Back In The Saddle Again.

The past few weeks have been an eye opener for me. All the work that I did before the Holidays is now been reversed. Gone are the good habits that were put into place every evening. Added are the couple of inches on my waist and the few pounds that I lost. Now it the time to get back in the saddle and start over, it was done once and can be done again.

There are a couple of sayings that will probably get repeated in the near future as mantras for what is or should be happening. The first is "Inches are sexier then pounds". The overall goal is to lose weight, but by focusing on the weight, overall health and wellbeing are missed. So to bring this mantra to the forefront, there is going to be a concentration on losing inches off the waist. I am sure that my eldest son will be more then willing to help with this. His idea of a sit up or a pushup is being able to ride on daddy's chest or back for a little extra weight. This puts an ever increasing load on me, but adds the fun factor with the kids. Anything that can be done with the kids is a bonus. It gives us some time together as well as teaches them healthy habits.

The second saying is "At the end of the year I'm going to wonder why I didn’t start today". This means that there is no time like the present to start. The idea will be to at least start every workout that is planned. No matter how tired I am at the time, at least start it. Some work is better then none. A couple of weeks ago, I started a workout regime that may have been a little too aggressive for my current state of fitness. Fortunately, I didn't get injured, but I burned out after a few workouts. It is time to back off, work up to where I want to be slowly. There is plenty of time before the events that I want to participate in.

So here is the workout plan for the next month. It's very simple, LSD.. Yep, long slow distances to build a base. That is the one thing that I haven't done in years, or haven't allowed myself to do is build a good base. It has always been right into the intervals, speed work etc, and relying on the base that I thought that I had, which has been non existent. Therefore, I press on and THIS TIME THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT.

How many people make it their New Year's Resolution to get into shape every year? Why is that so? Are there that many of us that are unhappy with the way we look? I for one want to be around for a long time. Before the kids were here, it may have been a different reason, but now that they are around, I want to be around for them as long as possible. I've written in the past that our mortality is our motivation and what we live for is our inspiration. Once again this rings true in my life. So it is time to get into the game and make small steps to a better healthier life.

Small Steps Are Better Then No Steps. So once again, it is back in the saddle. Let's try to make this the very last time.