I would love to drop forty pounds but it is no longer easy for me, what IS easy is to gain either muscle or fat depending on what I do, if I gain one I can lose the other.
Dropping actual pounds is very difficult for me now. I am trying to increase my daily activities now that he weather is cooling down. Maybe if I stay on my feet enough hours a day I can actually drop some poundage. I really would like to be long and lean again instead of piling on more muscle mass just so I can lose some fat.
If I can just get back into bicycle riding that might do the trick but I don’t have a really good place to ride, I have to hit the public roads and that can be dangerous.
I bought an elliptical machine. It sits in my home office in front of the TV. It’s extremely low impact, no worries about traffic and the weather isn’t a factor. It is a low-end model and cost about the same as a year’s gym membership. It has 6 different programs with intervals, cardio and hill climbing. I can watch Fox News, the Hitler Channel or music DVDs while I work out.