PURSUIT No. 1

Men's Health 12-Week Body Transformation Plan 

http://www.menshealth.co.uk/building-muscle/transform-club/12-week-body-transformation-plan

So I bought this magazine back in January around the time I joined a gym (HA!) because it had a step-by-step diet and exercise plan that will transform the body in 12-Weeks. It appeals because I want to be told what to do and when, so I can follow the directions and my habits will change.  After reading through it time and time again and then having a decadent holiday visiting family back in the States, I want to develop 3 new habits that I think this plan may address.

1. Exercising regularly (as you know).

2. Cooking more of my own food.

3. Eating better food for me.

The idea is that each week the diet supports the sequence of exercises to build strength, tone and break down fat... All well and good. The schedule actually will suit my freelance schedule and doesn't require exercise on the weekend!

Monday, Tuesday: Exercise

Wednesday: Day off

Thursday, Friday: Exercise

Weekend Off

I don't think 4 days a week is too crazy and I should probably consult my GP and get tests done regarding the diet, but I'm too lazy and eat much worse than what they are asking me to eat.

The first 4 weeks is basically all fish...

For every meal...

Including the snack...

There is a possibility of changing it up a bit at some point but I will give all the fish a go for the first week at least. Perhaps I will discover some sort of community of people who have done this as I have a few questions on logistics but, whatever. 

As I write this I'm even finding myself looking forward to the massive breakfast and the first exercise which is chest and triceps! 

http://www.menshealth.co.uk/workout/mh-transform-1-1-chest-and-triceps?calendar=35266&day=1

Also, I bought all the ingredients for the first week today at Waitrose and it came to £63!!!!! But this is all I'm eating so maybe it'll work out to be cheap...Doubt it.  Wish me luck.

Hesitant Exerciser

I actually like exercising, but the problem I have is that I don't have the experience to know what to do on my own and I have a hard time maintaining a new pattern of activity for more than 2 weeks. I am the sort of person who is serious about improving my diet, exercise, everything else...on Monday. There are many qualities about my personality that may present themselves while attempting to maintain this blog but I will let that unfold and get down to the whole point of it all. 

THE POINT:                        ACCOUNTABILITY                                              

The most effective way of getting me to the gym is if someone else gets me there.  I don't like disappointing people, so I do try to be there when I say I'm going to and I usually enjoy the experience much more with company. So in addition to the tedious pursuit of adopting an exercise scheme, I'm adding the work of blog to the mix to help me think of the internet and any potential person who may read this as being the person I don't want to disappoint. With any luck it could become social for me too!

If I say I intend to do something, and I don't do it, the evidence is out there that I can't uphold my own word which is not good.

So this is an experiment worth a try...