Hell ya, today is 3 weeks since me and my wife started our program and all is going as it should. Tomorrow morning I will weigh in and see the progress I have made, im excited. I want to start weight training/lifting at the one month mark so this week I will do research and find a beginners routine that works for me. I almost have a home
gym-
treadmill, eliptical trainer, exercise bike and a bench for free
weights w/ pulldown bar and attachments for curling and leg
exercises. Up until now they have been excellent coat hangers of the highest quality haha. As far as the weight lifting goes, right now I just want to tone my muscles and get a little strength not become the Hulk, I want to concentrate on loosing the weight before I bulk up.
Thought of the day: Feelings on previous
diet success.
About 7 years ago I went on the
Atkins diet, cut out all carbs and had a job where I was moving(sometimes running) 8 hours a day. The
pounds came off fast, in 5 months I had lost 50 lbs and lost another 15 by 8 months. I was 300 and went to 235. Wow, I hadnt been this weight since highschool. Mind you I wasnt thin, but I was looking good and feeling like I was on top of the world. I had more
energy to do the things I wanted to, I could hike, climb mountains, fish until the sun came up, ride my bike for endless miles. My clothes looked good on me. Instead of size 48 pants I wore a 38, my shirts went from 3x to l or xl. Everyone I knew complimented me on my success, "Wow, looks like you lost alot of weight". It was great times. Then it ended! That quick. Gone.
Energy gone, clothes didnt fit anymore, I had to face all the people that cheered my success. A turn for the worse. The reason......myself. At the 1 year mark I decide I could celebrate by eating fast food, prob McD's. Then it continued, "We hav'nt had popeyes in a year, lets go" etc.
Atkins went out the door. We celebrated for about 2 months before we really realized the damage we had done, it wasnt too late, but it felt like it. No more diets for me. I want a program that will help me reach my goals and keep them- for life. I want that feeling of success back, I want to look and feel better, I want to ride my bike and actually run. I want clothes that look good on me. I want it back...................
