Pondering
Aug 18, 2007, 01:16 PM
Howdy, folks. I'm finally delurking to introduce myself; sorry it has taken so long to do so.
I am a fifty-something, extreme-commuting desk jocky who is tired of being tired. I have also seen the effects of sedentary lifestyle and a high fat, low fiber diet which has led to adult onset diabetes and hypertension on both sides of my family over multiple generations. Thus, I started changing the way I ate a couple of years ago. I've managed to drop to (and maintain) 204 (from a high of 225) mainly thru wiser food choices and increasing movement (taking stairs instead of elevators, finding more opportunities to walk, parking at the BACK of the lot instead of the front, etc.) Despite my lifelong habit of avoiding excercise, I'm in good health per my Doc. Thus, as long as I'm not an idiot...like pretending to think I can run with the young bucks...I'm ready to make some more changes.
My weight has been stable for well over a year and if I'm going to take any more off, I need to increase my exercise routine.
In addition, my general muscle tone is, well....flabby.
As far as working in a regular, formal excercise routine, that has been tough. My work and long commute leaves little or no time for gym visits. This will not change any time soon. That leaves family time which is precious enough as it is. So, budgeting of time is a critcal element in developing my excercise routine.
My primary goal is weight loss to my ideal body weight (I need to drop another 15 or so lbs), drop the remainder of my gut (I'm at 44 in waist size) and improved cardiovascular and muscle tone. I lean towards realistic long term goals that I'm more apt to actually accomplish with the idea of building healthy habits as opposed to requiring immediate results. And, hey, I want them to be fun....otherwise, I'm probably not gonna keep 'em up!
I started hindu squats, beginner's pushups and crunches. I also attempted pullups and, so far, have been limited to simply hanging. (I am sadly out of shape).
I remembered this site and came back and have started with Level I, keeping my hindu squats (I like 'em, what can I say).
Other cardio includes my norditrack pro which I scored in prime condition for only 5 bucks at a thrift store.
Some questions: as the above will relate, I am sadly out of shape. Should the bodyweight exercises be limited to every other day to allow recovery of very wasted muscles or should they be done every day? My goals here are weight loss and, eventually, better conditioning. I am experiencing muscle soreness the day after exercising which I am not all that surprised by.
Thanks for a great site!
--Steve
I am a fifty-something, extreme-commuting desk jocky who is tired of being tired. I have also seen the effects of sedentary lifestyle and a high fat, low fiber diet which has led to adult onset diabetes and hypertension on both sides of my family over multiple generations. Thus, I started changing the way I ate a couple of years ago. I've managed to drop to (and maintain) 204 (from a high of 225) mainly thru wiser food choices and increasing movement (taking stairs instead of elevators, finding more opportunities to walk, parking at the BACK of the lot instead of the front, etc.) Despite my lifelong habit of avoiding excercise, I'm in good health per my Doc. Thus, as long as I'm not an idiot...like pretending to think I can run with the young bucks...I'm ready to make some more changes.
My weight has been stable for well over a year and if I'm going to take any more off, I need to increase my exercise routine.
In addition, my general muscle tone is, well....flabby.
As far as working in a regular, formal excercise routine, that has been tough. My work and long commute leaves little or no time for gym visits. This will not change any time soon. That leaves family time which is precious enough as it is. So, budgeting of time is a critcal element in developing my excercise routine.
My primary goal is weight loss to my ideal body weight (I need to drop another 15 or so lbs), drop the remainder of my gut (I'm at 44 in waist size) and improved cardiovascular and muscle tone. I lean towards realistic long term goals that I'm more apt to actually accomplish with the idea of building healthy habits as opposed to requiring immediate results. And, hey, I want them to be fun....otherwise, I'm probably not gonna keep 'em up!
I started hindu squats, beginner's pushups and crunches. I also attempted pullups and, so far, have been limited to simply hanging. (I am sadly out of shape).
I remembered this site and came back and have started with Level I, keeping my hindu squats (I like 'em, what can I say).
Other cardio includes my norditrack pro which I scored in prime condition for only 5 bucks at a thrift store.
Some questions: as the above will relate, I am sadly out of shape. Should the bodyweight exercises be limited to every other day to allow recovery of very wasted muscles or should they be done every day? My goals here are weight loss and, eventually, better conditioning. I am experiencing muscle soreness the day after exercising which I am not all that surprised by.
Thanks for a great site!
--Steve
