Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My wife suggested weekly weigh-in/progress updates as a way to keep me interested in my diet and exercise plans without focusing solely on writing for the blog. I think it’s a pretty good idea, so here it goes:

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I know I need to do it, but I don’t. I know I’m supposed to get at least 30 minutes a day, but I don’t. I don’t exercise. I don’t like to be out of breath or to have achy muscles and for some reason I feel that if I’m not hurting, [...]

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Thanks to everyone who responded to my story about “fat man pants” with the same, practical (and obvious) tip: Start Now. Finance and Fat wrote:
With regard to when you should start your fitness program — you should start now. You should start today. You know that though. Would you advise someone who was racking up [...]

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Today I faced the facts: if I want to get through the holiday season with a modicum of self-respect, I need a pair of fat man pants. It does no good for me to keep squeezing myself into clothes that don’t fit. I’m not fooling anyone, least of all myself. I look like a fat [...]

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Today was a tough one for me. I don’t have any excuses. The rain had stopped for the most part, the wind had abated, and our power was back on. My kids were happy and playful. My house wasn’t a total disaster and the laundry was mostly taken care of. [...]

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I don’t hate vegetables — at least not all of them. Broccoli is off-limits, and I don’t like the other members of the cruciferous family, but I find many vegetables quite tasty. Sometimes I have rules for them — no chunky tomatoes, but tomato products are okay — but mostly I just eat them.
But not [...]

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