The Gym

Why I like working out at the gym:

1. I get out of the house and away from distractions.
   
2. The variety of equipment
   
3. Can work out anytime 
   
4. Walk there and back is a perfect warm-up/cool down
   
5. The pool
6. The hot tub

Why I don't like the gym:

1. Some people don't wipe down the equipment
   
2. Obnoxious people in the pool while trying to swim laps
   
3. People on cell phones
   
4. People who monopolize equipment
   

I think I just may not like people.

The System

As promised, here is the system I am following: Burn more calories than I consume.

How do I plan to do that, you ask?

Well since my long term goal is to lose 1/2 my body weight - it seems like an insurmountable obstacle. So I am going to lose it 10% at a time.  And I have to lose the first 10% by December 1st - than I have to maintain that through December.  (I am already 1/3 there - fuck yeah!)

So I have some rules:

Long term:

• I have to go to the gym 4-5 times a week
• I can't buy a piece of clothing unless I throw away one that I have outgrown (ingrown?)

This 10%:

• Ice cream and fried food only once a week
  
• Drink 2 glasses of milk a day

That's about it - so far it is working well, so I have high hopes.