[kach22i]

There is a strong positive reaction once you start getting in shape, and it comes from complete strangers, relatives you see just once a year, friends you see monthly and weekly, and even your own wife - across the board really.

I love it when women half my age start talking to me and giving me all sorts of attention, and I'm not even at my goal yet.

One commonality is the touching of the back of my arm, my triceps to be specific.

It is either considered a safe spot to touch, or people want to see if my arms have gotten as big as they look, the old is it fat or muscle question perhaps.

I'm not doing the 300 push ups a day I was doing last year, but I do 150 as part of my warm up.

What used to be my full workout is now just part of my warm-up, be it cut back a bit.

I've been doing Scooby1961's chest work out (on Youtube) for about a month now, and I might meet my two years in April goal. That simple goal was to look good in clothes, with my chest sticking out further than my gut. Right now they are about even because of my large rib-cage.

The warm weather we have been having here lately is really helping, I'm discovering many new county parks to explore. However I am hoping for a return of snow, I just did a brisk walk in the woods (good tummy flattener) which took 45 minutes, but in the snow it took nearly double that time and had me soaking in sweat. A good workout in the snow is challenging, and much cleaner than in the mud.