Oh Crap. It’s July 1st.

“Oh crap. It’s July 1st”.
That thought hit me as I stood in line at McDonalds for lunch. Today is the day I start “The plan” so I quickly rethought my lunch order and went with two grilled chicken chicken wraps (no sauce but I kept the shredded cheese) and tea (1/2 and 1/2).
Luckily my breakfast [...]

Running. It Is Not Fun.

It has been quite hot around here lately so after a rain storm in the early evening when it was relatively cool I decided to take a run on a (paved) bike path around a local lake. About 2.5 miles total.
I decided to really vary the speed quite a bit. Sprint, walk, jog, walk,jog, sprint. [...]

A Plan Begins To Form

All this is tentative but I am starting to see a plan form…
Start date July 1. Commit to 90 days.
- Cut out most sugar, high fructose corn syrup and other obviously bad food choices such as candy bars, ice cream, chocolate etc.
- For most meals I don’t plan to limit quantity but try to cut [...]

Tennis Isn’t Supposed To Be This Hard

One night a week I participate in a Mens tennis cardio-clinic. Let me explain.
I pay a tennis pro to stand in one spot and hit balls to myself and several other pasty white guys for an hour and a half. Note – My instructor is a bit of a sadist. She doesn’t just hit balls [...]