I am not sleeping well on this particular trip and now I've started to come down with a cold. It is Monday morning and I am tired. Oh, and the scale is up a pound. I tried to work too much this weekend. I had a pretty productive day on Saturday and a generally productive day on Sunday, but I didn't work out at all and I think that maybe I should have done that and relaxed a little on Saturday night. Plus, the scale isn't doing me any favors, although, again, it is the heavy scale. For the first time since I started this program, I'm feeling a little less than happy about the progress. It might just be that I'm tired and crabby, though, and I know that tomorrow will be a very long day.
Day 55
Weight: 258.0
Total Loss: 26.5
getting enough sleep is a very important part of any fitness program, Bossman.
I know. I have been trying, but I've been battling some insomnia that I get periodically. Went to bed before 10 last night, woke up twice in the middle of the night for extended stretches.
The stress of training my replacement and (finally) ending the commute led to a weekend of (slight) debauchery. I'm intending on a fairly long ish bike ride every morning coupled with the workout circuit at Audubon park three times a week, but the rain has me inside doing yoga. I'm back above my starting weight by 1.5 lbs, but that has as much to do with irregular weighing times as anything else, which has me treading water overall. I'm kind of in a depressive funk anyway, but that's another day's conversation.
I struggled to lose weight all last week, which was a downer. I was right at my net calorie goal of 1300-1500 every day, but each day on the scale was right between 166.2 and 166.4. Then last night my roommate ordered pizza and I overindulged. Frustrated with myself, I spent the next few hours jogging/on the exercise bike to get back to 1500 net calories. I still expected my weight to be a little higher since I was carrying the extra weight from the food and the water I drank while exercising, but it was down to 165.2. Little victories, I guess.
I spent all weekend painting at my sister's house. It's fine for general active-ness, but not great for the bulking up. Gotta get to the Y in a bit, hopefully once the rain subsides and I can ride my bike.
I'm sure it's a good cool down, but riding the bicycle home after a workout of various squats and lunges is not always the easiest.
You should definitely be happy with your progress. There will be ups and downs. Most will be beyond your control. Keeping focused on the long-term goal is what matters most.
On crappy days, it's best to take a bigger picture look:
I have to prepare a monthly report at work and today is the day. I've had an awesome month of productivity, so I'm happy to report what I accomplished. This last weekend was a tough one as it was my first weekend away from the family in about 3 months. Plus, it's become apparent to me that the exercise component is important to keeping the needle going in the right direction. I need to fit that in when I am here and I haven't. Oh well, home in two days and back to the gym.
Did a long bike ride on Sun, but hit a patch of sand and almost wiped out, requiring manly/muscle-wrenching effort to avoid a spill.
So Monday AM my right shoulder in spasm-mode, and neither Epsom salts nor NBBW Hook tool seems to help at all. Man, I hope this one abides. Off-day for this boyo.
Left work relatively early. Got in 30 minutes on the AirDyne. Feels good.
Space triathlon
There's no pool on the station, however, so she used a simulated weight-lifting system.
I'll give you a cosmothlon, but not a triathlon.