a little tighter, but sometimes you just need this kind of wakeup call. So, here we are, it’s January, when people make resolutions, and I just watched Rocky last weekend. I therefore resolve:

To lose 20 pounds in an unspecified time frame.

So, I made a plan to get up today and head out jogging. Wouldn’t you know it, Mother Nature saw fit to blanket the city in a sheet of ice. Fine… there’s a treadmill, I’ll use that.

Well, twice today the treadmill beat me after only about 15 minutes. My ankles just stiffened up. But the thingy says I burned a total of about 120 calories. And, I’m going to watch what I eat a bit more — this Coca-Cola C2 ain’t bad — and will still try to get in some running/jogging/walking daily. I’d still like to try doing an early morning jog before work, but I might hold off on that until spring.

And, I will let you know my progress, daily if possible. After one day, I’m now at:

191

One pound in a day. Not too shabby.

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