So, another day another dollar? The early bird catches the worm?
Well I have been up early and I did not see any birds eating worms! Hey have you heard?
The bird, bird bird, the bird is the word….
This morning my wife and I did not run. Her knee has been feeling sore and mine have been hurting during the day after a good run in the AM so we took today off from running. I did however jog at the gym for 20 minutes to get my sweat going then I moved to the elliptical stepper for 45 minutes. I kept the sweat going though my heart rate never got much above 125 bpm during the 45 minutes.
I worked my day at my pace and got a whole bunch done today. I was up and down on ladders today and sweating some but it was a good workday.
I got home today and needed a nap. There was no way around it. 5 to 6 hours of sleep a night during the week is just not enough. I napped for 45 minutes and did not want to get up when the alarm went off. I was considering skipping my workout AND dinner and trying to sleep straight through until the morning. I know that would have been bad to do but it would have recharged me if I could have actually slept through untial the morning. My luck does not go like that though. I would have been up at midnight and the rest of the night until time to go to the gym so i did not do it. I got up slowly and hit the garage for a weights workout. Here is what I did:
overhead presses from the floor
70lbs-10,10,10
squats
body weight only-10
70-10
110-10
139-10
167-10
EZ-Bar curls with 50 lbs
12,12,10,10
That was enough in my tired state. The squats were good since I have not been doing weights above 110 lbs lately so it was a pleasant push for me.
Nutrition for the day was way better than I have been lately. My calories totaled 2,207. That is where I need to be. I was light on protein and heavy on carbs so my balance was not quite right but my calories were were they needed to be. Tomorrow I plan on tuna salad for lunch which will be heavy on protein so tomorrow will look better in that respect.
I almost feel a quiet sadness as I am getting closer to my goal. The end is near, I see the finish line. I have become accustomed to doing things throughout the day and riding along on this weight loss adventure for the last 21 weeks. I am not sure what I will be doing with my extra time once I complete my goal. I might take a week off from blogging (after all this blog is to track my progress in losing the weight, once it is lost do I keep on blogging?) and figure out what is next for me. Maybe I should not be looking ahead yet since I did not cross the finish line yet. I don’t want to be like these folks…
