working out is becoming easier

As the days and weeks go by, it’s becoming much easier to get myself into the gym and workout. It definitely helps having a friend that’s always working out with you and to keep you accountable.

With the all the dieting and exercise, I also gave up many things in my daily diet.

I quit drinking diet drinks, especially diet coke. Even though it’s diet, the “fake sugars” spike your blood sugar level and mess with your metabolism. Thus make you gain weight. Plus all the chemicals are not healthy for you.

I stopped drinking alcohol. Since the new year I’ve drank maybe 2 nights so far. That’s much less than what it used to be. I miss my beers, my pale ales, IPAs, and stouts. I still miss my whiskeys and scotch on the rocks. Damn this diet.

I eat much healthier, so in away I gave up big portioned meals, gave up missing breakfasts, and started eating more raw veggies. The big key factor to losing weight is, eat 3 healthy meals a day, and eat high protein snacks in between. So try and eat every 3 hours or so but in portioned amounts. Eat as much raw foods, that are high in protein and low on the glycemic level.

Tuesday 03.02.10
Todays workout consisted of chest and triceps. I realize I’m pretty weak. I can’t throw up as much weights as I used to. I used to max out around 235 lbs on the bench but now it’s barely 150 lbs. Tempted to start compound lifting to maximize my strength but my friend is convincing me to do high reps instead with lower weights. Maybe a combination of both will work.