Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Yesterday was lower-body day at the gym. I did leg extensions, leg presses, leg curls, seated knee raises, and more. The workout felt good. I had taken the day off from my last lower-body workout because I felt like […]

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Just to be clear, not everything in my current fitness regimen is peaches and cream. My exercise program has been going very well indeed, but like Mac, I’m beginning to have food issues. Maybe that’s stating it too strongly. What I should say is that last weekend was difficult for me.
Most of the time, […]

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After yesterday’s exhilarating workout, today was a bit of a disappointment. I’ve always known that my upper-body strength was lacking. Even in high school, I could lift great weights with my legs, but my arms were like putty.
Based on reader recommendations, I scaled back my upper-body workout this morning to compensate for the fact […]

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The last week of February was frustrating for me. Though I didn’t “fall off the wagon”, I didn’t do a good job of pursuing my fitness goals, either.
On the positive side, I continue to eat smaller portions. When I’m served more than I can eat, I listen to my body. If I begin to fill […]

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A friend of mine recently told me about an article she read that illustrates how sumo wrestlers put on as much weight as possible. I went home and found lots of information about how they do it.  Thinking that if I tried to do the opposite, it might help me lose some weight. […]

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Apparently stress-eating is still a problem for me. I had a very tense day at the office today. When I got home, the first thing I did was microwave two pieces of chocolate cake, stick them in glass, and cover them with milk. Comfort food. And calories.
But I don’t actually feel any better after […]

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The good news is I’ve lost a couple pounds since January 1st. The bad news is that it’s not enough.
Kris and I sat down tonight to watch the new PBS adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. We liked the mid-nineties film version, and were looking forward to seeing another interpretation.
I poured myself a small glass of […]

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Last spring at Get Rich Slowly, I wrote about the 101 things in 1001 days project (which I learned about from dienu.com). I drafted my list of 101 goals on March 25th, my 38th birthday. I updated my progress for a couple of months, but it’s been a while since I took a look at […]

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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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