Just wanted to share something, guys. I'm in about my fifth week of trying to get back into some sort of shape, lose the beer gut and extra chin, gain strength, etc. I've been hitting the gym hard, a minimum of three mornings a week, 2- to 2.5-hour sessions plus 6- to 8-mile walks on my off days. I just turned 44 and I'm REALLY feeling great and losing some weight to boot. Anyone else "in training?"
-- Mark
I religiously practice 12 ounce curls every night.
Heh. I'm a big guy, after my accident, I wasn't able to get out and get my carry out meals. Two meat/egg/cheese sandwiches on toast for breakfast, and a huge salad with grilled chicken for lunch was not the best for anyone. I can't eat out like I used to, and have really cut back (allowing for more $ to be spent on sharp stuff). A couple weeks ago, I was thinking about when I had to step it up to the next level. My sister and her boyfriend are now engaged, and they had an "engagement party". Whatever that was, I had too much of a good time, indulging greatly in hard cider and good food. Well, I paid for it, because the party was an afternoon party at a hall, then had dinner at home of leftovers, dinner the next night of leftovers, and have had leftovers from the party for dinner most days this week. When I say I went overboard, I really went all out. I will have to eat like a bird to get my actual stomach, not my belly, to the size it was before the party. I am just worried about getting weight off my broken leg and my back, doing pretty well thank you very much. I also want to be able to get back out on the trails. I have found that I am not so ready to get back on the trail, either mentally or physically. I would like to make it out to a spot on the eastern shore, Turkey Point lighthouse, and a little known trail between Frederick and Hagerstown, a little wonder known as the Appalachian. I might hike about two hundred yards of it, it runs right through one of my favorite spots, the Washington Monument SP.
View from Washington Monument SP, not my pic
aerial view of Turkey Point light house, yep, you can walk to those cliffs
So, I figure I got the rest of the holiday week to get back on track. NO carry out, my body just cannot handle it anymore, go easy on the salty and greasy foods, hard to do at Thanksgiving and Christmas. More walking, can't lift more than 20 lbs, still have bad pains in my chest and back if I try to lift anything.
