May 2008 Resolutions

Due to my commitments to the ministry in which I am involved, work obligations to prepare for my one year review at my job, and the preparations to move out of my apartment into my fiancee's condo for good later this month, my workouts in April were virtually non-existent. While I know that those other areas of my life are going well due to the attention I have given them, it is much harder to continue to succeed in multiple areas of life if your body begins to break down. Honestly, right now, I don't feel all that well physically and I am not in nearly the shape I will need to be, especially given that I will be walking on a Hawaii beach topless for a week on my honeymoon about five months from now.

My company's softball team started its spring season last month (running from April to June), but with the training coming up in about a week and my one year review pending any day now (meaning I have to get as many big wins in my column as possible at work), the martial arts classes I am paying for (yes, I did join the gym I discussed possibly joining back in this post) may have to wait until later in the month or possibly until June. That said, I figure that I have at least one workout a week (one softball game) scheduled into my weekly routine until June. I figure if I can do that, and fit in workouts of some kind 3 of the other 6 days a week, that will get me to 4 workouts a week, or an average of a workout every other day. There's also a possibility that, when the company softball league ends in June, I may sign up for a flag football or soccer league to try and get my cardio up over the summer.

That should be enough to get a good foundation in place to meet my fitness goal, which is losing 20 pounds (I am up to 245, nearly my college football playing weight, except that I'm nowhere near that cut or strong as I was back then) by the time the wedding and honeymoon get here in October. This action plan to get myself back closer to and eventually into the shape I need to be seems to have a good chance for success, so I am excited to see how it plays out.