Weight Loss

Personal Finance And Fitness: How Are They Related?

photo credit: shoothead Life gets busy The last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that I’ve only been able to exercise a couple of times per week.  We’ve been extremely busy buying a new car, teaching a class on personal finance at our church, dealing with family issues, and just being busy.   I know most of [...]

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High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): Running

Last night I did my upper body weight workout for the first time in a couple of months. Whenever I go that long without doing a weight workout, the first time I lift again I get really sore. This morning, I am really sore – I can barely lift my arms above my head! a [...]

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I’m Back On The Wagon

Earlier this week my wife and I decided that we needed to finally start exercising again, and actually watching what we eat.  We had slipped into a bit of a malaise where we didn’t care much what we were eating, or where we were eating. So this weekend we made a pact with each other [...]

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Back from the trip, and recovering from being sick

photo credit: Bob Jagendorf Well I’ve been back from our cruise for about a week now.  The trip was amazing, we had a wonderful time, and we saw some of the most beautiful places in the world during our 2 week cruise. I also ate some of the most amazing food while we were gone.  [...]

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Is Exercise Sometimes Not Worth the Time You Put In?

I’ll sometimes talk with people I know about their weight loss plans, and how they expect to lose weight. When I ask them what they’re doing they’ll give me a report of drastically reduced calories, and a workout plan that involves a few situps and walking once or twice a week.  In most cases I [...]

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Running. Love it or leave it?

One thing I used to just hate doing was running.  I would rather die than go running.  Running is hard, it makes you sweat and it always leaves you as a heaving sweaty lump on the floor. Well that’s how I used to think about it at least. Since I’ve been working out and trying [...]

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My preferred indoor workout routine – “The Biggest Loser Workout”

Indoor workout routines During the winter, and when the weather is nasty outside I have to find a way to exercise indoors. Usually for me that means one of a couple of choices. My first choice is usually running on our new fuel treadmill. It has a high intensity interval training (HIIT) setting where I [...]

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So, how’s that dietary part of your weight loss plan going?

FAIL! It’s been a rough few days on the dietary front of my weight loss plan. I had planned on eating healthy, eating smaller portions, and eating six times a day instead of three mega-sized meals. Over the 4th of July weekened I managed to eat unhealthy, eat mondo-sized portions and eat 2-3 huge meals [...]

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Are you a pig if you eat more than 3 meals a day? Or smart?

I apologize if the title for this post is a bit crass, but the question I think is a valid one.  How many times should you eat every day if you’re trying to lose weight? photo credit: jessicafm One thing I’ve done since embarking on my weight loss journey is changing the way that I [...]

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Welcome to Quick to Fit!

Hello everyone, this is the inaugural post for QuicktoFit.com!  I started this blog as a way to keep myself accountable for my fitness life, in a similar way that my other blog, BibleMoneyMatters.com has helped me to remain accountable in my personal financial life.  Blogging about the subject means that I have to think about [...]

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