I need to lose 10 to 15 pounds. They arrived last year and stayed.

My plan is portion control, no alcohol, and the 30 Day Shred dvd with Jillian Michaels.  My goal is to work out with the dvd 5 days a week. I stated this morning.

Quote from: Monster Dave on January 03, 2011, 10:22:17 AM
Hey all - it's the new year - what are your fitness resolutions?

Believe it or not, but I'm going to try to cut back on the bacon. 

We've got a history of heart disease in my family.  My dad had a heart attack 12 years ago, and his father died at the age of only 54.   

Had a wake up call yesterday when the scale read 190lbs.  I'm only 5'8"...

When I competed in gymnastics, I was 175lbs @ 3-5% body fat. 

I know I'll never get there again, but if I can get down to 170-175 and 10-12% fat, I think I'll be able to carry more cornerspeed. 

Did my 3 miles today.

15-20 min on the trainer tomorrow.

A 2mi fun race in a couple weeks.

190..  thats my goal.. to get up to a solid 190.. i'm around 180-185, changes daily..  i'm only around 5 7...  i hope i never see the 170s again.. 

Seems like no matter how hard you try, the holidays always seem to add a few lbs. I hate that. I'm a glutton for punishment. I love fresh made cookies...hell, my sweet tooth is a beast in and of itself. If it gets loose, I usually end up having serious eaters remorse.

I've always put the weight on faster than it comes off which also sucks. So since it's winter and too cold to be out on my road bike, I've been hitting the gym and doing a combo of weights and cardio. After training so long only on my road bike, it's nice to get a change of pace. I think that holds true for most workouts - variety is important for maintaining progress. I'm still running too - but finding much love for it. I'm down to a 7min mile though.

health greatly coincides with fitness....so here's a good lil article on some health facts...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/05/touching.makes.you.healthier.health/index.html?hpt=T2

I've been looking at adopting some of the general principles of the Paleo diet into my everyday eating.  I'm continuing to run when I'm not sidelined by injuries and baking in some Crossfit stuff into my gym time.  Overall, I've been very happy with the results and have my second 5k race on the 29 Jan.  Hoping to beat my previous time of 28:17, but a new school term may prevent adequate training. 

I have lost 4 pounds in the past week!  My SO says she can see the difference.   

Quote from: Little Monkey Toes on January 10, 2011, 10:00:49 AM
I have lost 4 pounds in the past week!  My SO says she can see the difference.   

That's awesome! Keep up the great work! I bet your SO is happy with the change - 4lbs can make a pretty significant difference in how you look! 

Went to the gym on Saturday and was feeling really good. I put up 405lbs at a 1 rep max; not too shabby for only weighing 160lbs. Best I've ever maxed at was 450lbs @ 4 reps.

I ran a timed mile after finishing my strength routine in exactly 7mins.

We went hiking on Sunday which was nice. There were lots of people on the mountain, but it was a lot of fun and a really nice day. 

405#?  What was the exercise.  Squat, dead lift or bench that is a hell of a lot for a 160# dude!

Taught aerobics at 6 a.m.
3 miles on the treadmill at lunch

Quote from: Monster Dave on January 03, 2011, 10:22:17 AM
Hey all - it's the new year - what are your fitness resolutions?

Keeping up 

Though I'd like to hit the 50 pound mark for a 1 handed high-pull to overhead press with a kettle bell, while standing on one foot. I can do solid sets at 35 w/o falling over at the moment. 50 is going to make for a big challenge to control that momentum.

Quote from: akmnstr on January 10, 2011, 11:26:55 AM
405#?  What was the exercise.  Squat, dead lift or bench that is a hell of a lot for a 160# dude!

That was bench press weight. 

Quote from: dolci on January 10, 2011, 11:37:57 AM
Taught aerobics at 6 a.m.
3 miles on the treadmill at lunch

That's cool. How long have you been teaching aerobics?

QuoteThat was bench press weight.  waytogo

That's a lot of weight..  people alwats uave diff things they're stronger at.. bench wasn't my strong point.. back when I was 150 I was doing 270s on bench but I could squat 1000lbs, shoulder shrug over 400 and so on.. shoulders and tris are my upper body strong points. Lower, it's everything.