Fitocracy did indeed prove to be the straw that finally broke my refusal to lift weights.  Possibly in part by ridiculously overvaluing weight-lifting relative to cardio (maybe that's just me.)

Last night, I dusted off my weights (well, swept the spiderwebs off and then cleaned them. The spiders of my basement are Not Amused, I'm sure), cleaned the ( Read more... )

Yesterday and today, my legs felt as stiff and sore as if I'd run five miles. I was like, "Really, legs? One crappy 16 minute mile and you're gonna be like this?"

My legs: "We hate you so much.  Suffer like we do, torturer!"

Me: "Fine. You want to hurt? I'll give you something to hurt about!"

So after work today, I jogged around the neighborhood next ( Read more... )

First, those who said on my last exercise post 'use the lowest gear and pedal as slowly as you can (Terrycloth, Quarrel, Siege, and DetroitFather): you were right. I tackled the Hill of Evil this afternoon, and, by shifting to the lowest gear and pedaling slowly, and not trying to go faster to get it over with, I managed to weave my way to the top ( Read more... )

I did not blog about it at the time, but a month or two back, I decided to see if riding an exercise bike 4-5 times a week had gotten me in adequate shape to ride a real bike.

My routine on my exercise bike is to warm up for a minute or two, and then spend the remainder of the period biking at the maximum resistance.  Usually biking very slowly, 9 ( Read more... )

I've been dieting for the last three or four weeks. Sort of. I'd been planning to count calories, which has always been my most reliable method of weight loss, but counting calories has been too much work or something.
( On dieting and whinging )

I arrived in my basement bearing my netbook and my iPod, and sat down at my exercise bike for my workout. I plugged my iPod into the speakers, and took a few idle peddles, glancing at the tray table. Rats. I forgot to bring a drink. Oh well. Too much work to go all the way upstairs to get one now.

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Okay, in what universe does that make ( Read more... )

On the one hand, this would explain why taking up regular exercise has only kept me around the same weight for the last three or four years. Since apparently I'm supposed to exercise an hour a day just to avoid gaining more weight. Even on a good week I'm not doing that much. (Although it depends in part on what exactly qualifies as "moderate" ( Read more... )

Forecasted nighttime lows for the week: 78-80. Daytime highs: 94-97.

Looks like jogging home after work is not going to be my prefered mode of exercise this week. Guh.

I've been eating less lately, especially less junkfood. I used to eat a couple of candy bars, or the equivalent thereof in cookies or other junk, every day at work. For the last couple of weeks, I've not had any sugary stuff while at work. Mostly I haven't been snacking at all, or eating a banana or two. I've had a little chocolate while at home ( Read more... )

NaNoWriMo is kicking my ass.

It's going ... weirdly, in fact. In some ways, I'm doing better than I'd expected to. Actually, if I view it just right, I'm on schedule ( Read more... )