Fit in February Challenge

I pushed my gut out to make it look worse than it really is

I pushed my gut out to make it look worse than it really is

I’m not obese. I’m not in shape.  I’m in the middling ground of just overweight (according to federal guidelines, which I live by like a Lobster lives by butter).  Jessica has been slowly pushing me to consider working out, which is pretty much the last thing I’d like to do besides maybe stab at myself with a rusty nail.  Working out is something that I’m glad I’m done with when I actually do it.  I feel better when I do it.  But I also feel better when I stop stabbing myself with rusty nails. No more!

I’m starting the rest of my life tomorrow – short as February may be – because I’m going to start working out in February and participate in a fitness challenge put together by Caleb Jenkins for developers called the Fit In February Challenge.  Developers who probably ought to get their rears in gear and out of chairs (comfortable as chairs may be), eating less pizza (tasty as it may be), and getting their hearts racing with exercise instead of Mountain Dew (sweet as it may be).

The Plan!

I am planning on walking over 10,000 steps a day, doing cardio for 30 or more minutes a day, and pumping weights (which I have in my office so that I can use them while code builds on my 386 chip).  I plan on eating healthy and you can discover some tasty snacks on my food blog and eat along with me.  OK, maybe you can’t all eat with me, but I’m hoping this will be a great start to a beautiful relationship with the new healthier, sexier (I really, really should never say that about myself), fitter and developier me.  I’m pretty sure developier is not a word, but developerer sounds even dumberer.

I’ll be exercising this blog, too.  I’ll be posting daily what I’m actually doing and being brutally honest about where I’m missing my goal/plan, and also posting about any weight gain or loss.  I may actually gain some weight if I build muscles, but there’s plenty of Randy gut to be rid of, too.  Join me in exercising, February or otherwise!

2 thoughts on “Fit in February Challenge

  1. Welcome to the Challenge! That’s an awesome photo. Normally people try to “suck it in” for a pic… the end of the month pic should be dramatic. 😉 Good luck with the Fit in Feb Developer Challenge!

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