Best of luck to you! I admire your willingness to change! Aside from my friend who had a heart attack, when I decided to start being more active, I made sure to do it as soon as I thought of it. What I mean is, we were pretty close to the new year, but I didn't want it to be a resolution sort of thing because most people give up on those. I wanted it to be a lifestyle change. Now, here I am several years later and I am still doing the 4:30 thing every weekday morning. My wife also logs all her food and for the most part I eat the same things as her, so I know that my food intake is pretty decent. With a few exceptions that I occasionally post about here on Hive :) I think the biggest issue is the fact that I only have about 20 minutes to work out before I have to get around for work. Getting up at 3AM isn't an option, so I know we are probably just getting the bare minimum of activity we need.
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man I am so not a morning person but every huge success story that I see out there always involves people that wake up early for it. There must be something to the early morning routines. How much have you lost since you started doing that?
Honestly, I don't think I have lost anything, if anything I think I have gained. I think part of it is muscle though because I am definitely more toned that I was. My blood numbers are all better than they used to be too. Like my good cholesterol is up and my bad cholesterol is down. My blood pressure is better, and like I said my heart seems to be good. I'm kind of resigned to the fact that I am just old and my metabolism sucks. I'm sure if I went on a really strict diet I might be able to shed a few pounds, but I'm not there yet. If things don't turn around and I get in that 275 to 300 range I will likely put my nose to the grindstone a bit more. I've been right around 250 for most of my adult life though, so I can't be doing everything wrong. I'd like to tell you getting up early gets easier with time, but it really doesn't!