I've always been active, played sports, and enjoyed going to the gym for as long as I can remember. High school, college, and throughout my twenties I worked out whenever and did whatever in life. However...it all gradually slowed after hitting thirty and came to a complete stand still at 38. For the first time in my life I felt overworked and overstressed and it really scared me into making some changes. I gradually eased out of my high stress job in May of 08 and joined a gym. At that time I re-educated myself in what it means to be healthy approaching 40 and started fighting midlife with a vengeance. Presently after 1 year and 7 months I feel like I'm winning the war so to speak...
I work out at the gym Monday through Friday,do cardio everyday and sometimes even hit it on Saturdays. I have started paying particular attention to my diet something I never had to do before until now. I also am fine tuning my "cardio" so that all the "Young Bucks" in my Jui-Jitsu and Kickboxing classes don't get the best of this 40 year old!
I did a lot of calculations regarding certain percentages and have found out that I am carrying a little more bodyfat than i would like. So...I'm setting goals to get rid of "it" by this summer...May 18th to be exact. Wish me luck...
p.s...I'm really into the whole "lifting weights" thing so I might not lose all my desired weight because I might just end up gaining a lot of muscle. However...I know where the fat is on my body and have started my diary of weight loss pics to chart my progress in these troublesome areas. If in May I end up keeping a little weight I'll still be happy as long as it's blatantly obvious that I'm in shape instead of out of it. However I'll still give losing the "28" my best shot!!!
Only time will tell...
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