I will have my beginning picture uploaded in a couple of hours. I'll try to remember to take a new picture first thing after I get up in the morning, once a week. A little background:
I've always been into working out and playing sports. I've also always really liked eating. My body tends to adapt well to working out, but I also lose a lot of muscle and gain fat around my midsection when I stop working out. I typically go through this same process every year. I'll workout for about 6 months and get to a point where I'm happy and then stop for a month or two. This time the down time lasted a lot longer than usual. I stopped working out this past July and finally got back in the gym on 12/29/08.
I go 5 days a week. Four days are lifting and one day is cardio. We will start our flag football league in the spring which will add a second cardio day on Sundays. I workout M-F and completely take the weekend off to recoup. As of right now I am mainly looking to stop the fat gain while also getting my muslce tone back. Right now I'm planning on eating whatever I want to keep my calories somewhat up so I can get most of my muscle back quickly. My plan is to then cut that off at the end of February and get on my strict diet.
Right now I fluctuate between 207-211. I hope to be down to 205-208 with a lot more muscle by the end of February and the ultimate goal is to be between 190-200 (haven't decided yet) by mid summer.
If anybody is interested in my specific diet plan (now or later) and/or excercise routine just let me know.
Pic to come soon (It isn't much at this point....)
Now that I think of it, I've got a pic from our canoe trip last summer which is when I stopped working out so I will post that too for a reference point to show how much I've gone down the tube these past 6 months.
I've always been into working out and playing sports. I've also always really liked eating. My body tends to adapt well to working out, but I also lose a lot of muscle and gain fat around my midsection when I stop working out. I typically go through this same process every year. I'll workout for about 6 months and get to a point where I'm happy and then stop for a month or two. This time the down time lasted a lot longer than usual. I stopped working out this past July and finally got back in the gym on 12/29/08.
I go 5 days a week. Four days are lifting and one day is cardio. We will start our flag football league in the spring which will add a second cardio day on Sundays. I workout M-F and completely take the weekend off to recoup. As of right now I am mainly looking to stop the fat gain while also getting my muslce tone back. Right now I'm planning on eating whatever I want to keep my calories somewhat up so I can get most of my muscle back quickly. My plan is to then cut that off at the end of February and get on my strict diet.
Right now I fluctuate between 207-211. I hope to be down to 205-208 with a lot more muscle by the end of February and the ultimate goal is to be between 190-200 (haven't decided yet) by mid summer.
If anybody is interested in my specific diet plan (now or later) and/or excercise routine just let me know.
Pic to come soon (It isn't much at this point....)
Now that I think of it, I've got a pic from our canoe trip last summer which is when I stopped working out so I will post that too for a reference point to show how much I've gone down the tube these past 6 months.
