There are known “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know. -Donald Rumsfeld
Sometimes that makes a whole lot of sense. We do things for a long time, or even a short while and really feel like we get a handle on things. We look at what is going on and what we predict will happen based on experience. Sometimes though all the planning and expectations are 180 degrees what turns out to be the reality. The unknown “unknowns” can get you if you are not careful!
Nothing bad on my end. Life is good. I was just thinking about how sometimes your perception of reality is not everyone’s perception of reality. I have been feeling better each day. I am getting smaller, faster, not stronger. I know that is going to be the way of things while I lose more weight down to my 100 pound goal. My buddy at work is doing the same workouts as me and is getting stronger. Yesterday he did a personal best on the bench press. Today we did an intensive workout that included 5 sets of overhead presses among other exercises. We did some benching today as the last exercise and he pressed 275lbs again. Today was even more impressive since we had already worked chest muscles earlier. I on the other hand struggled with doing 225 lbs. I have done 245 with-in a few weeks of today’s workout and have done as much as 250 or 255lbs as a personal best. It is tough though seeing him get the gains as I get the losses on the scale. Everything is about balance I guess.
Today started great, I was light again. I am now 42.8 pounds down. Some days this eating right just clicks and I am in the zone. Some days I have to work at it but it is still easy to do. When I see this on the scale I know I am walking the walk.
Before I know it I will be below 300 lbs. That is going to be awesome. Every pound down is awesome.
The morning workout was a decent one. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine then 25 minutes on the stair stepper. I broke an ok sweat and felt good about the effort. My knees and ankles have been slightly sore the last day or so and the weather has been rainy so I am guessing it is an uncontrollable thing. I could have jogged today without too much discomfort but figured I do not need to jog every single day to benefit from cardio workouts.
This afternoon workout I still did not feel like jogging since my stomach was feeling full, so I did 15 minutes on the elliptical machine to warm up. After that is was weights time.
Squats
95 lbs-8
135-6,7
185-5,5
135-7
Overhead presses starting from the ground
115-5,5,5
overhead presses from chest
115-7,7
bent over barbell rows
115-8,8,8
Bench press
135-10
225-2,1
185-6,8
That was a day at the gym. I got home showered and cooked some dinner. Tonight was a little bit different, I cooked chicken with an Asian theme including mixed veggies, asparagus, and ramen noodles. I ended up adding a carb to the dinner when I normally do not.
The bonus carbs pushed my calorie intake higher than what I want to see, but every now and then you need to change things up, and tonight’s dinner was one of those times. I totalled 2,551 calories for the day. I have to keep in mind 190 of those calories came from the noodles, and I had a bigger than normal lunch with leftovers from yesterday. Tomorrow I will need to be tighter on my intake.
I have kept in touch with a friend I used to work with and hit the gym in the mornings with. He is going to tighten up hos diet and try to follow what I am doing. I am all for it as I think he will be successful in this effort. He goes to a gym near his house so he has the tools he needs, and if he follows the better eating he will have no reason not to succeed. Here’s to learning more of the unknown “unknowns”!
