I messed up a little several days this week (so far). I indulged, but hey I enjoyed it so I'm focusing on that in preparation for the consequences.
But I was thinking of my activity levels and realized that I really am unhappy with my sedentary lifestyle. As a teen I walked around a lot. I may have already written that. Now I don't partly because I work at home - on my PC, which is just a few steps away from my bedroom. It's cool in the sense that I love my work. Additionally, I just really like alone time a whole lot. I'm much less sociable than I've ever been. I enjoy diner with friends once or twice a week, but other than that I'm extremely happy with seeing no one else (except for my mother at meal times and for an after diner movie... I'm family oriented that way I guess).
I've said before that I want a firm muscular (yet curvy)
body. I don't think this is going to be simple while remaining "this" sedentary.
So I'm putting myself on a challenge.
No matter what, I want to bike 10 miles each day (my current average is 20-25 MPH) on my stationary bike. So far, it's taken me 31 minutes (exactly). I want to maintain this for 1 week. If I feel up to it during the week, I can try to see how many miles I cover at the same average MPH for 45 minutes. I don't want to exceed the 45 mns line for the first week though.
Afterwards, I want to do 45 mns for 2 weeks (daily) and minimum. If I manage to push myself to an hour, good, otherwise 45 is good. I think the
goal should be aiming around 15 Miles covered minimum.
Then, I'll move on to 60 minutes and 20 miles a day.
The
goal is really to maintain this for as long as I remain this sedentary. But of course right now I chose to keep in mind that I aim for 1 month already.
Of course, I'm going to keep myself on my WW plan and focusing on eating "fuel food" and make smarter lean choices etc.
And of course, I'm going to look into how to fuel my
strength training routine as well.
This is more for the "challenge for my
body" principle, and because I just don't think my
body is as happy with my lifestyle as my mind and feelings are!
When I get past the three months, I'll probably see if I should switch my caloric intake to that of someone "sporty" (or whatever the medium between absolutely sedentary and average is). If I lose too quickly over the course of a full month starting from today (yes, I do think there is such a thing as too quick and seem to loose too much lean mass) I'll probably see whether I should as well.
