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July 31, 2007
No pain, no pain.
Been going back to the gym again, after being on haitus since April. I'm a man of routines. Not like obsessive compulsive routines, but moving to the new condo did screw up with my routine. I kept putting off going back to the gym, thinking i'd use the gym in the condo. I didn't. I would get home and then find something to do rather than going to work out in the condo gym. I realized that the only way to motivate myself to working out was that i'd have to stop at the gym on my way home from work. Once I get home - I was done. I had zero motivation to leave and go back to a gym.
Talked to some people who know about working out for some advice. One friend told me that they would do cardio 5 days a week (Monday - Friday), their metabolism shot up, and they were burning calories when they didn't exercise.
I'm trying to find a happy medium. I did for a good year (like 2005) a strict diet & exercise program, but I was miserable. I would look at food packages, avoid sugars (hard to do when you drink alcohol) and really felt like I was developing a minor eating disorder. I would feel "guilty" when eating the wrong foods. Like some slices of pizza or Milano cookies.
I couldn't do that anymore. My life was steamed chicken & brown rice. My personality is one that gets bored easily and if I don't mix up things, like food, I will get bored eating the same thing over and over. I need variety in my diet. I want to eat healthy & allow for that slice of pizza (or three!) from time to time. I figure with going to the gym 5 days a week and doing treadmill/ellipitcal each day it will help get my metabolism up and burning more calories than I consume. I'll let you know the results.
So i'm back to cooking for myself again. Trying to make new, easy dishes that taste good and aren't calorie busting.
Know any good cookbooks? I was thinking about getting The Abs Diet by Men's Health. I have about 8 other cookbooks at home, but some aren't healthy enough for my needs - especially the Italian ones!
Posted by Furey at July 31, 2007 12:29 AM
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You aren't alone. Motivation is the key to all fitness programs. For me after about a month I get bored. I so relate.
At the grocery store, usually near the check out isle, there is a readers digest size magazine called Everyday Foods. I think it has some great recipes, not "diet" foods but most are lo cal.
Okay that's all the advice I have. Good luck.
K
Posted by: Striding Girl 
at July 31, 2007 7:46 PM
"Cooking Light" 2006 the Year in Recipes has good, easy to prepare and healthy recipes. It is a compilation of the Cooking Light magazine recipes for the year. They are categorized by the month so that helps guide you to cook what is available and in season.
Posted by: twin 2 at July 31, 2007 10:21 PM
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