Exercise

Sweet! I weighed only 246 lbs on the nose this morning. I plan to be in the 245s by tomorrow. It was about three weeks ago that I stepped on the scales and I weighed over 250. So, I started thinking about losing weight. In addition to the new personal high weight as a motivator, I have been growing increasingly frustrated that I cannot wear any of the dress shirts in my closet. Last week I had to go out and purchase three shirts with neck sizes of 19-19 1/2. Can you believe it? I've always had a big neck, but that's ridiculous!

So, my motto is 50 by 50. I want to lose 50 pounds by age 50. I'll turn 49 on October 31st and I really didn't plan to start my weight-loss regiment until then, but I've gotten a jump on it and I've been on the treadmill for the past three days and doing push-ups. I think the key for me is to start with realistic goals and make incremental changes. For example, I started with 10 push-ups at night and in the morning. I add one a day. Not much of a challenge, and I could have started with more (probably 25 or so) but I'm starting light and moving up slowly. Imagine, if I kept this up for a year I'd be doing over 300 push-ups at a time. Well, we'll see how far I can go with that.
On the tread mill I walk for 20 minutes. My goal is to go farther and farther (or faster and faster) in those 20 minutes. So in a year perhaps I'll be going 2 miles in 20 minutes. I may eventually start working some on weights, but if I do I will use light weights and go for more of an aerobic workout than for strength or size.

My Verse of the Day: 1 Tim 4:8, NKJV
8 For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.