I brought a book/magazine with me out here to help with the LG4J plan. I read it again yesterday and decided that since I have the time, now would be a good time to get started on their 8 week program. It's published by Men's Health and what they did was get several of their staff of various body types, ages, workout habits, etc. and give them personalized training for 8 weeks. Well, as luck has it they have a guy who started the program at 222 pounds and ended at 204. He's 6' 2" and 32 years old. I decided to follow his regimen for 8 weeks to see if I could achieve similar results. I started that today with an upper body workout followed by a run on a treadmill. Suprisingly, I actually feel pretty good so far. We'll see how I feel when I wake up tomorrow. Anyway, since I didn't run yesterday there's no credit for miles but since I went to the gym on Tuesday and it's about a mile from my living space, I've added that distance in to the tracker. We're off and running. We'll see what happens over the next 8 weeks.
I've been eating pretty good at the DFAC. The last thing I want to do is waste my physical activity by eating junk, right?
BTW, Jen and I have talked about it and since she wants to be surprised by my 'new' physique when I get home I probably won't be posting many pictures of myself during this deployment... at least, not in PT gear. Since cammies aren't exactly flattering, I'll probably have some shots on my main blog. We'll see.
Monday
It's gettin' hot (out) here...
It's already starting to get warm, but I stuck to my plan and hit the bricks this morning. I've logged in my first three miles on this tour. My plan is to run on M/W/Sa and lift weights/do abs on T/Th and then swim on Friday. We'll see how that works out. In the mean time, I'm going to try and get one of those weather pixies so you can see what kind of weather I'm dealing with while I'm on the path to a slimmer, trimmer, more Marine-looking self.
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!
Tuesday
Nope. Didn't like that one either
Okay, so the whole New Year’s resolution is still going… sort of. I haven’t been running EVERY day, but I have been out a lot more than what’s been documented here on this blog, so I’m starting over (again).
Since I’m deployed this time, which means I don’t have my family around, I can waste some time each day keeping this blog updated. I’ll start the counter at zero for “miles run” and I’ll just see how many miles I can log before I go home. I’m glad I brought my good shoes and I’m also glad I brought some of my civilian shorts, because the traditional strict “green on green” rule doesn’t seem to hold much weight out here.
Speaking of weight, I’m hoping to lose an average of a pound a week while I’m here. If that is successful, I should be just under 200# by the time I get home. Of course, in an ideal world, I’ll be either less than 200#, or my BF% will be a lot lower by the time I get home. I’m on the LGN plan from now until whenever…
Since I’m deployed this time, which means I don’t have my family around, I can waste some time each day keeping this blog updated. I’ll start the counter at zero for “miles run” and I’ll just see how many miles I can log before I go home. I’m glad I brought my good shoes and I’m also glad I brought some of my civilian shorts, because the traditional strict “green on green” rule doesn’t seem to hold much weight out here.
Speaking of weight, I’m hoping to lose an average of a pound a week while I’m here. If that is successful, I should be just under 200# by the time I get home. Of course, in an ideal world, I’ll be either less than 200#, or my BF% will be a lot lower by the time I get home. I’m on the LGN plan from now until whenever…
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