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todd51
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So over the past week or so I've started eating healthier and exercising. I don't know why it hit me (probably laying around for 3 months unemployed) but I have started running and recently installed a pull-up bar in my parents garage.
I'm naturally tall and skinny (6'5 at 185lbs) so I've decided that I want to gain about 5 more pounds in muscle and just trim the fat. Not trying to look huge, that's why I'm not going to the gym or buying weights. I've just been doing pull-ups, push-ups, and other things like that. Then I've started running around the park in our neighborhood using a combination of slow running at first, then sprinting for a minute or two, then slowing back down. I do that about 3 times then a leisurely walk home.
I always thought that was the hard part, but eating healthy is definitely the hardest. There is so much crap out there that I'm used to, it's hard to cut it out completely. I have noticed that I have a LOT more energy throughout the week by eating fruits and vegetables in-between and during meals. That along with cutting out most soda (or pop, whatever you want to call it) and staying hydrated throughout the day.
The weekends are really killing me as well. Two weeks into this and not once during the weekend have I worked out or went for a run. I also sleep in way to late so I'm not eating breakfast and getting full meals.
Anyone else out there trying to stay in shape? What's your routine?
I'm naturally tall and skinny (6'5 at 185lbs) so I've decided that I want to gain about 5 more pounds in muscle and just trim the fat. Not trying to look huge, that's why I'm not going to the gym or buying weights. I've just been doing pull-ups, push-ups, and other things like that. Then I've started running around the park in our neighborhood using a combination of slow running at first, then sprinting for a minute or two, then slowing back down. I do that about 3 times then a leisurely walk home.
I always thought that was the hard part, but eating healthy is definitely the hardest. There is so much crap out there that I'm used to, it's hard to cut it out completely. I have noticed that I have a LOT more energy throughout the week by eating fruits and vegetables in-between and during meals. That along with cutting out most soda (or pop, whatever you want to call it) and staying hydrated throughout the day.
The weekends are really killing me as well. Two weeks into this and not once during the weekend have I worked out or went for a run. I also sleep in way to late so I'm not eating breakfast and getting full meals.
Anyone else out there trying to stay in shape? What's your routine?