Week 6

So I have made it to week 6.  I am kind of excited except that it is my pull day tomorrow and I suck at pull days.  I have found that these workouts aren't quite enough for me right now so I have had to supplement.

Last week I spent a lot of time on the treadmill and the elliptical.  On the latter I was going forward and backward for 3 minute stints and that ... well for lack of a better word, sucks.  It is a little harder this week since I have to leave the house to get to a gym to do said running and I am super disappointed as I ordered some new five finger shoes and I had to send them back to get a bigger size and they finally returned, only to be returned for a bigger size.  Turns out I wear a 45.  Like my Bikilas say, 45, on the inside that I didn't know still even had the letter on.  I thought they were totally worn out.  Turns out, they need to have a few more miles in them yet.  Third times a charm!

WEeeeeeeek 5.....

Week 5 is officially kicking my ass.  I had to hurry through the days this week because of Thanksgiving and it is Tuesday and I am already on day three-pull day.

Pull days suck because I suck at the pull exercises because I weigh a thousand pounds and I feel it is impossible to impose all of that onto me of which it takes all of the planet to generate that gravity for which I try and defy....with the pull exercises...which suck... ad naseum.

Anyway, onward.  I have been craving greens like mad.  It's crazy I know, but for a vegetarian I have been eating very few green things as of late.

Here we go Week 5....

I may be a cheat.  I weighed myself for the first time in 2 weeks and I desperately want success.  I may have told the Wii that I was wearing 2 lbs. of clothes instead of 1 lb.  I justify it by saying that usually I wear a short sleeve shirt and shorts instead of the long sleeve and pants that I was wearing today...

SO .... I am finally down a pound.  294.5 and hopefully I can keep losing.  I think that for certain I need to do more than just the exercises for this program to lose the weight.  Throughout the years the only proven way for me to lose weight is for me to run my fat ass everyday.  However, I do enjoy the exercises as I feel stronger than I have for a long time.

Now if I can just be more careful about my eating habits...

Week 4...

I finished up Week 3 strong, which is ironic because it is strength week (weak) and the new exercise format can be killer.  I have found that I am in better shape than I thought because I have had to put at least one of the exercises in the regiment to a higher level in order to get to muscle failure.  I still haven't quite gotten there except during the Pull day, which I suck at.  Never had much time to fail at pull ups.  I guess I need to make time now. 

Eating has been a little easier however I have found that it is nigh impossible to stay vegetarian when traveling and visiting relatives.  One helpful discovery is that my watch works as a gym timer in a pinch (since I forgot mine).  Another fun discovery that I found out was the elliptical machine.  I have decided that strength exercises alone are not going to cut it for me.  They haven't in the past, why should they now?  I stepped onto my in-law's elliptical and was going forward for x number of minutes and backwards for the same amount of time.  That was killer.

Anyway, I have decided to defer weighing in to every two weeks.  At least then I can be disappointed half as many times a month.  Here's to finishing week 4 and starting supersets next week.

Half way through Week 3

So far these workouts have been ok.  It is just way different than the first week and really does take me to the edge of muscle failure.  Pulling exercises tomorrow so, not really looking forward to that....

...and on to Week 3

I am not really looking forward to the exercises for the next two weeks.  The intensity will be jumping up a little more and I was planning on starting a running regiment this week inbetween my new workouts.  I have also been thinking that I need to incorporate my own martial arts training with my workouts.  I am afraid that if I introduce too much too quickly I will burn myself out early.

I do not want that.

I want to be lighter and faster again.

I want 260 back.  Or lower.  I just need to get serious again.

After 2 weeks....

So, yesterday was actually the beginning of the third week.  I actually finished off the last workout from last week's session last night so I felt it was appropriate to weigh in this morning.

+ 0.2 Lbs

Yes, that's right.  I did fairly well watching what I ate (I have been more aware and keeping track) and exercising more.  And gained weight.  Some people say that it isn't about the scale, it is the overall package.  Well.  This is still one fat package.  I am trying not to be disheartened as I did go for a run the other night, so that is good.  Friday.  What was not so good about Friday is how I had a hard day at work and instead of using my other self destructive tendencies i took it out on a batch of hot wings and pretty much anything else in my path.  Which, having kids that just went trick-or-treating, included a ton of Halloween candy.  This slowly tapered over the weekend.  I think I should have everything back in control now.  After my 1200 cal breakfast.

Don't judge.