Re: FitTavern
I'm not too interested in doing push-ups at this point. I've mainly just been interested in slimming down over the last 4 months and I've been pretty successful. At first I would run about 3 miles a day, 6 days a week. This was when I was very out of shape and that's about all I could do. I would also burn 150 or so more calories on an exercise bike.
Eventually I could run 5 miles straight through, and that was encouraging. Then I could do 7 miles, and then one day I did 10. I've also increased the speed at which I can do this and now I can do 7.5 miles in 1 hour, or a 8:00 mile pace. It's not record-breaking speed by any means, but for someone who has always hated running and could barely run a 10:00 mile for three miles a few months ago, I'm pretty pleased. For a period of 4-5 weeks I would run 7.5 miles a day for all but one day a week, for a total of 45 miles a week. I've slowed this down a bit, and might do only 4-5 days a week, but it still gives me 30-40 miles of running at an 8:00-8:30 mile pace per week. I also still burn 150-200 calories on the exercise bike to cool down after the runs.
This regimine combined with eating way healthier has dropped my weight from 207 to 173. My original goal was 165, and it feels pretty crazy to be within 7-8 pounds of achieving that with a month of summer still to go. Part of me thinks I'll want to get all the way down to 157 just to say that I've lost 50 pounds, but I think I'll be pleased just to maintain 160-170 range as long as I can.
After I get down, I might focus on some more strength exercises rather than the cardio, but I'm kind of pleased just to be skinnier, I don't know how muscley I need to look.
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