100 Days and Weigh-in

Ok. I've pretty much dropped the 100 days thing. A failure, on the concept itself. Haven't been doing the gym, haven't been pushing myself, and have gone back to eating like I was, even if I am still tracking foods. This shows up in the weigh-in today. I'm 224#. Up 4# from last week. Yeah. 4#. Good job me. So, we have to recommit. I know I said that last week, but I didn't mean it. I have to keep starting over, again and again, until I don't stop.

100 Days - Day 19 + 20

No workouts, and not paying much attention to the diet. I'm feeling like the 100 days thing might just be a loss. Start again? Go for something smaller? Much more thinking to come on this.

Weigh-in

I held firm at 220# this week, which is as much of a blessing as I could hope for. I've got to get the diet tracking again, and get to the gym, and I think we'll be on track again.

100 Days - Day 17 and 18

I did not get up early on day 17, just like I thought I wouldn't, and I got home late as well, so no workout at all. I did get to the gym today, though, and put an hour on the treadmill, with a walk/run cycle, that got me just a bit over 5.4 Km done.

100 days - day 16

Laziness again in the morning. Could have gone to the gym for a run, chose to stay home and eat. Could have gone about lunchtime, didn't, chose to read instead. Thought I would get in a game this evening and then come home and work out. Game ran really late. With 15 minutes in the day left, I could do a very shit workout and call that ok (like I've done before), or I could just not. I think I've got to look at what the point of the 100 days was. It wasn't just to get in a something every day (though that is part of the notion), but it was to get a workout in. If I'm just going to not even half-ass it, then why am I bothering? I should abandon, and go back to meaningful workouts, that make sense, and that don't make me stress. Or I should just do my workout when I'm supposed to, and not do a half-shit job at it. Tomorrow will be no better for workout time, unless I get up early and do yoga, a workout likely will not happen. I pass on tonight, and will think about this 100 days plan a bit more. As well, my calories are so far over this week because of celebration stuff, that I will be lucky to hold ground at 220#. I feel I'm likely to gain again. And that makes me annoyed at myself. I need to recommit. I need to remind myself of why I'm bothering, and why I want this to be successful - and then I need to start making it a success.

100 Days - day 15

It was difficult to get in a workout yesterday. I had an opportunity in the morning and blew it off, and that left with with no opportunity in the evening. So, yay? Lesson is to just take the opportunity when it comes. I did manage to get in a very weak workout of bench press. Hardly what I'd call sufficient. I do find I'm half-assing a bunch of these days so far.

100 Days - day 14

An hour on the stat bike today. Overeating also. Just not keeping the goals in mind.

100 Days - Day 13

Still late in reporting these things, but did a little over 5K of running today. Actually did some jogging on the treadmill as well, so that's good. I'm absolutely going to have to work back up to where I was, but the legs feel good afterwards, so I'm thinking it wasn't too bad. I haven't reported my weigh-in for the week yet, because the weight went up to 220#. That's because last week did have some exercise in it, but it was all light workout days, and I was eating over the limit for 6 of 7 days. Some days pretty far over. I think the diet thing works if I keep the calories on target with lower workout efforts, and works if my workouts are intense and my cals are a bit high, but the double bad combo just means I gain back. At least it was only 1 pound. So, trying this week to keep the cals down, and get back to cardio on the regular.

100 Days - Day 11 + 12

Day 11's workout had to be short because there was too much traffic. I didn't get back in town until much too late, so I did a shoulder workout. Day 12 was early morning yoga practice. 30 minutes of yoga reminds me how weak my abs are, and how much I need to do way more.

100 Day - Day 9 + 10

Time has been pressing me on all sides lately, so I've been unable to get to the gym as I would like. For yesterday, I did not get out of bed early enough to get in to the gym before kicking off my day, and wasn't free to get to the gym until after it was closed. So, the basement gym had to suffice. Bench and other chest work, no cardio. For today, I meant to start early, but didn't do the yoga planned, I instead did a stretching routine, and that will have to suffice, though I may throw in some shoulder work later tonight. I've been over on calories nearly every day this last week, so I expect that to show on the scales tomorrow. A setback is minor if I use it to springboard me forward.

100 Days - Day 8

Today's workout was far less structured than a gym workout. Today, I spent a bunch of time lifting boxes, shoving things around and going up and down stairs. I helped someone move! Sure, it might not be as difficult a workout as lifting weights, nor as intense as an hour run, but it's still a lot of work, and carries on for hours. I'm counting it.

100 Days - Day 7

Wasn't able to get into the gym today, so I did a workout in the home gym instead. Worked the shoulders, and laid off the cardio because legs need a rest day.

