GrumpyOne
Stresspuppy
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2000
Everyone has their own trials and tribulations. After the deaths of multiple family members earlier this year, I sort of started eating more than I should and exercising less. The upshot is that, at the moment, I'm about 20 lbs and 10% body fat more than I want to be.
In order to make a change, I'm mixing resistance training (weights) with cardio. I detest treadmills and I'm not fond of stationary bicycles. I don't like staying in one spot and the city here is one of the worst in the world for smog so jogging is out. Yes, worse than LA. My cardio will be climbing stairs, which is really 1/2 cardio and 1/2 resistance.
I plan on mixing the training up a bit. Three weeks of two visits to the gym each week along with some number of sets of stairs (a set being six flights up and down, round trip) each week. Weeks four and five will be one more gym visit and about 3/4 of the cardio. Week six is a rest week, no gym or cardio, to recover. Then the cycle starts anew.
I plan on eating under maintenance, under by about 500 calories per day, during weeks 1-3 and eating about at maintenance for weeks 4-6. In short, weeks 1-3 are fat burning weeks, weeks 4-6 are muscle building weeks.
My goal is to lose 20 lbs and 10% of body fat over the next seven months before my trip to WDW this fall. I want to try to look decent if I head out to the pool.
I'm not going to kill myself trying to drop weight then get depressed when I stall. This is a long-term project but it's only 1/2 of what I'd like to do. I'd really like to work at getting down to 180lbs @ 8% body fat by May 2010 but that's a long-term goal and we'll see how realistic it is based on how things go this summer.
The first step is to lose six lbs and 3% body fat by April 10. Weigh-ins are weekly and BF% is calculated by a tanta scale although I'll probably get a set of calipers.
Running total
Feb 13: -1lb, -1%BF
Feb 20: -1.5lb, -1%BF
In order to make a change, I'm mixing resistance training (weights) with cardio. I detest treadmills and I'm not fond of stationary bicycles. I don't like staying in one spot and the city here is one of the worst in the world for smog so jogging is out. Yes, worse than LA. My cardio will be climbing stairs, which is really 1/2 cardio and 1/2 resistance.
I plan on mixing the training up a bit. Three weeks of two visits to the gym each week along with some number of sets of stairs (a set being six flights up and down, round trip) each week. Weeks four and five will be one more gym visit and about 3/4 of the cardio. Week six is a rest week, no gym or cardio, to recover. Then the cycle starts anew.
I plan on eating under maintenance, under by about 500 calories per day, during weeks 1-3 and eating about at maintenance for weeks 4-6. In short, weeks 1-3 are fat burning weeks, weeks 4-6 are muscle building weeks.
My goal is to lose 20 lbs and 10% of body fat over the next seven months before my trip to WDW this fall. I want to try to look decent if I head out to the pool.
I'm not going to kill myself trying to drop weight then get depressed when I stall. This is a long-term project but it's only 1/2 of what I'd like to do. I'd really like to work at getting down to 180lbs @ 8% body fat by May 2010 but that's a long-term goal and we'll see how realistic it is based on how things go this summer.
The first step is to lose six lbs and 3% body fat by April 10. Weigh-ins are weekly and BF% is calculated by a tanta scale although I'll probably get a set of calipers.
Running total
Feb 13: -1lb, -1%BF
Feb 20: -1.5lb, -1%BF