One week in.

Resting Heart Rate: 76 bpm
Height: Still 6'8"
Weight: 318 lbs
Waist (at navel): 50"
Hips: 50"
Chest 52"
Left/Right Thigh (at midpoint): 28"/28"
Left/Right Bicep (at midpoint): 17.5/17.75"

So I only netted a loss of 2.5 pounds, but I have a distinct feeling that the day off from my diet that was the Super Bowl is partially responsible.  Another reason to move my day off from the diet to Tuesdays as I planned.  However, I did see a marked improvement in that I lost inches.  Two inches from the waist in a week is pretty boss in my opinion.

Secondarily, I am moving my rest day from working out to Mondays.  Did some cardio today and will start my six days with strength training tomorrow.  This is basically to give myself more time to do the cardio workouts which are about 15 minutes longer on the days that I have to be into work later.  Basically I am trying to make sure that I can get the full workouts in every day.  I ran out of time a couple of days last week that that kind of got on my nerves.  Anyway, seven days down and I feel markedly better than I did 8 days ago.

Day of rest.

So today was the day that I had nothing to do in accordance with this blog.  I didn't work out.  I didn't follow my diet.  And I didn't care.  However, I care now.  I have eaten, drank, and lounged enough to be ready to get back to things tomorrow.  I do think that it's not a bad idea to move my day off from the diet to the day after my weigh-in day.  Nothing like skewing numbers to make myself seem like I am making more progress.

With that in mind, I ate way too much while watching the Super Bowl tonight.  I think I will be okay in the end, however.  We shall see tomorrow.

Last day of week one.

Woke up this morning with very little soreness.  Shoulders and back are all that are tight.  However, my right knee, which i have always had small issues with, was not feeling quite right.  Still got my workout in, but at a much lower pace and made sure to avoid too much impact on the knee.  As a result, I also decided to go walk around the apartment complex.  Kept a good, not quite jogging pace.  Now the knee seems to be better as I assume I kind of worked whatever kink I had out.  Still worked up a good sweat and got my heart rate up for a good while.  Tomorrow is my rest day, so I can use that to make sure the knee isn't doing anything other than feeling weird. 

One week down.  Monday we see where I have gotten myself in said week.


P90 Sweat Cardio 1-2    ~30 minutes
Medium paced walking (no clue how far it was)

ONETWOTHEEFOUR FIFFFF

Day five and I woke up feeling mostly recovered.  Calves are still a little tight, but I mostly attribute that to working out and then going to work, where I am on my feet for hours at a time, so they don't get a ton of rest time.  Either way, felt great and was able to sleep in a bit (til 9:30, woo!).  I am really looking forward to Monday to see what results I have for week one.  I know that I feel better all around so far, so that's enough for right now.  However, hard numbers will be nicer. 

I have come to realize that I am going to NEED my day off from any workout, including playing basketball.  So I think that I am going to have to adjust my workout schedule to accommodate a day for playing ball.  Not a big deal, though.  Still gonna keep working out 6 days a week for at least 30 minutes. 

Speaking of which, workout for today is done. No breaks or pauses aside from finishing my sets before the people in the magic picture box finished theirs.  Time for FOOOOOD. 

Workout:
P90 Sculpt circuit 1-2 - resistance training - 30 minutes

Day Four

Feeling good today.  Calves are still a little tight, but that's nothing a good stretch couldn't handle before I got into my workout.  The Power Yoga portion of cardio is still the toughest part for me.  I guess that goes back to that whole upper body strength thing.  I am getting better, though.  Made it farther in before I started to have to ease off.  Time for work.  Gonna get my breakfast there.  We are mostly out of eggs here anyway.

Workout:
P90 Sweat cardio 1-2 - 35 minutes

... I got better.

So today is a much better day than yesterday.  Feet and knees are mostly happy again, however that soreness shifted up a bit and now it's my calves and quads that are tight.  I much prefer muscle soreness over joint soreness, however.  My hip flexors also are a lot happier than after the last time I did "Sweat 1-2" during my trial phase before actually starting the program.  I think I did a much better job of controlling my movements and going at a more reasonable pace.

I am definitely seeing this as a challenge so far, as opposed to a routine, then again, I am three days in.  However, despite not being in the mood to do it today, I stepped up and took care of business for day three.

Workout:
P90 Sculpt 1-2 - 30 minutes (took a couple fewer breaks this time)

Day Two

Woke up today and yes, i did go a little hard for Day 1.  Lesson learned.  I am sore, but it's mostly my feet and knees, which I attribute to the basketball yesterday.  I'm not used to running that much.  That said, I am vigilant and still got my ass out of bed and did my workout for today.  Also made sure to do it before eating breakfast so that I burn fat stores instead of my body going for what is in my stomach for energy.  Now it's time for breakfast and then work.  I did skip the Ab workout for now as I am running out of time to get to eat and get to work.  Might do that when I get home from work tonight.

Workout:
P90 Sweat 1-2 - Cardiovascular - ~32 minutes