100 Days - Day 6

The longer this goes on, the more I realize just how much of a commitment 100 days really is. 100 consecutive days means there's not really much break for me. I have to schedule a cardio free day now and then that isn't leg focused in order to keep rotating body parts that get worked enough so that I don't overwork any of them while also letting them get stronger. Today was just some light triceps work and an hour on the treadmill. Running is going to be a pretty big thing for me this year I think, and I'm hoping to get some time on the bike also. I think I'll have to start slowly notching up the effort required on the bike. Diet was ok today. A lot of that had to do with eating food I wasn't fond of, so I ended up with less overall than I might have otherwise. Still I did indulge in cookies at the office, which is something I need to refrain from doing.

100 days - Days 4 and 5

Day 4's workout was just running prep. I've had a bit of soreness in my left shoulder, and didn't want to work it too hard, so I gave it a break. So, an hour of low pace work on the treadmill, which was up to about 5Km total. Day 5 started with Deadlifts. 135x5, 155x5, 155x5, 185x5, and 135x5 again, all with long holds at the top. I need to work on my grip so more, as it is certainly weaker than it had been before. Followed that with an hour on the stat bike. I've been eating a bit heavy the last couple days, so I've got to cut that down again.

Weigh-in #3

I'm 219# this morning. That's down a total of 9# from the start of the month, which is on track. Calorie review suggests I'm somewhat low on calories per day, and averaged out to be under my max. That's probably about where I want to be to keep this going. The additional strength work in the workouts will help with burning a bit more energy. I do need to figure out the sleep thing better. I'm still ending up sleepy, and not quite getting enough rest.

100 days - Day 3

Today's workout was OHP, followed by an hour on the bike. I'll probably take a break from the strength work tomorrow and just do the hour walk again. OHP was 45x5, 55x5, 65x5, 75x2, 65x5, 55x10. That's not too bad. Food was a bit of a crap shoot. Workout ended up burning more time than expected because I was hanging out with others for a bit. By the time I got home, I didn't really have time to get things going for dinner. Ended up cooking sausage and just eating that some cheese and a protein bar. Not balanced at all, but still food.

100 days - Day 2

Cardio today. Was up early and went in to walk on the treadmill for 5Km. I'm gonna get back to doing some running, and I haven't run in a while, so I need to start off slow again, and get the endurance worked up. For many reasons, walking and running both grind my hip joints a lot, so, I want to minimize that by working into it. The workout left me hungry, so I had steak and eggs for breakfast, and a lot of ghoulash for dinner. Quite happy with just the two large meals a day thing.

Malifaux tourney

There was a Malifaux tourney today, and I participated. The organizer managed 8 people, which is a good turnout for us. I placed 3rd overall, which was a reasonable showing given how little work I was able to get accomplished over the course of the game. I did get a chance to put my newest crew in for one game, and they seem like they could be a lot of fun, if I can just figure out the correct order of activations and all of the things I need to do in order to get schemes accomplished. Overall, a fun day.

100 days - Day 1

I could call this day 2, but I'll treat yesterday as day 0. I did some thinking on the subject, and decided that 100 days of workouts would be significant enough for me, and I wouldn't try to focus on the superhero aspect. I'll save that for later, as part of the Thor plan. So, yesterday's workout was part of the new cardio initiative, which is going to require me to do a bit of strength work before getting on to the cardio. So, I picked back work, and did some pulldowns, and seated rows. Cardio was an hour on the stat bike. Weekends are always short days for the gym, and I didn't manage to get out to it while it was open, so I just did some work in the basement gym. There's no place for cardio downstairs, so it's all strength work there. Workout was chest and arms, so bench, curls, triceps kickback, and overhead triceps press.

Changing up the workout

Tried doing a bit of strength work before the cardio today. I think it'll work out fine, but it does mean I end up more hungry afterwards. That's expected, and what I should be feeling, so I won't worry too much about it. Today was just some OHP, and then an hour on the bike. I started off going for 45 minutes, but chided myself on slacking. Been doing a bit more thinking on the 100 days thing. I do feel like 100 days would be worthwhile. Certainly, doing some kind of workout or activity for 100 days in a row would make a difference. My only issue is the amount of time commitment that implies. At a minimum hour of whatever I choose to do, it means my evenings are suddenly very short, or they run very late. Neither is the best place for me to be. Then, of course, there's the next level. The 100 days of superhero workouts. That would mean doing a lot of stuff targeted towards getting me a superhero body - and not one like The Blob. It would require a fair bit of planning to make up a 7 day a week schedule that would rotate the body parts enough to keep me from burning any particular part out, while also being enough work to actually make a difference. There's a few spots where I'd be bound to find some issues if the workload was hard enough to make any impact. Particularily my knees, elbows and wrists. All parts I really need to have working if I want to have any kind of a good day. I'm pretty close to decided that I will do the 100 days of workouts, but I haven't decided on the intensity. Today's art class was interesting. A nice older gent. Tattooed and pierced quite a bit. For someone in their 60's he was a lot more decorated than I expected.