Fit by 40 - Goal 3: Exercise 3x a week (Part II)

OK, so I didn't do so great with Goal 3. My intention was to exercise at least 30 minutes 3 times a week. I'm pretty sure I got a total of 3 hours of exercise for the 2 weeks, but I didn't break into 6 intentional workouts. My two biggest workouts were walking around Philadelphia for a few hours and mowing the lawn. I also had a big event at work that had me walking back and forth between buildings all day. Since I didn't do so great with this goal, I'm going to repeat it for the next 2 weeks with the hopes that I'll do better. I also had a bit of a setback in the eating department. I managed to stick to the first two goals of not drinking pop and preparing my breakfast (except while traveling), but I also managed to eat a ton of junk food. Between all of the candy at work and the snacks for the drive to Philly, I erased some of the weight loss from the first two goals.

Stats after Goal 3:

•  Weight: 226.4 (up 2.6 lbs from last check, down 1.6 lbs total)
• Pants size: 38 (no change)
• Shirt size: XL (no change)

Fit by 40 - Goal 3: Exercise 3x a week

Goal 2 of fixing breakfast was a success. Breakfast the first week was mostly hard boiled eggs and energy balls. Then things got a little busy and I didn't keep up with boiling eggs and I didn't get to make a second batch of energy balls, so I had to punt a few days. Breakfast on those days was a granola bar, a cheese stick, and an apple. Still considerably better than a daily heart attack in a sack from McDonald's.

Goal 3 is to start exercising. I've had a good month of making some dietary changes and now I want to bring in some physical effort. Hopefully this will give my first two changes a chance to become more automatic. I'm not going to lie, I've had a few Coke cravings and came close to giving in. As for the exercise, I'm going to focus on walking since that's relatively easy to incorporate and I can take Gunnar along with me. Freeman could use the walks too. I'll probably throw in a couple of bike rides if the weather is nice.

Stats after Goal 2:

• Weight: 223.8 lbs (down 4.2 lbs total)
• Pants size: 38 (no change; I did manage to squeeze into a size 36, but it was tight)
• Shirt size: XL (no change)