Final Weigh In for March

God help me, it’s been awful.    I don’t know what to think at this point, except that my exercise will eventually take me a point where I begin to lose the weight.   My weight today:

274 lbs.

I knew the scale would sober me up, so I had to do something, which is good.  I got up and did began week 3 of the Couch to 5K program.  Workout 1 is:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:

• Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
• Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
• Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes)
• Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)

I tweaked it again by upping the distance to 2.3 miles for this week, alternating the 90 seconds and 3 minute intervals until completion.   Time was 36:40.  I’m tweaking this program because I have a 10K run scheduled for May 17th, so I have to beef up the distance.   I didn’t do any jump ropes today, because yesterday’s workout just about killed me.  Hopefully I can get in some jump roping in over the week.  I swear that is one of the best workout tools I use.

Giving blood last week through me off my eating schedule, and besides, I haven’t been keeping track of my food intake for a long while, so starting today I hope to try and keep track of carbs, calories, and number of fruits and vegetables I eat daily. I also hope to continue keeping track of my steps and to get on track with the weight training.

Completion Week 2 – Couch to 5K

It was quite the workout this morning and it knocked me down completely.  I started off with:

Jump Rope – 6 sets/100 reps (12:03 min)

Then, after gasping for air, I took a few minutes to rest and gain my composure.  The plan according to the Cool Running website is:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

I tweaked it by doing the jump roping instead of the 5 minute warm up. Then I did the rest according to plan, however I put in 1.95 miles at 30:31 minutes.

What really killed me was the jump roping.  My calves were stinging on the last two sets.   The jog was rough too, but I managed to hang in there.  Next week I will go into week three but bump up the mileage a bit.  Needless to say, I got home and promptly passed out for a couple hours.

Couch to 5K Progressing Nicely

I’m in week 2 of the Couch to 5K jogging program. Today I finished Workout 2 which consists of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

I tweaked it a bit and started out with my jump rope routine which was:

Jump Rope – 5 sets/100 reps

Then instead of the 20 minutes, I went my measured route of 1.95 miles, and the time was 30:20 minutes.

My fat ass weight today is 268 pounds.

Friday Morning Workout

I’m heading off to work but I’ve got to write this down first.  My workout today:

• Abslide – 30 Reps
• Jump Rope – 11 Sets/50 reps each

Then I skipped Workout 3 of Week 1 which consists of:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

And finished Workout 1 of Week 2 which is:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

Instead of the five-minute warm up, I did jump ropes, and I did the workout for 30 minutes.   I hope I don’t pay the price, but I felt like I needed to push myself a bit harder.  I know my issue tends to be to push myself until I break down, but I can’t control myself.

Now I can go to work, finish out the week and hopefully not have too many problems.  I think I’ll be stiff from today’s workout.   I wish I could go back to bed.

Day 2 of “Couch to 5K”

 Good Morning.

• Weight – 269 lbs
• BP – 134/83
• Resting Pulse Rate – 55

Today was my second workout of week 1 for my Couch to 5k plan that I began.  I actually began my workout this morning with an assertive warm up of 10 sets of 50 jump ropes.  Then I followed that with:
Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

I’ve done this plan before so I know it works and it is relatively easy to get up to the 5k.  Today’s workout was nice and easy.   I could be more aggressive in my approach, but I need to really work on pacing myself.  It took a long time to get fat, so I need to use moderation in my exercise and make this a long term effort.  I really am finding that the jump roping is making a huge difference.  I’m a firm believer in short bursts of energy, and the jump rope routine is really making me more fit.  The only negative is that my belly undulates uncontrollably and I fear I might herniate myself.

My weight concerns me too but I think it will come together in April.  It’s time to have some cheese.

Day 21 – In a Stall on Weightloss

• BP – 131/88
• Resting Pulse Rate – 55
• Weight – 266 lbs
• Push-Up w/bars – 10 reps
• AbSlide – 25 reps
• Jump Rope – 8 sets of 50 reps

Hopefully I can ease gracefully into the weekend.  Gotta stay focused.

Day 19 – Diet Still on Track

Staying motivated is the key, and I will not allow anything to throw me off track, even if I become surrounded by birthday cake eaters at work.

Today is our monthly birthday celebration, so if I have a piece, since it is my birthday month, then so be it.  I will enjoy it, realize it is wonderful, then get back into focus.  Now if I go back for seconds and thirds, well, then I will have a problem.

• Weight 264
• Jump Rope – 6 sets of 50
• 20 AbSlides

Day 18 – Keep Pushing Forward

• Weight – 264 lbs
• BP – 125/86
• Resting Pulse Rate – 59

Yesterday was a long and interesting day. My work is stressful, my personal life awful, my cats are exceptional. One positive moment was that I started my jump rope routine, five sets of 50 reps. I felt great and my legs felt strong. All that walking sure has helped.

It’s going to be another stressful day at work. I must continue walking.

Saturday Workout

What a workout, it just about killed me. Here’s what it was.

• 20 crunches
• 2o Abslides
• 500 reps jumping rope
• 1.92 mile jog – 28:03 (14:37/mile)

It was an early am workout, so at about 11am I was so exhausted I fell asleep for two hours. I enjoy the workouts in the dark, because I don’t want to offend the eyes of all during daytime. It’s tough being obese.

Here are my run stats so far:

• 1-5 29:27 1.92 miles – (18:40 at 1.26 mile mark)
• 1-13 28:47 1.92 miles – (18:42 at 1.26 mile mark)
• 1-19 28:03 1.92 miles – (18:03 at 1.26 mile mark)

Well! As long as I continue, I see 10 minute miles for 10K run in April.

So Happy It’s Thursday

Arose this morning at 4 AM, fed Dr. Shakenstein and his assistant, the Idiot. Tested the muscles and decided against pushups but did the following:

• Jump Rope 8 sets, 50 Reps, 400 reps total
• 20 Abslides
• 20 Crunches

My right calf is a bit sore from the jump rope but still okay. Otherwise I feel pretty good. Today is Cesar salad say and that is worth going to work for.