I went to an after-Thanksgiving house party over the weekend. As I stood there eating some Turducken and drinking a bottle of Corona, a friend asked “Hey Billy, how’s that Beer Belly Blog going?” I looked down at my midsection and replied, “It’s getting bigger.” Yes my beer belly is getting bigger and I’ve been slacking off. Ever since I got back from my business trip in Vegas and my wife’s schedule change, we haven’t used our Lifetime Fitness membership that we pay $100 a month for. So enough excuses, I need to schedule my workouts. If I don’t schedule them, I’ll never hit the gym until my beer belly is bigger than any blogger’s belly.

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It’s been challenging trying to find a comfortable time for me to work out now.  By the word “comfortable” I mean a time that I can comfortably work out and not have to worry about anything else.  I used to hit the gym right after work but now that my fiance is living with me and sharing the same car, it makes scheduling a little unpredictable.  But I think one of the main reasons why I skip the afternoon workout is because I just want to be home and have dinner with her.  Lunch break was a pretty convenient time to squeeze in a minute run, shower and get back to the office in an hour.  But now I can’t even rely on my lunch break as I had lunch meetings almost everyday this week.  Morning?  I have a hard time getting in the shower at 7:30 in the morning, I don’t know what it would take for me to get into the gym by 6:30.

My schedule’s been changed and I’m indulging on unhealthy meals, I really need to pull it together.  I think I’m going to motivate myself by buying a nice pair of running shoes and scheduling my workout time into my weekly schedule.

Current weight: 187lbs

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Well actually, this is just another one of my aunt’s genius concoctions. This snack is one of those trail mix snacks that have high fibre and low calories. My aunt mixes all the ingredients together into a fairly large rubber container and I pour a couple cups of it into a ziploc bag each morning to bring to work. I love snacking on this stuff throughout the day because it helps to keep your metabolism going and decreases your appetite when lunch time comes around, not to mention it’s quite tasty.

Ingredients:

• Flax seeds: Good Omega-3 fat seeds, high fibre. These seeds are pretty small so I usually end up eating them with a spoon.
• Dried cheeries: This is just a taste preference. Some people don’t like raisins and will substitute with this instead. Personally, I like to have both.
• Raisins: Sweeter than the dried cherries, nice balance with the corn flakes.
• Almonds:
• Sunflower seeds: Use the ones that are already cracked open for you.
• Honey roasted soybeans: Soybeans are a great source of protein and have been in East Asia for over five thousand years.
• Corn flakes: This makes up most of the concoction.

Current Weight: 182 lbs

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Today was my first day running with the Nano. I must admit, the Nano is worth buying. When I did my 20 minutes on the treadmill today it didn’t feel like my brain was turning into mush because I had music. With the music in my ears I was bouncing along at a nice 6 mph (I normally do 5 mph) for a good 15 minutes until my left ankle started hurting. It seemed like the pain made my entire body more tired from the running. However, I don’t like to give up so I kept running but at the end of my run I could barely walk because that ankle was so sore.

After some stretching I moved to the cycling machine and did 20 minutes while maintaining my heart rate at around 160. Oh I love the cycling machine, no pain at all in any joints except for the burning sensation in your quadraceps. With my “workout” playlist I think I could’ve easily gone for another 10 minutes on that.

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I missed my workout on Monday, my excuse was the weather. I know that doesn’t even sound like an excuse but we got about 8 inches of snow that day and the sheer thought of driving an extra 8 miles out of my way to go to the gym was just ludicrous. Ok, I guess I was just lazy.

I did go to the gym today and guess what, my body was aching. I am willing to bet this is a direct result of sitting on the sidelines for 4 days straight. Every lift I performed, no matter now light it was, it felt difficult to me. I not really sure why I felt so tired, perhaps it was the 5 hours of sleep I had, or maybe it was the lack of breakfast this morning, either way, Agel OHM didn’t help me at all today.

I also took the opportunity to weigh myself again. I weighed in at 183 lbs. Nothing is changing, what’s going on? I seriously need to establish a “beer belly workout routine”.

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