Fitness
I always seem to struggle with staying fit. I’ll work out hard for a few months, then summer comes and I figure I’m climbing enough so I don’t need to do it any more. Then in the fall and early winter lazyness rules the day! I found a note I wrote in 2005 on cascadeclimbers.com, and it’s useful to where I am now (again, need to lose weight!):
I lost 18 pounds since March, from 196 to 178. Couple of observations:
1) I tried the atkins diet (I know, start yelling), as I’d had good results with it 2 years before. It didn’t seem to work this time.
2) I went trail running a lot January to March. That got me to 188 or so, but then stubborn.
3) I got frustrated because I was excercising a lot, but not losing any more weight. So...
4) I bought a fad diet book, called “The Ultimate New York Body Plan,” by a cheesy supermodel consultant guy. > I followed it exactly, with the indispensable help of my wife making the assigned meals to the letter. The food was like Atkins, pretty much: lean meat and green vegatables, very little else. 5 meals a day. 45 minutes to 1.5 hour workout per day, for 14 days.
It worked really well, helping me lose 12 pounds by the end of two weeks. Now I could climb a bit harder in the gym, which was exciting. I also found that it was better from a weight-loss perspective to go easier on the cardio workout. More like 45 minutes at 140 bpm, instead of 150-160 like I was doing before with trail running (or higher). I don’t know why that’s true and folks have told me that doesn’t make sense, but it’s an important component (for me).
I’ve decided also that weighing myself every day is a big help, and writing down what I ate. There is a direct link between how much you eat, how much you exercise and weight gain or loss. I am a “master of the obvious” but writing it down and weighing every day keeps me honest.
I am 5’11” and would like to be about 170, so I have a few more pounds to go. It’s actually been a fun journey, though it took reaching a point of frustration to get militant about it and do it right. "
Good stuff to remember!
I lost 18 pounds since March, from 196 to 178. Couple of observations:
1) I tried the atkins diet (I know, start yelling), as I’d had good results with it 2 years before. It didn’t seem to work this time.
2) I went trail running a lot January to March. That got me to 188 or so, but then stubborn.
3) I got frustrated because I was excercising a lot, but not losing any more weight. So...
4) I bought a fad diet book, called “The Ultimate New York Body Plan,” by a cheesy supermodel consultant guy. > I followed it exactly, with the indispensable help of my wife making the assigned meals to the letter. The food was like Atkins, pretty much: lean meat and green vegatables, very little else. 5 meals a day. 45 minutes to 1.5 hour workout per day, for 14 days.
It worked really well, helping me lose 12 pounds by the end of two weeks. Now I could climb a bit harder in the gym, which was exciting. I also found that it was better from a weight-loss perspective to go easier on the cardio workout. More like 45 minutes at 140 bpm, instead of 150-160 like I was doing before with trail running (or higher). I don’t know why that’s true and folks have told me that doesn’t make sense, but it’s an important component (for me).
I’ve decided also that weighing myself every day is a big help, and writing down what I ate. There is a direct link between how much you eat, how much you exercise and weight gain or loss. I am a “master of the obvious” but writing it down and weighing every day keeps me honest.
I am 5’11” and would like to be about 170, so I have a few more pounds to go. It’s actually been a fun journey, though it took reaching a point of frustration to get militant about it and do it right. "
Good stuff to remember!
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