xueimelynnad’s BodyBlog

I am a husband, a father, an artist, a desk jockey.  I like to snowboard and bike, I like running around and acting foolishly even though I am supposed to be all grown up.  I am built largish, and if I am not too lazy or horrible in my diet I stay right around 240lbs now that I am all done filling out.  I am spiritual and generally peacable, I am easy going and funny.  I am not intense, at least most of the time.  I prefer smooth and refined over exaggerated and brutal, though I tend to be more exaggerated and brutal anyways.

I think I need to setup a program without weights, or at least with very little to do with weights.  body movements and bodyweight, balance, easy sustainability, cheep, simple, nonimpact and generally noninjuring.

so I think I’ll be doing the chinups and pullups, the pushups, the dips, a lot of yoga, walking, cycling as the weather allows, snowboarding when I can, and playing with the kids.  I’ve also enjoyed squatting and deadlifts, so I think I will integrate those in, but likely without weight, or with just a little weight, maybe the squats will be jump squats, for a little extra jump.

I dont know about the diet yet, seems everytime I figure this eating thing out, I get sidetracked and forget completely and start back to square 1

so here I am, mid holiday season, fat again, sore and stiff again, not feeling great again, not working out again.

This is a problem.  the keeping to a diet/routine thing.  it hasent really happened yet.  I have a theory why.

I think my problem is that my diets and training routines are not centered with the rest of my life, theyare in stark contrast and require a lot of constant effort to maintain.  When I was younger and single, no kids, all kinds of free time and no responsibilities a strict bodybuilding routine would work with me, but it still didnt.  Thats not who I am I guess.  And in order for a program to work with a person, it should fit them, not make them fit it, that wont bring any harmony to someone and will cause internal problems.

so then, if I am not a person that will dedicate a lot of time and money into scuplting their body to perfection, can I actually still sculpt my body into a nice peice of work anyways?  I think so, and I think I will be able to keep it going longer if not forever if I keep the program centered around my life, not the other way around.

so then who am I?