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My journey from fat to fit! |
| I’ve been trying to lose fat and get fit for a long time. This will be my blog about my fitness journey! |
| The main reason I want to get fit is to defend myself. I can’t count how many times when I was younger people have beat me up for frivolous reasons, and I was too small and weak to fight back. I want to get lean and muscular to the point where people decide not to tangle with me if they can avoid it. On Saturday I trained arms thoroughly. I got a great pump. Later that night, I got to thinking. Every time I took time off from lifting, it started on a day I was supposed to train and I took the day off instead. Then I skipped another day, and a third day, until I had gone a week without training. Being able to look back and see that helps me to avoid making that same mistake in the future. My weight has remained stable for the past week at 297, so I’m cutting out the powdered peanut butter, to see if that helps. I was told a long time ago by a guy who lost a lot of weight that paying attention to different variables like this, then making adjustments, is crucial for successful weight loss. Getting a pump then stopping a workout is a waste, that’s like chewing gum that had a flavor burst after chewing it for 30,seconds, then spitting it out. Once you get a pump, you should try to maintain that for as long as you can! On Tuesday I woke up late but had a good weigh-in, so I thought I’d skip my walk this morning. I didn’t want to lose progress, so I changed my mind and went for my usual 40 minute walk. If there are two alternate realities, one where I didn’t train and one where I did, training will always be the better choice. If I’m thinking about skipping a workout, that first set primes me and makes me want to do more. Many hours after my workout I just feel better. It’s a natural high. I feel pity for people who live out their entire lives without knowing the ecstasy of weight training, and that lifestyle. I bought a blood pressure monitor and my blood pressure was high, so that changed my thinking about things. I’m eating less food, and over the past two days I’ve been losing weight. I’m eating a lot more fruits and vegetables, because that’s what’s recommended to lower blood pressure. |
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has oddly set off a motivating dopamine reaction that gets me going. Weights I can do at the house when I wake up or before bed. I'd like to be able to walk more, but my schedule is not that wide open where I can walk consistently. Right now I'm fighting a touch of a cold that's settled in my throat/sinus area so weights are good for me now. I'm also tracking on Weight Watchers since I started last DEC. While, I'm happy with my tracking habits, I do need to focus on more zero or 1 point foods. I agree - getting in shape is 90% diet. Sending you good vibes for meeting your goals. 
