Well,

Most of the snow is about done and over with at least in my neck of the woods, and the weather is getting nicer.  For me, that means finally being able to get in some good workouts in the great outdoors.  Having spent a majority of the winter trying to jog outside a few days a week, I’m much happier not having to dodge snowbanks and slush.

On Exercise:

Over the weekend, I pulled out the old GT road bike, and got it all tuned up for the upcoming season with a little help from my buddy Mike, who has all the right tools.  After new tires, handlebar wrap and a spindle, along with a full cleaning and overall once-over, the bike is good to go for the season.  I’m hoping to get in 3 days of riding a week, depending on weather, in which case I’ll do weights.  I bet it will turn into 2 days of riding, 1 day of weights and one day of us and the two wiener kids going for a walk, which is great too.

On Tracking:

With the recent finding of MyFitnessPal on my DROID, I think I’ve finally found a great app to manage and track both my workouts and eating.  In the past, I had been using CardioTrainer to track my workouts, which worked pretty well, but didn’t really have a way to track what I was eating, so I was using MyCalorieCounter I think, which was pretty decent, but again, hard to track both together.

With MyFitnessPal, I can now track my workouts and my food in one spot.  I am still using MapMyRun, MapMyRide and Cardio Trainer to handle my fitness activities, but I can very easily plug it into MyFitnessPal and it accounts for the workouts and adjusts calories accordingly.

While I doubt I’ll be sharing my daily meals, because after all, I doubt anyone wants to see that I eat oatmeal for breakfast and have 12 bottles of water in a day, I will still post my biking, and probably runs, just since I am training with a few others for the upcoming bike tour.

So, after taking off Amateur week, and getting out 4 days this week either running outside or shoveling snow, I feel pretty good.  I didn’t really vary from the meal plan (2 beers at company meeting Tuesday) but overall, pretty good.

Started over with my Wii Fit person, with a new year, new goals and such, so hopefully from here is all downhill (for weight that is) – The new Wii Fit setup did tell me I was 31, which is less and I am.. Last year when I started it, it told me I was 34 I think, so I guess that’s a step in the right direction.

I’ve got a new starting weight (which was not all that much more from Labor day) so new slate for 2011, I’ll  be pretty good at sticking to the plan, but I know I’ll have a few nights here and there where I just don’t care..

So, that’s it for me, not much new, other than a fresh start to 2011, and a freezer full of chicken breasts..  I will say, I’m friggin’ tired of salads, so as evil as they are, it’s time to switch to green beans for awhile

So, while thousands of Americans are spending this week trying to make good on their new years resolutions, I’ve spend the week doing exactly the opposite.  I’ve slacked on working out, I haven’t really cared what I’ve eaten, since I didn’t hit the grocery store this week, and due to Holiday parties, there seems to be a surplus of rum and beer, which I’m trying my hardest to get rid of.

So sure, after touting my anal retentive attitude to sticking to a plan, the train derailed. Oh well.  Now that the first week of 2011 is about over with, I have a fridge stocked with the good foods again.  I’ve got myself signed up for the 30 in 30 from the MapMyFitness family of sites.  Finally being able to MapMyRun on my DROID, I’m excited to see how it compares to my CardioTrainer I’ve been using.  The goal is to run 30 miles in 30 days.  I figure if I stick on my 4 day a week workout plan, I’ll be able to hit that goal.

Going forward into 2011, what are your plans for attaining your fitness goals?  Did you become one of the lemmings that invades Lifetime or SNAP, only to sluff off after a few weeks, or do you plan to get a schedule going that you can actually stick to, and make a permanent change.

Whatever your plan is, I’d like to hear it.  However, if your plan is to sit on your ass with no motivation to better yourself, I might have a smart ass retort for you!

Tags: Diet, Exercise, new years resolutions, Weight Loss