Girlicious!

I shouldn't admit this, as I'm a gentlemen of a certain age, but I have finally come across a reality show I can watch: Pussycat Dolls present Girlicious.

I hate the reality show concept because it's so superficial and the participants generally so vacant, but I'm making an exception in this one instance. So, you know where I'll be hunkered down this evening.

Walk/Run 20 minutes, Situps 50

Watch those increases

I'm fighting my natural inclination to add intensity or increase duration of workouts too quickly.

The experts, such as Jeff Galloway, say you shouldn't add more than 5 percent, 10 percent at most, to time or distance.

Bike 25 minutes, an increase of 25 percent over last Sunday

Only 58.6 pounds to go!

Not a successful week as I gained 0.6 pounds rather than losing at least 1.0. Those three feasts last week must have caught up with me. And there's more feasting scheduled for tonight at Tati Bistro but then I should be able to make progress for several weeks at least.

Average weight for week 238.6 lb, up 0.6 lb from last week
Weight loss of 1.01 lb per week needed to reach target

This week, 25 minutes is a long workout

Hard to believe that not too many years ago--OK, it was 25 years ago--a long run meant 18 to 36 miles.

Walk/Run 25 minutes

Will there be Spring this year?

The never-ending winter makes me think I'll never get back outside on the bike.

Bike 20 minutes

Oh, Natalie!

Gosh, that was one excellent concert: Natalie McMaster and her Cape Breton Friends on Bravo this evening.

Bike 20 minutes

On the stairs

There was a lady on the treadmill so I headed for the stairwells in our 18-storey condo building.

Stairs 36 flights

58 pounds to go!

Bike 20 minutes
Average weight for the week 238.0 lb, down 1.14 lb

Good Friday

Aiming to be good on this holy day, eating no animal products, taking no alcohol, working out, and reading The Biblical World: An Illustrated Atlas.

Walk/Run 25 minutes on treadmill

Close to 20 minutes per mile

That's my leisurely pace these days, enforced so not to break down again. Better to keep going slowly than to have to stop.

Walk/Run 20 minutes

Wedding anniversary

Today is our first wedding anniversary. Who would have thought, after 30 years in love and seven years together, that being married would feel so special?

Bike 20 minutes

Restarting gently

When I see my doctor next, I must ask him why it's so easy for me to come down with a cold by pushing workouts just a bit.

Walk/Run 20 minutes

Only 59 more pounds to go

Because of the lingering cold, I'm still not back to working out, but watching what I eat and drink.

Average weight for the week: 239 lb, down 1 lb

Drat!

I've come down with a head cold (nose and sinus), so only heading out for a stroll around Dana Point Harbor.

On the road again

This time magazine business takes me to Southern California, but only for three days, so I'm hoping to continue the walk/run workouts without interruption. And watch what I eat.

Walk/Run 30 minutes

Sixty pounds to go!

If I'm to get down to my high-school weight by my 67th birthday in May 2009, I need to only lose 0.979 lb per week. Onward!

Bike 20 mins Weights 10 mins
Average weight for the week: 240 lb, up 4 lb in last three weeks on the road

On the beach, not

On the treadmill, but thinking of the last 40-minute workout last Sunday on Daytona Beach.

Walk/Run 40 minutes

Feels good . . .

. . . to be back on the bike.

Bike 30 minutes

Yikes!

I failed miserably to eat and drink in moderation and exercise daily during my two weeks and two days on the road on a motorcycle magazine assignment.

My weight this morning is 244 pounds, up 8 since I last stood on the scales.