Between a rock and a Hard place: Goals met...kinda

So I got my last hike in. I'll post some pictures at the end of the post. It came down to a walk down the trails around Tumwater falls park, an hour before I had to be at my sister's birthday party in Rochester. It was raining, cold, and grey. But flowing water is sooooo easy to photo. No matter what you do it still looks good.

If you read some of the other posts you'll see I also blogged about my diet so that's another goal down. Now on to the big part. When this challenge started my goal was to get down to 165 pounds. That number came from when I was working at Harbor Wholesale Grocery full time in the warehouse. 12-14 hours a day of lifting and carrying cases of Gatorade and Water will get you in awesome physical shape.

Well I don't do that kind of work anymore. I sit behind a desk and type all day long. So chances are I'd have to join a gym and spend 2 hours or so there every night after work to get back to that. And, to be honest that's not me. I'm not into seeing dudes flex in the mirror thinking their hot shit. So that's pretty much out of the picture.

The more i thought about it the more I realized I've always been that skinny kid that everyone tries to fatten up. I've never been an average weight I've always been below that. Well I am sitting around 170 right now. Depending on the day and how much sodium I took in the day before. 170 is a great weight for me. I'm happy when I look in the mirror. Then I read this: Your current weight is within the recommended weight range for people in your age group! Src: http://nutrition.fitnessbody.com/calculators/calculator/ideal-weight If you want to check your own numbers you can easily convert pounds to kg or inches to cm with Google just type: "170 pounds to cm" and click find it does all the work for you. You might want to use your own weight though. Oh and thanks for helping me figure out that Google function Bryce.

So I'm at my ideal weight, I am happy with myself when I look in the mirror, and I'm happy with my current diet. So I talked to Bryce, who talked to Kristy and they both agreed that the point of this challenge is to make yourself healthier and happier. But, they still want to challenge me. So I agreed to maintain a weight within a few pounds of 170 and add some exercises into my daily routine. I pumped up the air in my bike tires, gathered all the gardening tools, and found a couch that sits high enough off the ground that I can slip my toes under it to do sit ups. So if it's sunny outside you'll find me out in the yard weeding, mowing or pruning. I'm going to go for a bike ride every day that it's not raining. If it is raining outside I'll be in the living room doing push ups and sit ups to fulfill my agreement. Bryce said like 50 of each but I think it will end up being more like do enough that I can't lift my arms for an hour or something like that.

Ok so I promised some pictures.

Link the the entire album: http://picasaweb.google.com/JamesBentow/2008_04_27

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