TheAmericanMale

2-16-11 Off to Run the Stairs Again.

The urge to just work and skip working out is great. It’s already 7:15 PM and I have worked all day. I could easily keep going with work.
I’d like to revive my physique.  I’m back.  It’s 8:30.  My heartburn was raging for the first part of my workout, but after a while it went away.  I noticed that I have been walking stooped over.  Tonight after the stair workout, I naturally stood up straight.  That is something totally new and good.

2-15-11 Sore as Hell After only 50 Push Ups.

I was so sore yesterday and I’m sore still today.  Only 50 push ups made me this sore.  I can’t believe I’m this out of shape.

I want to feel strong again so I’m off to work out.  I have tons of work to do at my job, but the work will still be there when I return.   Having to write about my exercise and the shame I will feel if I quit is a good motivator for me.

When I look in the bathroom mirror, I see a white, harry, paunchy, pudgy, orangutan looking creature; and it’s me!  What happened to me?  I used to be in such good shape.  I was an athlete!  I don’t want to look like this anymore.  I have to stop eating so much food at each meal.

I’m off to work out now.  It feels so decadent to spend time on myself and exercise.  I’m so used to being a work mule and just working all day.

It is 3:00 PM and I’m off.  I weigh about 205 pounds now.  I’ll chart my progress.  I’ll also weigh myself later today and get my exact weight.  As I was walking out the door, I paused for a second and decided I needed a small something of a treat before my journey to work out.  I found and gobbled up two spoons of pure maple butter, a gift my wife brought me from New Hampshire, and it was soooooooooo delicious.  It tastes like the stuff they smear on maple bar donuts.  Wow, that was tasty, and at my age, I don’t discover too many original taste sensations.  I’ve basically eaten every candy or sweet I could get my hands on in my life and this maple butter is a new and good taste treat for me.

Now it is 3:05 and I’m really leaving.

It’s 4:07 PM and I just got back.   The maple butter gave me massive heart burn.

I weigh 204 with my clothes on and that’s my starting point.   I will start exercising now because I hate the feeling of my man boobs bouncing when I run or exercise (I’d like to know the man who does).   I ran stairs for about 1/2 hour and I’m not sore anymore from my push ups.

Middle Age

For the last 27 years I have been working to achieve the American Dream. That dream includes hard work and trying to make enough money to support one’s family while living in the United States, the land of law and order.

I remember in my 20’s when I worked out every day. I used to do 225 pull ups every day and 500 push ups every day. I did these because I had the time and ability to do them. It was what I would call a light workout. I still weighed 150 pounds when I was working out like this. As the years went by, I exercised less and worked more.

I always thought that there would come a time that I would be able to get back to working out. It never happens. I look enviously when I see those younger than me working out. I know I could still do it, but just trying to pay the bills these days takes all my time.

This column is meant as advise to those in their 20’s and 30’s to keep exercising and never let work take that much time that you can’t exercise.

I am now fat and sloppy. This site if for you and is a gift from me. This is advise from a guy in his 40’s who misses doing all the things that there used to be time for.

Starting this column is a good incentive for me to start exercising. I will report on my progress. I welcome comments and questions.

Never trade a few bucks for keeping fit. Look, we all have to work, but I lost all sense of balance and thought that working hard would make me a productive citizen. No, working and enjoying your life will make you a productive citizen.

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