Fitness Goals

January 26th, 2010 by James Comments »

260lbs 1-26-10

There are a few things that I want to accomplish fitness wise and one of them is definitely getting down to the low 200’s.

I am currently at 260-265lbs give or take.

Like most people who diet or try to lose weight by exercise and eating healthier we tend to yo-yo.  I realized that it has to be a lifestyle change and not a diet.

I am totally cool with changing my bad habits but I won’t go cold turkey on everything.  I understand that I need to change things up if I really want to see results.

The first thing that I will be doing is detoxing.  I plan on going on the master cleanse for about 8-10 days and then begin my hard core work out regimen.  At the moment I have cut back on my two servings at dinner and stuff.  (I won’t lie here, not all the time though because I am a fan of food!!)

After I get off the detox I will begin a 60 day no weight intense cardio type workout.  After that I will take a 1-2 break and then hit the weights for a p90x type workout.

So my goal for 2010 is to be in the low 200’s.  I am not quite sure what will work for my body type just yet so the weight isn’t my only goal factor, I want to be in shape.   Like clean my abs with a q-tip shape.  Well not really but that would be nice.  In order for me to do that I would need to be 100% disciplined and like I said that is a lifestyle change.

Summing it up I am at 260+ pounds and need to drop 60 to get to my desired weight.  I know I can do it in 6-7 months.  That’s only 8-10 lbs a month.  I know I would be able to achieve this goal and by documenting what I am doing here you will get to see me through my ups and downs.

I will let you know when the detoxing begins. (shortly)

Ciao,

Day 1 – Changing Habits

January 25th, 2010 by James Comments »

I’ve decided to change a few things up in 2010 and my health was one of them.  That being said, I now need to change some of the bad habits I have.

Some of the habits I need to modify:

  • eat smaller portions and more frequently (possibly 5-6 meals a day, roughly 300-500 calories) What will help me is to eat from smaller plates and, drink from taller glasses.
  • take more breaks to reduce stress.  For every hour or so of work to get up and move around and stretch
  • cut soda out of my meals – my choice is water for sure but I will opt to switch soda out for iced tea with an artificial sweetener
  • try to be more active.  Besides the whole working out thing I will try to do more
  • EXERCISE – beginning I will try to workout 5-6 times a week for at least two-three months and then after that cut back to 2-3 times a week to main a healthy lifestyle.

I will document my journey and in my next post you will see my goals.

Until then Ciao!

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