It's not me. It's you.

Breaking up is hard to do.  But I have to let you go.  You are bad for me.  Our relationship is toxic, I found someone else. I know I told you it was just an old friend. Someone who just stops by sometimes for breakfast or a cookie. It treats my body the way it needs to be treated. It just does latch on and would let go.   I know it will be hard at first. I have gotten use to waking up with you.  But it's time.  Maybe as time passes we might be able to sit at the same table.  But right now. You have to go.

                                                            Goodbye

                                                     

                                                                  Hello 

 

I'M BACKKKK.

COMING SOON 

I'm back guys and gals.  I have decide to start working out again.  It has been awhile and 

it will be twice as hard this time.  I Figured the only way to get ride of the sore knees, feet and 

all the the other aches is to start losing  weight again.   

My 49th Birthday is on April 18.  On April 19 I will start a plan.  My plan is to lose 2 pounds a 

week for the next year.  That would be 104 pounds.  When I break it down to the 2 pounds a week it does not sound so overwhelming.  

I have kept all of my workout plans from my original  trainer Alex. I will be using these when we join Redo fitness here in Hastings. A free fitness center.  I will be starting at home. Using some body weight exercises and slide board. 

http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/life/religion/4121953-hastings-church-merges-fitness-faith  

I will keep you posted on the progress.  Let you know whats going on and the humor of me 

getting fit.  

When exercising your body does more for your mind

I have been working out for over a year.  I have seen my body change good and bad.I have lost and gained weight.  I have   seen have seen my waist shrink and grow.  These things like I said have been good and bad.

The one unexpected benefit has been what it does for my mind.  I am learning that a workout is one of the best things I ciould do when I'm depressed .  I know there are medical and scientific study that  explain why.  But for me I think it is I have accomplished something.  It is something I pushed through when I didn't think I could.  It reminds me I can push through the depression. It builds me up and gives me worth when I am not feeling worthy. It reminds me of the strength I have. 

So if for no other reason workout for your mind and the body will follow.

ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT

So I have hit the rowing machine again.  I read some where it is better on your knees than the treadmill and you get a better all body work out.  

Of course it was Saturday,  I didn't get there till 10AM.  So the gym was in full swing.  Both Rowing Machines were open.  I start my workout and I am rowing along.  Feeling pretty good.  About 5 minutes into my workout that guy comes and rows next to me.  I am sure I have talked about him in a previous post. 

He is the sleeveless shirt guy who thinks he is a the pro and looks at anyone with more body fat than him should leave the guy.  This is the gut who previously told someone who asked for a spot "if you can't lift that yourself.  You shouldn't be lifting.  I managed to get through close to 15 minutes of rowing.  My goal was 20.  I was feeling good so far. Than I saw him giving me that look.  What are you doing here.  This is for fit people. You are not fit.  15 minute is all you can do.

So I was getting mad at myself.  Thinking I could do better.  I could work harder. I decided to keep going and started the rest of my workout.  I was so glad I ran into to this guy.  Yes I said I was glad. With every Kettle bell Swing, One leg dead lift and with every climb of the stairs.  I thought about that guy. I thought who does he think he is.  I am not going to let this one jerk derail my progress.  I am going to use it to achieve my goal.   

So Mr I am better than everyone else in the gym.  Get over yourself.  Because believe it or not we all 

workout. 

Tweet and Facebook while on the treadmill. I am still working on not passing out on the treadmill

So I finally made it to the gym today. I was worried about how my knees where going to do.  Well I had to figure out how to use the new treadmill first.  It was not to hard to figure out.  Just lots of options. It had the usual treadmill stuff.   You can watch TV or You Tube while running.  If you don't want to just listen to music. You can watch music videos. Ok, I get it.  More things to keep you distracted the longer you will run.  I think the coolest option is it is linked to my fitness pal.  This treadmill has WiFi.

The 2 strangest things I found is you can Tweet and Facebook  while running.  WHAT?  Come on people.  Who is running on a treadmill and go. Hey lets tweet while running.  In a 140 characters or less I am going to Tweet about the sweaty guy next to me. Better yet " Just finished mile 12 at a 15 incline. Going to slam a protein shake now".   I need to work on just concentrating on not falling off  the thing.  Much less trying to run and type.

Next thing you know it will have the Internet so you can order Pizza Hut for after the workout.  How about we add so type of device to shock you when you are not running fast enough. How about a camera that takes pics of you. But it shows you at your goal. Now that is useful.

How about someone create a kettlebell that counts for you or reminds you when to inhale and when to exhale.

Back to the workout.  It was short but sweet.  I was worried my knees were going to hurt.  No pain while running.  Started out slow and worked my way up.  I didn't go to far up on the incline.  I also hit some kettlebells, planks and did some squats.

I was prepared for it to feel like I was starting over.  I was easier than I thought.  I am not saying I was not sweating and breathing hard.  But it felt good knowing I could still do it.  I am going to pull out my workouts from Alex and hit it hard again.

Not a resolution. A restart.

It has been over 3 months since I have posted anything here.  It has also been 3 months since I have seen the inside of a gym.  I have been struggling the last few months with getting myself motivated.  I have had knee pain issues.  Not just one, but both now.  I have had foot pain issues.  But the biggest issue has been me.  I had a bad bought of depression in late October/early November.

It started in the middle of rehearsing for a play.  I was struggling just to have enough energy and will power to function, much less rehearse and exercise. So I stopped.  With help from my meds, a great wife and some awesome friends here I am again. Trying to find the will power to hit it again.

So I went back and read my very first posting.  W.I.N> (what's important now)
This is what I posted at the time.  "We all must decide this every minute of everyday.  We need to decide what's important now.  We need to learn how to balance work, family, exercise and the everyday pressures that life throws at us."

This may be the best advise I every got from my trainer at the time.W.I.N> (what's important now)
 We need to decide every day of our life. What's important now.  For those 3 months I was away, the gym was not important.  Don't get me wrong it should have been more important then I made it.

Reading that first post reminded me that getting fit is important.  But it also reminded me to stop beating myself up over it. Life will happen,  There will be mountains and valleys.  We need to remember to celebrate when we reached the top of the mountain and learn and grow when we are in the valleys.

So ask yourself WHAT'S IMPORTANT NOW!

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Today is a long posting. It was the first day of school. so my schedule opened up for working out. 

I hit the gym today.  I mean, I seriously hit the gym.  It was GREAT.  I was prepared for it to be like starting over.  Twenty minutes on the treadmill flew by.  I averaged a speed of five for most of the run.  My incline went from 5-12 with 2 minute intervals at each incline. It felt good.  It was not a tired, I can't do it feeling .  

It was a wow I am doing it and it feels good feeling.  Don't get me wrong.  It was still hard, but a good hard. 

I than hit the Kettlebells.  Time was limited. I needed to pick up the girls from school. So I did 2 sets of 15 of each 

                                               One leg Kettlebell deadlifts

                                                              Squats

                                               CrushCurls

                                               Kettlebell presses

                                          30 second Planks

Wait I decided I wasn't done yet.  I got home and decided to try my new workout toy.  My dry ice body slide mat.  I forgot how hard it was to do.  I only got thru about 10 minutes. 5 for lower body and 5 for upper body.  

Well you would think I had enough.  I found this new App called FitStar.  It will give me 2 training sessions per week for free.  I had to do a six minute all out assessment.  I think I should have waited a day.  WoW that was a hard six minutes.  

I than wrapped up the night by helping my father-in-law do some demo work on his deck.  I hope I can get out of bed in the morning.