Has it been a week already? Man, I'd better get moving! Speaking of which, I work on the 8th floor of an office building and today started (occasionally) using the stairs instead of the elevator. Walking up 8 flights (since it goes from 'G' to '2', you might say it's only 7 flights, but the first flight is bigger, so I'm rounding UP), is actually quite taxing. I walk up and then try and note where my breathing starts sounding like I'm trying to huff and puff and blow the little pigs' house down. The sad part is that it tends to happen about floor number 3. By the time I get to 8 I'm ready for a short nap and a respirator.
Day 7
Current Weight: 201.5
Weight Lost To Date: 4.5
I'm not experiencing the dramatic drop that I had hoped for. By the end of the first week I hoped to be rounding the 20-pound mark, but 4.5 is a start.
Don
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Day 3
Okay, I'm starting to cook now! Actually, I'm not cooking as much any more, but you know what I meant. Meals need to change...habits need to change. I really LIKE to eat! I don't have a very sophisticated palette, but I enjoy the taste of food. I know there's good tasting alternatives that are better for me, and I just have to find them. I can handle fruits and diet pop, but please don't make me eat a ton of veggies and rice cakes that taste like cardboard. Yuck!
Day 3
Current Weight: 203.5
Weight Lost To Date: 2.5
By the way, my bathroom scale works in half-pounds, so you won't see 9 decimal places of accuracy, but half a pound is an accomplishment and I want credit for it!
Don
Day 3
Current Weight: 203.5
Weight Lost To Date: 2.5
By the way, my bathroom scale works in half-pounds, so you won't see 9 decimal places of accuracy, but half a pound is an accomplishment and I want credit for it!
Don
Day 0
Okay, it's time to get this fitness show on the road! (Actually, if you want to be really picky, I started several days ago, on Nov 16 2007, but I kept an accurate record of the details and I'll post a few days of them until I catch up).
Step on the scale....Hey! Where did the scale go?...Hold your stomach in so you can actually see the scale...Wait for the scale to get over the shock....Drumroll please....
Day 0
Current Weight: 206
Weight Lost To Date: 0
Yes, if you read my Welcome post you already know that 206 was my starting weight, but you could at least fake being surprised! Every time I post my weight I'll use the above format, so you can skip all this wordy nonsense and jump right to the details. It doesn't look very impressive yet, but once the number starts changing, you'll barely be able to contain yourselves!
Don
Step on the scale....Hey! Where did the scale go?...Hold your stomach in so you can actually see the scale...Wait for the scale to get over the shock....Drumroll please....
Day 0
Current Weight: 206
Weight Lost To Date: 0
Yes, if you read my Welcome post you already know that 206 was my starting weight, but you could at least fake being surprised! Every time I post my weight I'll use the above format, so you can skip all this wordy nonsense and jump right to the details. It doesn't look very impressive yet, but once the number starts changing, you'll barely be able to contain yourselves!
Don
Welcome!
Welcome to "100 Days To Fitness"! This blog is intended to map out my progress as I spend 100 days of diet and exercise in order to improve my health and overall fitness. (Really, it's just a public humiliation to ensure I don't cheat or chicken out!)
I'm not going to kid myself and tell you that I'll be the perfect dieter. I don't know enough about diet and nutrition to be an expert on the subject, so I'll make lots of dumb mistakes on my journey. But I'm going to plod along anyway.
The goal of 'health and fitness' is too fuzzy to attain, so I'm measuring my progress in the old fashioned way...with my bathroom scale. While weight isn't the perfect measure of fitness, I'm pretty convinced that if I drop a few pounds I'll feel better and be healthier than if I gained a few pounds.
A bit about my goals....
I'd like to be about 175lbs, so that translates into 31 pounds of weight loss (since I started at 206 and haven't forgotten my basic math skills). That should take me down a few inches on my waist as well, so that'll work. The blog is called "100 Days To Fitness" because I plan to reach my goal weight in 100 days. That's the tricky part! I don't know how long it will actually take me, but I figured if I said I would diet and exercise until I lost 31 pounds, it would take the pressure off of me and I might be a year or two (or three) before I finally made it or simply gave up. Besides, calling the blog "An Indeterminate Number Of Days To Fitness" just sounds dumb. 100 days is a good number and makes calculating percentages REALLY easy! :-)
Since weight will be my prime measurement, calorie intake will be a major focus. I'll update you on other things as well, like the sudden appearance of my toes when I look down. I won't be counting every calorie (I can't count that high!), but I'll certainly substitute low-cal snacks for my typical 'bucket of lard' munchies. Again, I know it's not the only or best method, but it's simple enough and there is a wonderful simplicity to the 'calories consumed - calories burned' methodology. Exercise will also sneak its way into the program, so be prepared for lengthy stories of how I set a new 'personal best' on the treadmill. The first such personal best will begin with me actually standing on one.
I'm sharing this journey with whoever wants to follow it ("Hi Mom!"). I'm not sure what point there would be in me writing all this stuff and not sharing it....I already know how I'm doing. Please feel free to post your comments, words of encouragement, low-cal recipes, or lottery winning numbers. I'll try and keep this blog active, so return often.
Wish me luck!
Don
I'm not going to kid myself and tell you that I'll be the perfect dieter. I don't know enough about diet and nutrition to be an expert on the subject, so I'll make lots of dumb mistakes on my journey. But I'm going to plod along anyway.
The goal of 'health and fitness' is too fuzzy to attain, so I'm measuring my progress in the old fashioned way...with my bathroom scale. While weight isn't the perfect measure of fitness, I'm pretty convinced that if I drop a few pounds I'll feel better and be healthier than if I gained a few pounds.
A bit about my goals....
I'd like to be about 175lbs, so that translates into 31 pounds of weight loss (since I started at 206 and haven't forgotten my basic math skills). That should take me down a few inches on my waist as well, so that'll work. The blog is called "100 Days To Fitness" because I plan to reach my goal weight in 100 days. That's the tricky part! I don't know how long it will actually take me, but I figured if I said I would diet and exercise until I lost 31 pounds, it would take the pressure off of me and I might be a year or two (or three) before I finally made it or simply gave up. Besides, calling the blog "An Indeterminate Number Of Days To Fitness" just sounds dumb. 100 days is a good number and makes calculating percentages REALLY easy! :-)
Since weight will be my prime measurement, calorie intake will be a major focus. I'll update you on other things as well, like the sudden appearance of my toes when I look down. I won't be counting every calorie (I can't count that high!), but I'll certainly substitute low-cal snacks for my typical 'bucket of lard' munchies. Again, I know it's not the only or best method, but it's simple enough and there is a wonderful simplicity to the 'calories consumed - calories burned' methodology. Exercise will also sneak its way into the program, so be prepared for lengthy stories of how I set a new 'personal best' on the treadmill. The first such personal best will begin with me actually standing on one.
I'm sharing this journey with whoever wants to follow it ("Hi Mom!"). I'm not sure what point there would be in me writing all this stuff and not sharing it....I already know how I'm doing. Please feel free to post your comments, words of encouragement, low-cal recipes, or lottery winning numbers. I'll try and keep this blog active, so return often.
Wish me luck!
Don
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