Today was not the best of days for my new choices. Due to some medical conditions I was anemic and highly fatigued. In the past the only way I know to fix that is to eat red meat. So I ended up ordering outback for dinner, a nice red filet mignon. However I also ate the bread and let me tell you, after going a week without bread I can tell you that the difference is noticeable. I feel much more.. laden than usual.
Tomorrow it's back to the lifestyle change once more :)
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
New Start
Alright, I know it's quaint and cliche' but it's the beginning of a New Year and I've started something "new". Old-new though, I've tried it before in different iterations. The hope is that by utilizing this blog to journal successes I'll be able to keep up with it. Fingers crossed!
Little bit of background on your's truly. I'm 5'4, mid-twenties and 174lbs. In case you're keeping track that's about 50lbs over what the good ol' BMI guys say I should be, I say it's 35lbs overweight since I like to think I'm muscular. I can sit here and make all the excuses in the world, some of which are actually pretty darn good, but the truth is I haven't made myself enough of a priority.
I've had injuries that have been setbacks but instead of pushing through and sticking to the habit I've let myself fall off the wagon, not even bothering try to jog along side. This year I certainly have more determination, but is it enough?
So here are my goals:
Little bit of background on your's truly. I'm 5'4, mid-twenties and 174lbs. In case you're keeping track that's about 50lbs over what the good ol' BMI guys say I should be, I say it's 35lbs overweight since I like to think I'm muscular. I can sit here and make all the excuses in the world, some of which are actually pretty darn good, but the truth is I haven't made myself enough of a priority.
I've had injuries that have been setbacks but instead of pushing through and sticking to the habit I've let myself fall off the wagon, not even bothering try to jog along side. This year I certainly have more determination, but is it enough?
So here are my goals:
- Lose 30lbs
- Increase Bench Press to 150lbs
- Increase Deadlift to 200 lbs.
- Squat 200lbs
- Curl 50 lbs
- Do 5 Pullups
The catch is, I'm honestly not sure if these are attainable goals or not.
Assuming I lose 1 lbs per week (I'm shooting for 2) it would take me 30 weeks to lose 30lbs.
Deadlift: currently at 90lbs 10 reps. So should be doable I think.
Bench Press and Squats, I haven't done any lately so I'm not even sure where I'm starting.
Bicep Curls I'm at 20lbs per arm now.
Pullups, well that's a difficult one to measure. I can do 10 reps at 100lbs of Lateral Pull Downs.
Regardless, I'm starting the Paleo eating style. I'm not going to call it a diet because that implies I intend to stop. The Paleo plan just makes sense and it's eating more naturally so where's the bad in that? This week I'll finish the bread and milk I have but next shopping trip, I won't buy any. I need to make a concentrated effort on buying more vegetables. I'll squirrel that thought away so hopefully I remember it later.
Off I go for now, the plan is to work out tomorrow. Can't reach my goals if I don't try!
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