Lost ½ off Waist and ¼ inch off Gut

Which may seem meager except
Especially if you compare them to my original, back in Oct 2011, actual Inches Off in one week

Except:
This time I am concentrating on consistently working this into my life.

I have managed consistency! For 10 days at least!

Reasons I think I can maintain this and why just a ¾ inch loss is just fine

Total Gym is weight lifting, I am:

1st making a point of not doing the same exercises two days in a row.

• Granted I am not quite able to Fit In different ones on the in-between days, 
• but am aiming to.

 2nd Doing my best to not overwhelm myself, so as to keep this up for the long run

IF I consider my eating habits:

• I lost over 3 inches off my waist, 1 off my gut, since starting this in October.
• I am not killing myself trying
• I sure do not diet!
• That I am just beginning to get consistent

Actually, considering:

• The way I eat, or rather what I eat
• It is miraculous that I have not ballooned up to 200 pounds
• With all the ill heath issues that can come with that at my age!

Also, if I loose just a ½ inch off my waist
And a ¼ inch off my gut
Every 10 days

I should be in pretty good shape by summer!

SO this is what I have been doing, with great consistency, these last 10 days.

1st, I got a separate agenda, desk calendar just for exercise. These notes did not really fit into my normal one. It also made it impossible to add more exercise, and its notes.

2nd In addition to my Total Gym workouts, such as they are so far, I have started using a resistance rubber band thing for arm exercises at my desk.
Mine looks like this, but is relatively small for arms, chest and back I guess…with grips instead of ankle cuffs, but the same basic round of rubber band.

I picked it up somewhere, maybe the Sports Authority, years ago.

This is perfect for when you have a few moments of waiting for something to load when you are at the computer!

So the upshot of this is

I did:
All at level 6 on my Total Gym, because I will not take time to change the level
Every Other Day

• 30, in sets of 10, plain Ab Crunches, using the attachment
• First just 5 each, but worked up to: 30, each side, sets of 10, Oblique Ab Crunches, using the attachment. This is especially grueling, at first, at level 6
• 30, in sets of 10, actual Plank Presses

I also did 30, in sets of 10 each, arm exercises I either made up or are recalling, (likely a combo of these two things), with my above-mentioned resistance band.

If I can find a picture for this, I will post it here.

So I did these things and lost 3/4 inch from my waist and gut!

More importantly, I think I hit on something I can do no matter what.
Those were a rough set of 10 days

• My favorite Aunt died
• My current hopes for my love life did a roller coaster maneuver
• Plus Technical difficulties throughout….

Though it all it helped to feel physically stronger and more energetic!
Worth the effort!