Awwwwwww Come On!

That seems to be the mantra of the day. I’ve been trying to lose weight for what seems like forever now, but it’s really only been a few months. I started strong by eating less, eating smarter, and cutting out things like junk food, and regular soda. However a big part of weight loss, is exercise. This has been a particular pain for me, not because I don’t want to, but because the situation I’m in has made is difficult. More so then usual for someone my size.

For a big guy, the best method to pursue is walk every day. Things like sit-ups and weight lifting, is a form of exercise, and it does burn fat, but not nearly as much as walking will, exercises like that are meant mainly for muscle tone. Well I still have that bone problem in my ankle (made worse by my weight). That makes it hard for me get out and walk every day. If I’m lucky, I can manage once every other day. I can’t use the treadmill we have, because I’m to heavy for it. Today I thought my wishes were answered.

Jen’s parents said that they had an old exercise bike in their basement. This seemed like the perfect solution for me. I can ride a bike a lot longer then I can walk! So I figured it could do that in between the days I went for walks. Well Jen and her brother John brought it over today. It was certainly old, it looked like it was as old as I was. Ugly to boot. However it must have been built for smaller women or something to that effect, and clearly not built to accommodate a six foot one fella like myself. So riding that went out the window.

Jen and I walked down to the store to buy groceries. I am going to try even harder to cut down of how much I eat, and try to walk as often as I can. Hopefully things will get better. I lost twenty pounds in a month, but without the constant exercise I put five back on over the course of last week.

Next week we are going over to my parents for the weekend. Jen and I are going to go see Spider-Man 3~! AWESOME~!! Then I have another surgery for that tail bone cyst problem I’ve been having for years. This is surgery number three. That’s on the 11th. Wish me luck.