First Big Test

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Tomorrow the campground opens. This will be my First big test. When we camp we love to cook and eat and play cornhole and drink. Hopefully I've got everything in check. I believe I do, but stil a little nervous.

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Progression

Friday, March 30, 2012

Is it just me or has anybody else realized how they have progressed on this journey. Not in weight loss but rather in how you look at food.
When I first started my goal was to decrease calories, so when shopping I bought everything low fat, low cal I could. Then comes that problem with liking to read, you read. You read about carbs and how carbs need fat. You read all about how the body needs protein for rebuilding muscle. So the more you read the more you learn.
They teach you to fill out your nutrition page everyday to track what you are eating.
They teach you to plan your meals out for a week at a time.
You continue to learn, then you notice one day that you are planning your meals around your workout schedule for that day. Do I have enough carbs, hows my fat and don't forget that today is a strength training day so where is the protein level. Mean while what first was so important to you cal... calo.. Ican't think of it now, wait a minutes, yes that's right calories have become the last thing I look at.
Now I know calorie intake is important but my meal planner has progressed around a healthy menu. Currently we take recipes that we like a put them in our book not according the beef, pork, chicken, or vegetarian, but according to carbs, fat and protein. Then as we plan meals to are workout schedule and we see that we will need more carbs, we can pull an carb recipe and be good for the day. Best of all since we are using healthy recipes our calories come out good.
So my question is this Has anyone else noticed this progression or is it just me?

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Three pointing back

Thursday, March 29, 2012

It is strange how the mind works. This morning I was thinking about our last family reunion with me, my uncles and my cousins standing around talking.
Then something I was taught a long time ago pops into my head. Never point your figure at someone else because you have three pointing back at you.
Then my brain combines the 2 and a little light goes off.
The topic of our discussion at the reunion was our weight. We were talking about how all of us boys were becoming more like our fathers all the time. Almost like it was genetic and there was nothing we would be able to do about it.
So as I think of that conversation and the finger pointing it dawns on me that that there are three pointing back.
Being so out of shape and obese had nothing to do with genetics, it was all because of me, me, me. Genetics was just an excuse not to do something about it.
If it is raining don't let that spill your workout, be flexible. try an indoor workout ( I know some of you run in the rain but i'm not that dedicated yet.)
No matter what excuse we come up with just think of pointing your finger then look at the three pointing back at you. The only thing keeping us from a workout is ourself.

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Big Surprise

Saturday, March 24, 2012

On my off days I like to prepare the meals for my workout days so that everything is as ready as they can be to help save time on workout days. So anyway, the other night I was doing this and my daughter comes out and grabs the food scales.I just stood there watching her not saying a word. My wife had bought her some baked potato chips. She grabs them and a small bowl. She put the bowl on the scale and turned it on, then she starts to read the back of the bag. She measures out her chips, then I ask her what she is doing. Well she tells me, A serving size of these chips are 1 ounce so i'm weighing out one ounce. What a surprise. We have never said anything to her about weighing out her food, just something she see's us do. I was a proud daddy, I know that is something she will now carry with her.

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First workout

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Tonight , after work I had my first offical workout at the Y. It is called original strength training. Oh my goodness, feel the burn. Who ever invented those big ropes should be shot. So after the trainer kills us with the ropes she has a 16 station workout area set up. 1 minute at each station. No problem right, WRONG. She had us jumping, doing lunges, planks with your feet suspended in rings, lunges with one leg suspended in a ring, etc., etc, etc,... Overall, best workout I've had in a long time. Can't wait until next week.

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