For the past couple of years, I try to come up with some things that I can do to get into better shape. Clearly, I'm not doing something right because I have not significantly dropped any major poundage. Usually, this idea comes right off of the heels of the NYC Marathon. After running the marathon, it takes me about 2-3 weeks to care about doing physical activity again. Recently looking at my beer gin gut, I guess now is the time.
For the longest, I have not been happy with my body. Not like sad, depressed unhappy. More like, I want to have a better figure/share. Yeah, yeah, yeah, men can have self-image issues. I'm not super big, fat, thick, chunky (whatever you wanna call it), but I would not mind dropping a few pounds over the next few months. Right now, I am hovering in the 203 - 205 pound range, which is not HUGE (for the average individuals of my height), because I have some muscle. I've even been told that I "hold the weight well" because of my somewhat muscular frame. Perhaps, this was a back-handed compliment. Unfortunately, I have inherited the body type of my mother's side of the family, and all of my uncles generally plump (and that's being nice) up around the age of 40. It's funny, one of my uncles was pretty lean and fit at 37 years old, then by 39, he gained like 50 pounds.
A few things that I plan to do going forward. We'll see how much I screw this up.
Track my calories . . . again. I accidentally updated the Lose It! app to Lose It! Pro (or whatever the hell the highest tier is called). In the past, I've tried (and failed in) logging my daily food consumption. My biggest issue (aside from not logging my food) was logging my food after finishing a meal. One thing that I realized when logging my food (for the past two days) is that I snack A LOT at home. Since they are little bites to eat here and there (a few pita chips, a small glass of egg nog, a slice of ham, another small helping of dinner), I did not realize how much the little things add up. It's like they say, losing weight is more dieting than physical activity.
I have started intermitting fasting (IF) again. Right now, I'm fasting for 14 hours. Although IF is not really a dieting plan per se, I did find that I got fuller with less food after a fast. Also, it works well because I get drunker too so I spend less money on booze. Yes, I'm a nut.
In terms of my physical activity, I have not really made in any concrete plans. I have been running a bit and going to the gym, but I'm kind of all over the place. I'll need to sit down and think about my goals and plans that I can do for completing these goals. Word on the street is the NYRR is holding its drawing for the NYC Half-Marthon for March 2019. Maybe if I'm selected for that, I can better devise something to help with my getting more fit and losing some damn weight. Actually . . . Why do not I just "pretend" that I'm running a half in March and devise a training plan that way? Yeah, I'll do that. Running 13.1 miles on my own is not as an arduous task of running 26.2 miles. Look, I'm already making some progress.