Diet & Excerise

Yesterday, I introduced you to the diet that I use when trying to lose wait,  The Abs Diet by Men’s Health editor Dave Zinczenko, and told  you some of the reasons why it is the best diet on the market.  One of those reasons was the easy to manage work out / exercise plan.  During the first two weeks of the Abs Diet Dave (We’re on a first name basis now) suggests focusing on healthy eating and not on exercise, but he doesn’t want you to let that go by the wayside either.  He suggests that if you haven’t been working out on a regular basis to start small.  Which is exactly what I have been doing.

You may have noticed the only exercise I got on Day 1 was 10 push ups and 20 squats.  This took about 3 minutes to do and wasn’t hard at all, but it is the building block to working my way up to a full body workout when the time comes.  I did those two exercises with no weight, well actually a lot of weight my own body weight that is.  For day 2 I stepped it up a notch and spent a horrifying 30 minutes walking outside in the beautiful sunshine along with the squats and push ups.  So now with 2 diet days down I have spent 36 minutes working out and didn’t have to worry about routines, machines, or everything involved with dieting.

The Abs Diet is set up to help you succeed by making food and exercise fit into your busy schedule without to much effort.  Remember when you start that you need to focus on food and although exercise is important don’t put to much pressure on yourself.  Pressure causes stress, stress makes you unhealthy and that is not our goal.  As the days go on my workout/exercise plan is going to get more details and target my whole body, but as I get accustomed to my new eating habits I am going to follow the old adage of keep it simple stupid and you should to.

Day 2

Age: 25

Height: 6′11″

Weight: 218lbs

Body Fat: 24%

You will notice that my weight and body fat counts will not change during the week.  I will weigh in on Monday’s and you will see the updates on Tuesday.

Day 2 - June 10th, 2008

Breakfast

1 Whole Grain Eggo Waffle

2 Tablespoons All Natural Peanut Butter

Snack 1

1  cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal

1 cup Skim Milk

Lunch

8 0z. Chicken Fillet cook in Olive Oil

Brown Rice

Brocolli

Snack 2

3 Slices of Turkey

1  Banana

Dinner

Sandwich - 1 Egg, 1 Egg White, 2 slices Canadian Bacon, 1 Low-Fat Cheese Slice, Whole Grain Bun

1 Tablespoon All Natural Peanut Butter

Celery (AYCE)

Snack 3

Smoothie - Orange Juice From Concentrate,  Low-Fat Vanilla Yogurt, Skim Milk

 Excercise Routine

10 Pushups

20  Squats

30 Minutes of Brisk Walking (1.5 miles)

My plan is to keep going with my daily log and to provide weekly weigh ins, and progress picks.  So if you want the quickest updates be sure to subscribe to the blog.  Oh and don’t forget to post your log and tell me if you are working out as well.

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