I find that during my quest to stop being fat, I seem to stay within this pattern of extreme motivation turning to apathetic sloth and back. Right now: apathetic sloth.
I'm heading to the gym this morning so I should soon find myself heading back to motivation. I've also noticed that the more I focus on fitness, the shorter my laziness phase lasts. Hopefully, if I keep cycling like this, my less productive phase might actually go away or become a little productive.
The latest release of a Halo game on the Xbox 360 has definitely slowed my progress. It may as well be the blame for my recent disinterest in all things that deal with motion. I enjoy working out, but it hardly compares to giant robot men fighting aliens with lasers. I'm amazed at how bad that reads.
Also, I am hoping to start swimming soon. Running, as I used to do, is over for now. It's very counter-productive to run a small distance and then avoid exercise for a whole week due to the pain. I need to find a way to reduce weight so that running does not continue to destroy my feet and knees.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
You'd think I'd write more
It feels like I just updated this blog, but obviously I haven't in 10 days. I guess I just get lost on the web sometimes.
Well, stuff is going good. I've started running again and I'm lifting too. I've noticed that the lifting alone has been helping me drop body fat faster than the running has. I guess there's a reason to believe all those people that tell you that muscles constantly burn calories. The only problem is that I'm not really losing weight as I build muscle. I have a feeling that the muscle gains will drop off after a while and I'll go back to weight loss, but it just seems counter productive sometimes to see that I've gained 6 pounds on the scale. Luckily, my scale reads bodyfat so I can see that my percentage has gone down.
I'm thinking about really sitting down and finding a better running plan. I need something that won't hurt my feet so bad. I guess I can go back to running once a week and trying to swim or bike on the other days until my feet don't hurt anymore. I'll figure something out.
Well, stuff is going good. I've started running again and I'm lifting too. I've noticed that the lifting alone has been helping me drop body fat faster than the running has. I guess there's a reason to believe all those people that tell you that muscles constantly burn calories. The only problem is that I'm not really losing weight as I build muscle. I have a feeling that the muscle gains will drop off after a while and I'll go back to weight loss, but it just seems counter productive sometimes to see that I've gained 6 pounds on the scale. Luckily, my scale reads bodyfat so I can see that my percentage has gone down.
I'm thinking about really sitting down and finding a better running plan. I need something that won't hurt my feet so bad. I guess I can go back to running once a week and trying to swim or bike on the other days until my feet don't hurt anymore. I'll figure something out.
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