Monday, February 23, 2009

Beneath The Beer Belly, Lies A Six-Pack



Well, six weeks into my "six-pack challenge" I've lost a whopping 4 pounds.


I have to say, I'm not very impressed, though I've never been in old man territory before and the story is "it's hard to lose weight when you get old"...


Crap. It was never hard before.


The good news is that I've lost an inch in the waist and my resting heart rate average is down from 65 to 55.


As a comedienne on the Comedy channel said recently, "I've been working out like crazy and now I'm just a fat guy with awesome looking calves... What am I supposed to do, walk around in caprice pants all the time?"


I can so relate.


The good news is that I haven't lost my bet with my brother. Here he is, working out hard last time he came 'round these parts...

6 comments:

writtenwyrdd said...

Don't give up though; it'll come off with all the exercise you've been doing. Building muscle mass and getting cardiovascular health is all to the good, anyhow.

Anonymous said...

Could be worse - you could be going in the other direction. But aging is a bear, isn't it?

meno said...

Hey, 4 pounds is 4 pounds. (That was deep!)

Keep it up, that resting heart rate is awesome.

Jeannie said...

I find that I just don't care as much as I used to and that's why the weight gets on and stays on. Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. That kind of thing.

fairyhedgehog said...

If you're getting fitter then fat will be turning into muscle - which weighs heavier. Your waist measurement and heart rate are far more interesting.

Scarlet said...

You don't look overweight at all...and a little meat on the bones is always good. That's what they tell me. I have the opposite problem; in this town, folks think I'm too thin.

Btw, I laughed my ass off at what you wrote on Jeannie's blog (the PMS post with the jelly beans). Classic. ;)