Been a while

I notice it's been a few weeks (almost a month and a half, actually) since my last post. So here's an update on what's been going on since then. Weight management (NOT "diet" - see "Diet is a 4 letter word") - Had some ups and some downs doing these last few weeks. There were a couple weeks that I gained weight (not following the plan close enough), and other weeks that I lost, a couple of those just a little (lucky if it was 1/2 pound). But, I did hit the 25 pound mark! And, as of yesterday (I didn't weight myself today), I was actually at about 30 pounds lost since I started the plan. Still a ways to go, but it's progressing, which is all I expect right now. Exercise - There have been some changes to this. First, I change around my weight lifting routine. I just didn't really enjoy the one I was doing (the HIT workout). This one is short (only 3 exercises each day), but it can be intense. I'm doing 3 sets of 12 of each exercise, and as before, trying for failure on the 3rd set. I think this is actually worse than the 5x5 routine I was doing (explained in "Exercise"). On the cardio side, I wore out my elliptical machine, and got rid of it (actually in my garage until I can take it to the scrapyard). In place of it, I got a stationary exercise bike. I'm really enjoying this! In fact, I enjoy this so much, I'm thinking of getting myself a bicycle. I've even done two workouts on it a couple of days. Something I would have never done on the elliptical. And now, for the really good news (for me, at least) - I pulled out a smaller pair of jeans this morning, and I'm wearing those to work today! I've been wearing 42 inch waist jeans, and I'm able to fit comfortably into a pair of 40 inch jeans I have. I still have smaller jeans than these, down to 36 inch waist, and I'm hoping to get down to wearing those. And if I have to buy new ones because those are too big, that would be even better! But that's a ways off, so I'm getting my hopes up today about spending extra money in the (hopefully) not too distant future.