Week 10 Day 4

You got to treat yourself like number one or others will treat you like number two. -unknown.

I have been happy with my continued success.  Things are going as they should.  I had another person in the gym stop and ask me how much weight did I lose because it is showing that I have been dropping the pounds.     That rocks.   Last week I decided to buy myself a gift for the half way point in my weightloss plan.  Here is what I got.

These are 2xl in size.  They are a little snug still but I have more weight to lose before I am at the half way point.  The color in the pictures are not quite right.  The shirts are safety green in color.  I wanted them so when my wife and I jog in the early hours before work we can be more visible.

Today I wanted to test myself.  I decided I needed to beat my last best time in the 1 mile jog.  Last time I did it in 11:56.  I broke the 12 minute barries so that was cool.  Today I pushed it and did my mile in 11:33.   That is a huge improvement for me.  I was amazed.  I walked until the 15 minute mark then jogged 5 minutes, walked 5 minutes until 30 minutes passed.   I moved to the lower body elliptical machine and did another 30 minutes.  This really energized me.  I made it through the day and was back in the gym before I knew it.  I jogged again  for a warm-up but did not push it for a fast time.  I did 12:30 for the mile.  I broke a good sweat and was ready for the weights.

Leg presses

180-12

270-12

360-12

450-12

360-12

Squats

135-5,6,7

Dip press machine

180-10

195-10

255-6

240-6

225-6

210-6

195-8

Dead lifts

135-8

225-3

275-FAIL

225-3

135-7

Triceps cable curls

150-12,10,8,6,8

Triceps cable curls above head

80-8

70-10,10

Curls with EZ-Bar +50 lbs

10,10,10,7

DONE!  My arms were really pumped.  My forearms were feeling the burn as well.  This was a good workout but I missed the assisted pull-up station because it was in use.  That is why the dip press machine was used today.  My upper chest/shoulders/back do not quite feel worked so tomorrow I will need to fit them in if I can.

Food today was better than yesterday.  I did weigh in a little heavy from the ramen noodles in dinner.  Tonight’s dinner was better.  My wife cooked tonight so that was an added bonus.  She made collared greens with turkey sausage.     I put mine over a salad to keep me from eating too much sausage.   She used chicken broth as the base for the dinner.   It was good and a pleasant change from chicken breast over salad which was what I was planning.  I also tightened up my calories for the day since I was at 2,551?? yesterday.  Today I totalled 1,996 calories.   I hope my body feels good tomorrow morning,  I might need to go for a long slower jog.   Three miles is my current long distance.  I used to jog 6 miles on fridays.  I know I am not going to do that, but I might get 3 miles again.   I might get more, who knows.  If my body feels bad I may not even be on the treadmill.

Today I came to the realizationI need to buy new pants.  Mine are getting too loose to wear.  They are bunching up under the belt.   That is cool.   I am waiting to hear from a friend that started eating right as I have blogged about.   I gave him some suggestions  of meals that I have been eating.  I hope after a week or two he will be bragging about the weight loss.   My friend I lift with after work is coming around to the better eating habbits as well.  He was noticing how the soda from the other day and the gatorade today was causing him to burb an acidy taste during his jogging and lifting.  He is looking at going to mostly water now.  I bet he will feel the difference.