Turn It Up

My brother, the self-congratulatory type, is on a diet where he 'doesn't believe in exercise'. He says he needs to learn how to eat first and then he'll start exercising. I believe it's total bullshit (I don't think he'll ever make time for it). Isn't it better to learn to eat when you are incorporating the physical in your life too? You know, the part of life that makes your bones strong, keeps your heart pumping, your body lean, and your muscles strong... He knows nothing of nutrition and nothing of the human body but just theorizes that his notions are true. Lucky for him the bloody weight seems to fall off. So now after a couple months he's down 45lbs. Fuck... he's almost beating me. He says to me "look" (pointing to his body) and then he turns to the side "look, I disappear." Hence the self-congratulatory part.
Well, it makes me want to get seriously fit to show him up (haha... we are such a loving family). So when he is complaining of saggy skin and weakness (although, I bet that men have it so good that these are unlikely to be his issues), I will be push-upping, flexing and lunging myself in demonstration. Ha... okay, maybe not quite that, but secretly inside I will be smug.

I am at least back on the fitness bandwagon. I love it right now. I was back at the cottage for a couple of days and it felt so good to get out in the sun. I walked/jogged almost 8km in one day (maybe jogging like 1.5ish of that) and the next I ran a fitness trail where I ran a lot more, walked up and down these stairs (~100 steps) three times, I went swimming, did stability ball exercises, lunges, squats, push-ups. God, it felt sooo good to fell those abdominal muscles again. And to not have my knees hurt much anymore (I honestly believe that I have to stretch and strengthen my legs for them to be perfect). So it was a good little vacation. But now, being back in the big city I need to get into a routine here too (including eating).

I think I've realized that I will actually have to be perfect for a while for this to work again. I need to just do it (without excuses and without giving into cravings).

I'm going to do what I always do to jumpstart my weightloss when it's been a while... cut out bread and cheese. I will try to make myself accountable because I am sick of seeing those damn numbers on the scale belying all the exercise I am doing (ahem... but verifying te eating).

It's also my goal to do some sort of exercise for thirty days in a row. It might have to be just simply lunges, squats, push-ups and crunches on some days, but I want to try this out.

I will be in Ottawa from Wednesday night to Sunday, but I will bring my computer with me and hopefully will sneak in some alone time to write some posts. And if no internet, then I will write them up and post them when I do. (I also may be going to Vienna for a week sometime in August... but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it).

Here is my thirty day challenge - week one:
- no bread products (buns, pitas, tortillas etc.)
- no cheese
- cardio: 4 days (it's only 4 because I'll be away the rest of the week, and I don't know how much I'll get in besides some walking and the weightless training (i.e. I won't have free weights with me)
- weight/weightless training: 6 days
-start weight: 217.2lbs (yuck)

I'll post again when I've done some work... the plan is to walk to Staples get some notebooks and other paraphenalia to take with me to the gym to track my progress and then head to the gym afterwards for some cardio and training.