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Originally Posted by Vegas69
I hit my goal weight of 175 a few weeks ago. Since then I've been adding daily calorie intake. I'm eating very well and satisfied all day. I'm still losing weight! I jumped on the scale this morning at 172.6. I need to get back to tracking my diet and force myself to eat more than I need to be full. It's amazing what a consistent healthy diet and excercise will do over time. 
Speaking of excercise. I ran 3 miles in 25:47 this morning which gets me solidly into the high 8 minute mile range. Not great by runner standards but I've kept most of my mass. I've been running for 9 months now. Clearly the weight loss and nutrition change has helped but it's been a slow process. Two weeks ago I was really struggling.
My high intensity weight training has also taken off. While I'm not lifting the sheer weight I did back in my gym rat days, lately I've been able to lift some fairly heavy weight with only 15-30 seconds max between sets. I've now got great endurance lifting fairly heavy weights. I do everything from a farmers walk, jumps onto a podium, and up and down a flight of steps using every 3rd step between weight sets.
The payoff is being in the best shape of my life and my body is looking great! I've been getting so many remarks lately. I was at the parts store last weekend and the parts guy said, " You look like you could lift this battery with one arm to shoulder level". I did too. 
"Everything you have today you've attracted by the person you've become" -Jim Rohn
"Success is not something you find or chase, success is attracted to you by the person you become."-Jim Rohn
"Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job."-Jim Rohn
How do you do that? Some examples:
Read books that inspire you and educate you on the area of your life you would like to improve.
Listen to educational cd's in your car instead of the radio.
Book end you day. I like to start mine outside on the patio with Kelli or doing something around the house.
At the end of the day I read a book before bed most days.
Excercise
Improve your nutrition
Volunteer for charity work
Share your knowledge with those that will benefit
Work on your relationships
There are countless more ways to improve yourself. The real key to the equation here is these are all positive influences in your life. The more positive influences you have daily, the less the negative things are going to affect you attitude and philosophy on life.
How NOT to succeed: "A few errors in judgement repeated EVERYDAY"-Jim Rohn
How to succeed: "A few good disciplines repeated EVERYDAY"-Jim Rohn
They don't need to be momumental to start. It can be an apple everyday, a walk around the block, telling your wife you love her. |
Great job on the running. You have good speed now you just need to extend a little and get to over 40 minutes of running at that pace. You can do it. My wife runs with me some but wont go past 3 miles because she is hardheaded and don't want to admit that running has done more for her than curves or any other thing she has tried. anyway she ended up running 6 miles with me and didn't struggle at all. You can do it easy. I am missing lifting, with marathon training i am lucky to get 1-2 days a week. but i am ready to get back to it after nov. 4.