Trying it again
One of the best pieces of advice I saw on this forum was a person answering a question for a new member. His suggestion was to start slow and build up instead of trying to change everything all at once. So for the past 3 weeks I’ve slowly changed what I’m doing. It started with my diet. One cup of coffee in the morning, no soda, no fries, and no junk food. I give myself one day a week to eat something bad for me so I won’t completely crack but it’s been paying off. The following week I started doing cardio. I started slow, running at a moderate pace for 1 minute and walking for 4 minutes for a full 20 minutes. This week I started weights. Nothing earth shattering but my plan is to work up to working out. I do 5 exercises, 2 sets each, that work the major muscle groups.
Day 1 is legs. Squats, leg extensions, leg curls, and calf raises. Day 2 is the upper body. Bench press, seated row, curls, tricep push down and shoulder press. I finish each workout with 2 sets of crunches and take 1 day off a week, which coincides with my off diet day, and use both MuscleTech NaNo Vapor and Optimum 100% Whey Protien.
Add to all of this that I work as a private security contractor in Afghanistan. My menu is pretty limited but I’m used to working with what I have. 
Well, that’s it for now. Thanks for reading, if anyone reads this…
October 1, 2007 at 4:49 am
Looks like your off to a good start and welcome to the club.
October 1, 2007 at 9:06 am
That’s a sound approach. I would suppose that because of the Afghanistan thing, being reasonable and flexible are the top two priorities you must address when developing a fitness plan…