Monday, November 16, 2009

Day 1 of 90 to a slimmer me

7 am I woke up and came downstairs for breakfast. I can't remember the last time that I ate something before my morning coffee. I usually have 2 cups of coffee before eating anything at around 10 am. I know it's not good for me to wait so long before eating any thing as it stunts the start of the metabolism.

A bowl of honey nut cereal with skim milk and a couple of multi vitamins is downed and now I have my coffee. I will consume only one coffee in the mornings for the next 12 weeks as part of my efforts to cut down on things that do just as habit and not out of a real need. I enjoy green tea as much as coffee but I rarely have it because of habits and rituals I have set for myself. I will examine those habits a lot closer and see what I can do to liberate myself from.... er, myslef.

I have set my schedule to start my exercise at 8:45 and today was the sculpt 1-2 of the P90 programs. I have only small weights and I found that the exercises with the weights was relatively easy. I did not find the push-up or dips easy though. I am lacking in upper body strength and I could only do about half of the push-ups and 2/3 of the sit-ups. I did get a good sweat going and I feel some soreness in my shoulders and arms.

The first session lasted about 30 minutes. Tomorrow it's a double header; sweat 1-2 and ab ripper 100. Again I expect these exercises to be a bit too much for me but I will do my best and not be discouraged by the fact that I can't keep up with extremely fit people. All I can do is go through the process and improve my technique untill I can comlete the 1-2 programs. When that is done I can then move to the 3-4 and really push myself.

Quick snack at 9:30 is a slice of banana bread. I will have a chicken wrap and a soup for lunch and dinner tonite will be pasta with marinara sauce a roll and a side salad.

Things need to change


Things I know need to go for the next 12 weeks are beer, pop, late night snack and other things I consume out of habit more than I do out of real want for them.

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