{"id":1448,"date":"2007-05-19T17:46:36","date_gmt":"2007-05-20T00:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2007-05-19T18:14:03","modified_gmt":"2007-05-20T01:14:03","slug":"renet-waist-loss-challenge-mid-term-report-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1448\/renet-waist-loss-challenge-mid-term-report-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"RE.net waist-loss challenge: Mid-term report cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re about half-way through the RE.net waist-loss challenge<\/a>, so it seems like a good time to pull out the scales and the tape measures. This was the plan I laid out for myself in March:<\/p>\n

My goal: A 34-inch waist by August 1st.<\/p>\n

My plan: A half-hour a day on the stationary bike, while reading nothing work-related. Eat half as much, twice as often — or less. Add real bicycling as the weather warms up. Add free-weights and crunches as appropriate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No crunches at all yet (O, the pain!), but everything else proceeds apace. I got sick a little while ago, and I haven’t yet reintegrated the weights before bedtime. I finally got onto my mountain bike a couple of weeks ago. I hate anything like cold weather, so I won’t ride if the outside temperature isn’t what most people would think of as blistering. Anyway, I found out right away that the recumbent bike is a vigorous way of sitting down. By now I can do 45 very hard minutes on the bike, but I haven’t yet found myself tempted by any of the nearby mountains. Eating less and better has been no problem at all. Food has always bored me, but the weights and the bike lead me to a certain fascination with protein.<\/p>\n

Consequences? I’m down 30 pounds from the start of the year, but that doesn’t really matter. I care a lot less about weight than about converting fat to muscle. That much seems to be working well. I’ve burned two inches off my belt, but that vast beach ball above my belt is much deflated. Riding a mountain bike is an excellent workout for every muscle from toes to glutes (plus some upper body stuff), so the biggest muscle groups in my body are getting substantially stronger. Plus which, while free weights are beyond excellent for building fat-burning muscle, working out with weights is blindingly boring, where riding the bike is always interesting.<\/p>\n

Even so, there is a degree to which all exercise sucks. There is nothing quite as pleasant as laying down on the sofa and sinking into another fascinating Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re about half-way through the RE.net waist-loss challenge, so it seems like a good time to pull out the scales and the tape measures. This was the plan I laid out for myself in March: My goal: A 34-inch waist by August 1st. 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