* BlipsFit *

Lost 1 pound last week. I like the steady way of how this is going.

Met a guy at the gym, Mike, who will teach me how to lift heavy weights. Nice offer I will take with eager. But for now I decided to stay a little bit more focused on weight lost.

My hip on the right side hurts, maybe to much running on the treadmill, oh well nobody died from that so will do some more eliptical machine this weeek.

I was in the Marines from 1966 to 1975 oh man I was fit I can assure you. After I joined the police force I was keeping my weight way down and was in the gym 3 times a week. Then 45 years hit and it all went down the drain. Why? I have to think about that an might get an answer. As for now I only can say it just happened. Now I’m 57 and a computer engineer sitting at a desk all day but I feel the urge to get back in shape to live longer and stay healthy. When I look around at my peers way younger then me I’m the “skinny” one. A real heavy guy here has diabetes and weight around 300 pounds or more, another one has a flopping belly and is only 30. Oh no I do not want to be in their skin and have to stay away from getting near that. So I feel lucky to get on track and being determined to reach my goal.

This is a picture of the Royal Dutch Marines The 3rd from the left (in black uniform) is me.(I served for 8 years).

According to this chart; usmilitary.about.com/od/marines/l/blweightmale.htm My weight had to be between 132 and 192 pounds, I’m getting there and getting fitter every day. There is more interesting stuff, a Marines fitness test is here; usmilitary.about.com/od/marines/l/blfitmale.htm It is simple, Pull Ups, 2 minute crunches and a 3 mile run. Have to practice pull ups I guess. Crunches and 3 mile is not that big of a challenge. For my age (46+) I have to do a minimum of 3 pull ups, 40 crunches in 2 minutes and 3 miles in 33 minutes. The chart exactly tells you how to do these exercises.

Qua Patet Orbis.
Semper Fi(t).

I’m happy that I lost 1 pound last week. It was difficult as I was home alone. Maxima (my wife) was visiting her mom and I had to make food for myself. Well a lot of carbs and leftover cookies. Nevertheless it worked out for the best.