Day Four: ULTIMATE ULTIMATE FRISBEE

Yesterday, as the official last day of everybody's summer together (Katie is leaving soon, I left this morning, Ben goes pretty soon, Emily and Jill too), we had a picnic where the Platte meets Lake Michigan. As part of the picnic, Ben alertly brought a frisbee. So after we ate, we tossed it around. Then Jill had the brilliant idea to play some ultimate. 2 on 2 ultimate is so intense! We ran like crazy. Sweat was pouring out of us by the end. So we waded in the Platte. It was AWESOME.

Working out is always so much more fun if it's some sort of competition. Nobody just wants to run and sweat or bike and sweat and be miserable. Make a game of it! You just might find that you make some memories, too. AWWWWWW.

FIT AUGGIE RULES.

Love,
Andrew

Day Three: I Lift Heavy Things, Then I Put Them Down.

Lifted weights today. It's so weird to go back and attempt to lift weights after you've taken a substantial amount of time off. Horrible, really. Really hard. I feel like such a wimp. I can't lift as much as I used to, I can't do as many chinups, and in general I don't want to even try that hard. The first few workouts back are definitely the hardest. I can see why quitters quit. It's hard to do something you don't feel like doing, even if you know it's good for you. But I guarantee you, fair readers, that I'm no quitter. I will fight through this initial inertia and get FIT this Auggie.

Day Two: No pictures, please...

Hey Jerks. It was day two yesterday, and while I didn't do any walkathons, or anything else of the sort, I passed up some very tempting treats. Chocoate frosted brownies. Mackinac Island Fudge Ice Cream. Double Chocolate Chocolate Chocolates. ETC.!!!

Getting fit isn't about busting your back every day, trying to sweat yourself into oblivion. It's more about making healthy lifestyle choices. It's about passing up the midday bowl of chips instead of eating a carrot instead. It's about not having a soda and drinking water instead. These aren't difficult things to do. It's just about consuming less calories than you burn. Pretty simple really. It just takes patience.

So - if you take anything from this post - take this: It's not one big difficult change. It's a lot of little, easy ones. It really isn't that hard to not eat a candy bar or have some Doritos whilst watching a movie. Just replace it with something else. Or just steer your brain in a different direction. Do something active so the compulsive urge to eat slips your mind. When you want to have that snack, is it really because you're hungry? Or do you just want to eat, like it's a hobby? Most often when I'm tempted to eat garbage, it's just because I'm bored and food is delicious. But it's rarely what my body needs.

So there you have it. Make healthy choices. Eat lots of vegetables. Lots of fiber. Lots of water. It's also okay to eat some tasty "cheater" food occasionally. This is a war, not a battle, so it's okay to have that Kit Kat every now and again.

DAY TWO!

No pictures! Hence the title of this post.

Keep on keepin' on,
Andrew.

Day One: The Walkathon!

We kicked off Fit Auggie in style. With a Walk-a-thon to benefit the care of local elderly people!

First of all, what a great coincidence, right? The first day of Fit Auggie and already there's a sweet event for it??? BOOYAH! Second of all, it was a perfect morning for it, not too hot, not to cold, with a pleasant breeze.

Thirdly, and bestly, there was a SWEET free breakfast along the way! Complete with pasties and quiche. Totally an awesome mid-walkathon break. In total, it was about 8 miles, with some MASSIVE hills, and was a great way to start the day. Though I don't think I'll be waking up at 7 a.m. again anytime soon.

I also lifted weights and recorded some stuff today. Including the Fit Auggie theme song, which is now up on myspace.com/andrewdost!

Go dig it! It's downloadable. Makes for great gettin' in shape music.

Here are some pics from the day:



That's Jill and I as we embarked on the journey.



That's me walking sassily.

Anyway - part of getting fit is getting rest, and I'm about to go do just that.
Happy First Day of Fit Auggie!

Fit Auggie! Definitions and Goals.

Fit Auggie is going to be awesome. Getting in shape isn't easy, and it doesn't happen in a day, or even a week. It happens in exactly one month. The month of August, to be exact! So - however you can - let's get in shape together. I'm going to be charting my progress on here, and posting some pictures and anecdotes along the way. So let's start by establishing some general rules! I'll add more later - as Jill said today, "You're just making this s--- up as you go along!" She is correct. But I don't see that as a problem! If you think of a new rule, just comment it and we'll figure this all out together.

1. A big healthy breakfast every day. Lots of fiber. Lots of protein. And a 16 oz. glass of chilled water.

2. 6 meals. Not 3 big ones, 6 small ones. Tapering in size from breakfast onward. Breakfast like a king, brunch like a queen, lunch like a prince, pre-dinner like a princess, dinner like a pauper, and post-dinner like a puppy.

3. Every meal will be equated with some sort of medieval hierarchy.

4. 7 or 8 servings of fruits and vegetables daily.

5. No beer.

6. No eating after 9 p.m.

7. No soda. No pop. No sodapop. No sodiepop either.

8. If it can be avoided, no white sugar of flour.

9. This one is optional, as I probably won't be doing it once we're on tour, but before that, I'm going to be writing down everything I eat, and figuring out the approximate calories consumed. I'll be trying to stick to around 2200.

That's it for now, but I'm sure I'll think of more.