tolewfo’s Bodyblog of Change

I have been really working out again for a little over a year now.  Before last year, I haven’t been in a gym since college.  Over the last year for my cardio I would go to a kickboxing class, bust ass on an eliptical or do a hill routine while I walked on the treadmill.  For the last month it has really been the treadmill and I would have the incline all the way up and to get my heart rate up I would have to walk over 4.5 miles an hour.  And, even then my Heart Rate had room to go up.  I like to get my H.R. up to around 153.  I realized that I had to start running again but I knew that I didn’t want to do it on the treadmill.  So, tonight for the first time I really utilized my gym’s indoor track.  It’s great, it has digital clocks hanging down so you can time yourself.  To go a mile you have to go around 7 times.  I haven’t really ran in 15 years so I made sure to pace myself and to take baby steps toward a new goal.  I want to be able to run a mile without stopping.  I know that this may sound lame because it’s just a mile.  So tonight, I walked the first mile in under 15 minutes.  In the 2nd mile I ran the first 2 laps, walked a lap, ran a lap, walked a lap, ran a lap, and walked a lap.  I did the same for the next 2 miles.  Tomorrow, I am going to do the same routine for the first mile, and try to run the first 3 laps and so on.  I think that I can be able to achieve this goal within the next month.  Who knows maybe by the end of the year I’ll be running a 5k…

I stated in my last blog that I have lost the weight that I have put on over the Hoidays and Vacation.  My clothes are feeling loose on me once again and that feels great.  I am still a little bit away from my goal but I am sure it will be gained.  Even if it may take an extra couple of weeks to do it.  My nutrition has been on.  I have been eating extremely healthy.  In the past month or so I have had only one cheat day.  It was actually yesterday, May 8th…  I went to visit my folks and we went to a buffet.  Here in Vegas the buffet’s are everywhere.  I didn’t over do it as I only had one plate but there was some serious carbs on that plate.  I ate throughout the day but it really wasn’t anything bad.  I also took a day off from training.  It was the first day in a long time that I didn’t do anything.  Even on my weight training off days I would come in and do cardio, sometimes twice a day.  I am happy that I took that day off because I was able to get it out of my system.  My cardio has been great, it takes me a lot longer to get to my Heart Rate up to where I want it to be.  I like to walk on the treadmill for an hour.  It gives me time to be by myself and listen to music on my ZUNE (MP3 player).  I do a hill workout on the highest level… I used to be able to only do 3.5 miles in the hour with my heart rate where I want it to be.  I now do over 4 miles and I still have room to up my heart rate.  I am actually thinking about starting to run now.  I don’t like running because I don’t want to injure my knees but maybe if I take it slow, I’ll be okay.  It has been a good couple of weeks and I hope that I’ll stay disciplined enough to acheive my goals this summer.

So here I am in May…  All of the weight I have gained over the Holidays and vacation has finally left my body.  It’s weird, it didn’t take but a couple of months to mass a lot of weight, but it has taken me much longer to take it off.  Anyhow, I am back to where I was before the Holidays.  I am eating clean and I don’t really crave the nastiness anymore.  Well…. maybe a nice Jack and Coke sometimes…  I find that my appetite is satiated and I have the feeling of being full.  I haven’t started the Carb cycling diet like I have planned but I will get to it when I fully understand what I am doing.  I don’t want to go into it half-assed… I want to be full assed when I start something!!!!  I still get a little scared or at least apprehensive when I see all of the calories that I am supposed to be eating.  I have always been fat and I feel guilty sometimes when I eat, even if it is good for you.  It’s funny, I have my goals that I want to reach within a couple of months and I have a pretty good grasp on them, but I don’t know if I should be making goals concerning my weight.  I think that my goals should be more on my body shape.  I mean what good is it really, being under 200 lbs. and having loose skin and looking sickly.  What I am saying is, the scale for me isn’t always a trusting friend.  The scale can and has deceived me in the past as I am sure it has for a lot of us here.  But, with that said, I always seem to turn back to it as if it was the only thing telling me of what my over all shape is…..

I am still positive though and I am going to make my gains and acheive my goals.