When I decided to work on getting in some sort of summer shape to go along with my biking I started to do push ups and sit ups again.
I did them for about four months last year (September – December) before winter killed my ambition. I started at two sets of 25 push ups and 2 sets of 30 sit ups and increase it every week based on how I feel. I only do them during the week, and take weekends off. This last week I did sets of 30 push ups and sets of 40 sit ups. Feels good.
But in addition to that I started tracking my food again. This too is something I did in the past to help me be aware of what I eat. I’m not one for diets. I just can’t picture restricting myself to any degree. But keeping track of what I eat helps me subconsciously make better decisions about what I eat. I don’t track calories, portions, or anything like that. If I feel like putting small or large down to describe portions, or know exactly what I ate then I’ll put it down. For example, a kid at work gave me ten French Fries the other day. Why ten, I don’t know. But I put ten down.
Anyways, I keep it online. I do all my food tracking with google calendar, its easy to enter from my phone and only takes a few seconds for everything I eat. So take a look if you care to. You’ll see I thought about starting at the beginning of the month, and only kept at it a week or two later.