That is a .5 mile swim, a 12.5 mile bike run, and a 3.1 mile run all completed within an hour.

That may not seem like quite a feat to some, but it will be a rather difficult endeavor for me. I have started running, biking and swimming at least 3 times a week.

Why am I is this my goal? I am not sure what drew me to the idea of a triathlon. It could be that several of my family members have competed in them in the past, but it could also be the fact that it incorporates several different disciplines to complete.

Whatever the reason be, I am going to do it! It gives me something to look forward to and shoot for. It gives me an excuse to exercise rather than just exercise for the sake of exercise.

What reasons are you making for yourself to exercise? How do you plan to do it? Let me know! Either comment, or email me at dan (at) finishedbeingfat (dot) com.

Later,
Dan

you have to go up and down? WTF?

The first thing I think of when I wake up in the morning is that I need to exercise. But then the second thing that I think, is how or why I can’t go to the gym or go for a hike today. A lot of us have some pretty bad fitness habits. But I am here now to propose a 5 simsple suggestions as to how I(and hopefully you) can get past those bad habits.

1. As a famous Shoe company would advise you, JUST DO IT. Don’t think about about why you can’t or why you shouldn’t. In fact, just don’t think at all. Just do it. Make you exercise routine, make it ingrained in to the person that is you.

2. Reverse your thinking. Just Do It(see no. 1) so often that it becomes the norm. Make exercising the thing that you make excuses to do. Make it an addiction.

3. Have a positive mental attitude. Any activity that anyone engages in can be either awesome or completely shitty. How you enjoy any activity is largely dependent on the attitude you have going in to the activity. If you are pissed off and don’t want to go to gym, guess what, you are going to hate it. If you change your attitude and get excited, you are going to LOVE IT.

4. Switch it up. As Important as it is to make exercise your routine, it doesn’t have to be a stagnant routine. Do something different. Set a goal to do a different exercise every day. Run a different route, Go for a bike ride, Take a hike, chase a car, play with your dog.

5. Find a partner, but don’t depend on a partner. Find someone else who wants to exercise with you. Exercising is always easiest when you have someone to do it with. Just don’t fall in to the trap of getting discouraged when you partner can’t or doesn’t want to go. Use that as a motivator to get your ass out of the house and exercise. Show your exercise partner what they are missing by having a blast and enjoying yourself.

There you have it, 5 simple suggestions that I have found to make exercise palatable. Are there other suggestions that might help us along our journey? Absolutely, these are just the ones that I have found to help me. If you think of more suggestions, write ‘em down. Type them up in a big font and tape them on your bedroom door. Put them somewhere where you will remember them. Make them an every day part of your life. If you can do that, you can succeed. We can all succeed in losing weight and getting healthy.

This is my first real post in several months, so some of you may be wondering what the whole purpose of this site. Well let me fill you in. This is my semi autobiographical/semi inspirational/semi informative weight loss blog. I intend to fill you head with my bizarre and usually controversial topics about losing weight, being overweight, getting healthy, and changing lifestyles. What inspired this change do you ask? Last fall I had a sudden realization that if I didn’t change the way that I acted myself, I was going to be unable to function in normal society. I was so fat that I couldn’t properly wipe my own ass.

what I saw myself becoming

It is an embarrassing thing to admit, but the mere fact that I was so fat I couldn’t reach all the places of my own body finally turned me on to the fact that my life had been spinning out of control. I made a resolution to change my life, and I have been (slowly) working towards that since then.

Everybody got that? good.

That is it for now. I will see you kids on thrusday. Peace out for now.

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Email me: dan (at) finished being fat (dot) com

One thing that I started to notice this weekend, is that I am starting to get ahead of myself. I am definitely making progress, but in my mind I am think that I am starting to think that I am farther along than I really am.

Note to self: Don't Fool Yourself.

In the past, I have found that sort of thinking to be good for the 2-3 days that It lasts, but then something ends up waking me up, and then I get discouraged. I am not going to let that happen this time, so this is me reminding my self that I am making progress, but I can’t get ahead of myself.

Anyway, I’ll see y’all tomorrow.

Peace out

-Dan