If I want to have a long career as a writer, be it as a novelist, Bible teacher or whatever, I need to do better than stall at about twenty pounds lost. Even after trimming twenty pounds, I still have another fifty to go before I’m tipping the scale at below 180 pounds.
I lost that first twenty in relatively good time; counting my calories and cutting back on snacks and pop were enough to see my go from 252.4 to 231.2 in about six or seven weeks. Since then, though, it’s been a see-saw struggle. The diet I’m on worked well for that first twenty pounds, but is made to simply restrict caloric intake; no exercise is involved.
That appealed to me because it’s not like I have a load of refurbished fitness equipment; but my apartment complex does have a full workout room and two swimming pools (indoor and outdoor, though the outdoor one is seasonal). So I have resources.
Simply restricting my calories with no exercise isn’t working well anymore. I need more physical activity if I’m going to lose the next twenty points and get below 212.4. That’s the next benchmark for me, should bring be back into maybe a 40 waist, and now that it’s warm again, it’s time to stop just starving myself. It’s time to get the blood pumping, too. If that means I eat a little more, the physical activity should make up for it as long as I don’t go wild.
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