Cuda1447
Lifer
I've seen a lot of other people do these and they seem to keep them motivated, so I'm going to give this a try.
I'm very unhappy with my current health situation. I'm by no means fat, or unhealthy, but I'm far from being fit and leading a healthy lifestyle. That will catch up with me later in age, so its a lot better to address it now.
I'm 5'10 about 170 pounds, 25 years old. I have some belly fat that I need to address. I also eat/drink ridiculously unhealthy foods. Soda Drinks, Fast Food, lots of sugary products. Pretty much stuff that's bad for you. Unfortunately I am allergic to fresh fruits and many vegetables if they are fresh. (Lettuce, Apples, Oranges etc... I can't eat any of that 🙁 ) I also have a severe hatred for water that I'm going to have to get over. I drink a ton, but its a ton of bad stuff. Energy drinks, Pepsi etc...
I workout occasionally right now. Mostly swimming twice a week (although its gotten cold, so I've stopped doing that right now). I jog once a week if I'm lucky right now. But I plan to address that as well.
I have a couple of goals.
1. As I stated above, I need to lose my belly fat. That's the first thing I'll address. It should be easy enough to do through proper diet and exercise. I plan to cut out drinking of ANYTHING but water, lemonade on rare occasions and Orange/Apple Juice in mornings. No soft drinks, period. I will also cut out white bread from my diet and switch to wheat bread. No more fast food. Lots of home cooked meals.
2. I want to learn to box. My wife is buying me a punching bag for Christmas and I'll be hanging it in my garage. This will be the focus of most of my workouts. I will be waking up early in the morning and working on the heavy bag, jumping rope, clap pushups (for hand speed) shadow boxing and crunches. I may also puchase some dumbbells and so some lifting.
Once they weather warms up a little bit (florida, shouldn't be long) I'll resume my swimming. I'll mix that in with boxing to keep things fresh and work different muscles. Swimming generally consists of 4 laps, followed by 10 sprints and ending with another 4 laps. In between the three segments I mix in situps and pushups. This usually takes me around 45 minutes to an hour to complete and is fairly taxing on me currently. I hope to increase the length of segments as time passes, but I don't have a specific goal in mind, just progress.
3. By the end of 2011 I'd like to have the physical fitness to compete in an amateur boxing match. I don't expect my technique to be there from being self-taught, but once I get the basics down and have improved my fitness enough I will look at seeking a bit of training from a gym locally.
I don't want to be a boxer, I just want to learn to box and have one fight sometime in 2012. Just for fun.
As my fitness progresses I will begin mixing in weight training in the gym near my house as well. I'm more concerned about weight loss and general fitness first though.
Most of the training outlined above I will not be able to start for a couple of more weeks, but the diet starts today. I am currently finishing the lost sugary drink in the house and will not purchase anymore. I'm going to stick to healthy foods and lots of water from here on out.
I shouldn't have any problem updating this post once a day, just to keep myself honest and on track. If I don't update than I'm slacking on my diet or working out and I need to be called out on it!
I'm very unhappy with my current health situation. I'm by no means fat, or unhealthy, but I'm far from being fit and leading a healthy lifestyle. That will catch up with me later in age, so its a lot better to address it now.
I'm 5'10 about 170 pounds, 25 years old. I have some belly fat that I need to address. I also eat/drink ridiculously unhealthy foods. Soda Drinks, Fast Food, lots of sugary products. Pretty much stuff that's bad for you. Unfortunately I am allergic to fresh fruits and many vegetables if they are fresh. (Lettuce, Apples, Oranges etc... I can't eat any of that 🙁 ) I also have a severe hatred for water that I'm going to have to get over. I drink a ton, but its a ton of bad stuff. Energy drinks, Pepsi etc...
I workout occasionally right now. Mostly swimming twice a week (although its gotten cold, so I've stopped doing that right now). I jog once a week if I'm lucky right now. But I plan to address that as well.
I have a couple of goals.
1. As I stated above, I need to lose my belly fat. That's the first thing I'll address. It should be easy enough to do through proper diet and exercise. I plan to cut out drinking of ANYTHING but water, lemonade on rare occasions and Orange/Apple Juice in mornings. No soft drinks, period. I will also cut out white bread from my diet and switch to wheat bread. No more fast food. Lots of home cooked meals.
2. I want to learn to box. My wife is buying me a punching bag for Christmas and I'll be hanging it in my garage. This will be the focus of most of my workouts. I will be waking up early in the morning and working on the heavy bag, jumping rope, clap pushups (for hand speed) shadow boxing and crunches. I may also puchase some dumbbells and so some lifting.
Once they weather warms up a little bit (florida, shouldn't be long) I'll resume my swimming. I'll mix that in with boxing to keep things fresh and work different muscles. Swimming generally consists of 4 laps, followed by 10 sprints and ending with another 4 laps. In between the three segments I mix in situps and pushups. This usually takes me around 45 minutes to an hour to complete and is fairly taxing on me currently. I hope to increase the length of segments as time passes, but I don't have a specific goal in mind, just progress.
3. By the end of 2011 I'd like to have the physical fitness to compete in an amateur boxing match. I don't expect my technique to be there from being self-taught, but once I get the basics down and have improved my fitness enough I will look at seeking a bit of training from a gym locally.
I don't want to be a boxer, I just want to learn to box and have one fight sometime in 2012. Just for fun.
As my fitness progresses I will begin mixing in weight training in the gym near my house as well. I'm more concerned about weight loss and general fitness first though.
Most of the training outlined above I will not be able to start for a couple of more weeks, but the diet starts today. I am currently finishing the lost sugary drink in the house and will not purchase anymore. I'm going to stick to healthy foods and lots of water from here on out.
I shouldn't have any problem updating this post once a day, just to keep myself honest and on track. If I don't update than I'm slacking on my diet or working out and I need to be called out on it!
