Looking Good at 60

I have not started riding again and I have only myself to blame.

We moved back in June and it has taken a while to adjust to the new location. It is not very far from Kingston, it just seems far because of the hills that I have to climb to get home. I have noticed though that although the cars, buses and trucks all travel at a zillion miles per hour up here, that doesnt stop peeps from riding.

I still havent replaced my bicycle yet (can you say pro-cras-ti-nation) I have a couple hundred US dollars in my paypal account and I have found a very basic road bicycle on amazon, so I will go with that. I am ordering it this week and will start back when it arrives. If I am going to ride up here I will have to get used to traffic on the road and will have many little hills to tackle, and leave the 10 mile run in Kingston for Saturday and Sunday mornings.

As for the title of this post, I ran into a friend of mine today, we used to work out together 10-12 years ago, he continued working out, and even openned a bodybuilding supplememt business and I let it all go to hell. He's trim, looks good and is 60 IN DECEMBER. I could not believe it, it is obvious that he dyes his hair but he's trim, his arms bulges and he looks damn good. Very simple he said "Eat right and work out hard"

He likes the fact that I am riding (will start back soon, I promise) and invited me to visit him at his store on a Saturday when he's working so we can discuss diet.

I think I will take him up on that.

No use procrastinating - It starts now

No more excuses - No time, too busy with work, too busy with school, too tired, yadda yadda yadda.

The big 40 beckons August 7 and I took a picture recently at school and the size of my gut was depressing.

I have always been conscious of my weight but never really done anything about it over any period of time. I have joined the gym on and off over the years and find that once I get past the painful first few days I actually enjoy working work, getting sweaty and feeling my arms and chest pumped, but invariably work and personal stuff encoaches, finances might get a little strained and the gym is usually the first casualty.

I read a lot, I have all this accumulated knowledge on training, weight lifting, aerobics, nutrition and I have done nothing about it and that has to change or I will be a "diabetic heart attack" just waiting to happen at 50.

I am starting and will chronicle my advances here weekly at first and then more often as I proceed. Right now I am 6', 245lbs with a huge waiste.

The target is to get down to 190lbs by August 2010.

I have every intention of achieving that target before August 2010.