Adventures in life style changes
Aug. 19th, 2014 12:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjornwildeA bit of talk regarding my fitness, which I'm going to put behind a cut just in case folks don't care to hear about it. Some talk of weight loss and a changing view of food beyond. You have been warned. Also, two gifs within.
I'm doing this behind a cut since I'll be touching on weight loss and general fitness and sometimes that can be upsetting for folks. I'm beginning to see changes in my body, finally. I mean beyond the scale heading to a lower number. I feel like my wrists are getting smaller. Of all the places to notice weight loss, my wrists would have been the last place I would have expected it to show. I'm also wearing a polo shirt that used to be pretty tight around my middle and it's definitely looser now.
My muscles are being stiff unless I work out. Like my biceps will be stiff and sore, tending to lock up if I leave them in one position for too long, but once I work out, they are loose and free. I'm also finding my tolerance for how much time I spend working out is growing. A similar thing happened with cycling, where I used to think 10 miles was a long distance and then shifted to "it's only ten miles". Now I'm like, it's only half an hour, I can do that.
I've also noticed finishing exercises feels really good. Don't get me wrong, as I am running, I am very much Sophie Turner in this gif:
But afterwards, I feel more like:
A similar thing happens with lifting weights and working on my core.
And food. I still love food and all it's wonderful flavors, but now I kind of look at food as fuel as well as a pleasure and sometimes, the bad fuel isn't worth it. You know?
Ultimately, my goal is not to look like Chris Pratt there but to just be agile and fit. I want to be able to leap into a sprint, swim laps with my daughter, or go for long bike rides with my wife without dying halfway through. Losing weight is a goal, my vanity isn't going to ignore that, but I'm trying to focus on other things than just my gravitational attraction to Mother Earth. Simple fact is I am at 300 pounds now (was 315) and I'm used to being the wiry goth kid, weighting around 185 lbs. At 6'4", I'll be fine with being around 220-200 but if my body doesn't want to go there, I'll adjust. As long as I am agile and fit.
Outside of the fitness talking, I bought a 5Gen iPod Touch and I am in love with it. I'm using it mostly for playing music or running my C25K program but I've also used it for pictures of my walk and selfies. I've posted some of the lunch walk pictures, mostly the wild life I keep spotting, on Facebook but I wonder if I should post them here?
I've also started listening to Podcasts I've been behind on during my lunch walks and am now about halfway through Carmilla. Damn is that a good story! I don't remember much of Dracula, but I think I like Carmilla better. I'm tempted to listen to The Island of Dr. Moreau next, though I still have Nightvale and Stuff You Should Know to catch up on.
I'm doing this behind a cut since I'll be touching on weight loss and general fitness and sometimes that can be upsetting for folks. I'm beginning to see changes in my body, finally. I mean beyond the scale heading to a lower number. I feel like my wrists are getting smaller. Of all the places to notice weight loss, my wrists would have been the last place I would have expected it to show. I'm also wearing a polo shirt that used to be pretty tight around my middle and it's definitely looser now.
My muscles are being stiff unless I work out. Like my biceps will be stiff and sore, tending to lock up if I leave them in one position for too long, but once I work out, they are loose and free. I'm also finding my tolerance for how much time I spend working out is growing. A similar thing happened with cycling, where I used to think 10 miles was a long distance and then shifted to "it's only ten miles". Now I'm like, it's only half an hour, I can do that.
I've also noticed finishing exercises feels really good. Don't get me wrong, as I am running, I am very much Sophie Turner in this gif:
But afterwards, I feel more like:
A similar thing happens with lifting weights and working on my core.
And food. I still love food and all it's wonderful flavors, but now I kind of look at food as fuel as well as a pleasure and sometimes, the bad fuel isn't worth it. You know?
Ultimately, my goal is not to look like Chris Pratt there but to just be agile and fit. I want to be able to leap into a sprint, swim laps with my daughter, or go for long bike rides with my wife without dying halfway through. Losing weight is a goal, my vanity isn't going to ignore that, but I'm trying to focus on other things than just my gravitational attraction to Mother Earth. Simple fact is I am at 300 pounds now (was 315) and I'm used to being the wiry goth kid, weighting around 185 lbs. At 6'4", I'll be fine with being around 220-200 but if my body doesn't want to go there, I'll adjust. As long as I am agile and fit.
Outside of the fitness talking, I bought a 5Gen iPod Touch and I am in love with it. I'm using it mostly for playing music or running my C25K program but I've also used it for pictures of my walk and selfies. I've posted some of the lunch walk pictures, mostly the wild life I keep spotting, on Facebook but I wonder if I should post them here?
I've also started listening to Podcasts I've been behind on during my lunch walks and am now about halfway through Carmilla. Damn is that a good story! I don't remember much of Dracula, but I think I like Carmilla better. I'm tempted to listen to The Island of Dr. Moreau next, though I still have Nightvale and Stuff You Should Know to catch up on.
