Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Catching Up
My internet connection was down yesterday!
So I woke up around 3am, stressed out and feeling like crap. Made it back to sleep but it slowed me down in getting back up at 5:30 for my workout.
Finally got working out around 6am. Kept thinking about feeling like crap and not wanting to go to work. But I realized how much the next year is gonna cost me - my daughter is having a Quinceañera. And I finally realized that my job has changed so much since I started that it was no longer the same job and I hate going to it! I used that frustration and anger and put it where it belonged - into my workout. I broke the two PR zones that I couldn't get before.
I felt it in my upper back and shoulders. Thought maybe I jacked myself up. But I'm feeling OK today.
Did an 8 minute Tae Bo workout with my wife after work. Took more than 8 minutes to get her to say yes. But I think that's what its gonna take. I'm kinda tired about her griping about being fat. AND I know if I did a long workout she'd never workout with me again. I'll keep trying that strategy for awhile and she'll either blow me off eventually or she'll start working out on her own. (Hate feeling manipulative, but for me its better than the griping.)
I'm on week 4 of the new program and I think week 28 since I started working out. Two more months of this program and then I'll start something new. I'll miss a workout or two at the end of August, but nothing big. I'll probably change to an "A-B Split" workout so it should not be a big deal. An A-B Split is where you have two different workouts and do one on Monday and Friday, and the other on Wednesday. Then the following week you do the Wednesday workout on Monday and Friday and vice versa.
I'm gonna fight to keep the aerobics going for the next two months. I want to up my calorie burning for awhile. Did a beginning Tae Bo workout for 27 minutes today. Wasn't as bad as the first time I tried it a couple of years ago. Will keep it up. I even did a workout on Saturday morning - a Minna Lessig video.
I'm at 172.2 today, so I doubt I'll be at 165 for July 1. But I might get to 170. After that weight won't be a measure, I'll still track it but not as a goal.
Been checking my waist - I do it with a relaxed abdomen, so its when its at its widest yippee! I was a little below 39 today. My arbitrary goal was 38 so not too bad. I set out to lose 20 pounds and about 4 inches off my waist. Got close to both. Now I know that I don't always lose a pound a week. Maybe close to 3/4, then there are those holidays where I gain some weight back.
As long as my waist keeps getting smaller I'll be happy. In some article they talked about a waist/bicep ratio as a good measure on whether you're losing fat or muscle. So I might try that.
Keep Lifting!
So I woke up around 3am, stressed out and feeling like crap. Made it back to sleep but it slowed me down in getting back up at 5:30 for my workout.
Finally got working out around 6am. Kept thinking about feeling like crap and not wanting to go to work. But I realized how much the next year is gonna cost me - my daughter is having a Quinceañera. And I finally realized that my job has changed so much since I started that it was no longer the same job and I hate going to it! I used that frustration and anger and put it where it belonged - into my workout. I broke the two PR zones that I couldn't get before.
I felt it in my upper back and shoulders. Thought maybe I jacked myself up. But I'm feeling OK today.
Did an 8 minute Tae Bo workout with my wife after work. Took more than 8 minutes to get her to say yes. But I think that's what its gonna take. I'm kinda tired about her griping about being fat. AND I know if I did a long workout she'd never workout with me again. I'll keep trying that strategy for awhile and she'll either blow me off eventually or she'll start working out on her own. (Hate feeling manipulative, but for me its better than the griping.)
I'm on week 4 of the new program and I think week 28 since I started working out. Two more months of this program and then I'll start something new. I'll miss a workout or two at the end of August, but nothing big. I'll probably change to an "A-B Split" workout so it should not be a big deal. An A-B Split is where you have two different workouts and do one on Monday and Friday, and the other on Wednesday. Then the following week you do the Wednesday workout on Monday and Friday and vice versa.
I'm gonna fight to keep the aerobics going for the next two months. I want to up my calorie burning for awhile. Did a beginning Tae Bo workout for 27 minutes today. Wasn't as bad as the first time I tried it a couple of years ago. Will keep it up. I even did a workout on Saturday morning - a Minna Lessig video.
I'm at 172.2 today, so I doubt I'll be at 165 for July 1. But I might get to 170. After that weight won't be a measure, I'll still track it but not as a goal.
Been checking my waist - I do it with a relaxed abdomen, so its when its at its widest yippee! I was a little below 39 today. My arbitrary goal was 38 so not too bad. I set out to lose 20 pounds and about 4 inches off my waist. Got close to both. Now I know that I don't always lose a pound a week. Maybe close to 3/4, then there are those holidays where I gain some weight back.
As long as my waist keeps getting smaller I'll be happy. In some article they talked about a waist/bicep ratio as a good measure on whether you're losing fat or muscle. So I might try that.
Keep Lifting!
