Okay, this is a bit exagerated maybe, but I am starting to finally need to pay attention to this. For starters, I’ve never really payed attention to my weight at all. I am considerably lucky with my body type. I basically had a sixpack until the first year of college, and now, I really haven’t changed except for a bigger layer of fat. I am about 5’7 or 8 and I weigh about 140 pounds. But I haven’t weighed myself in ages. But I really have prided myself on looking fit. Well, I just had my 24th birthday yesterday (YAY!) and I feel that the time has come to do something about being fit.
Eating: I’ve always eaten quite lightly. I am a very picky eater, but I do like to eat bad things. I don’t like sweets in particular but I do like pork and beef. But I don’t gorge myself on crazily bad foods.
Exercise: I’ve never had any outside walking around. Nobody has a car here where I live (at least people my age). I could possibly buy a bike to go around with instead of the bus. I may start running. I’ve never had stamina, but I think it would be nice to build it up.
But the main question I have is this. What would be my goal? To build up some muscle? The idea is that the more muscle mass you have the more calories you burn all the time, right? Maybe I should be eating more healthily? I really think I’m going to switch to diet cola. Its really a huge amount of calories for absolutely nothing. 210 calories per half liter bottle (16.9 oz).
Anyone have any ideas? This isn’t meant to be some kind of crash course thing, but rather a lifestyle change. I’ve always known that one day I’d need to do something to maintain myself fit-looking, but I have never had to till now. Well, I think I see the signs that I need to start. I think a good start may be to simply buy a bike and start drinking diet cola. But maybe it would be a better idea to drink a diet version of something else, so I don’t feel like I’m missing out.
Well, maybe you know my type, but I just want to know what the most appropriate thing for someone of my body type should do?