Progress report 3, 4 & 5 of 32
So obviously took a couple weeks off the “blogging” and along with it the lifting plan. I’ve made a half hazard attempt at keeping the calories under control. Luckily, I’ve maintained my handy dandy spreadsheet, so I do have some numbers to report.
6/11 210 25%
6/18 212 25%
6/26 208.8 24.8% (yeah, I found an extra point on my scale, and pushed my weigh in a day)
Anyway… let’s talk about this little setback and what it’s taught me. First, my exercise plan didn’t fit my lifestyle. Mainly due to Saturday night socializing (read: drinking)… I didn’t want to lift on Sunday’s hungover (imagine that :P), and it was basically setting the pace for the week. Read: I missed my Sunday exercise, so I’d drink Monday night, which lead to recovering Tuesday… followed by playing catch up on Weds (instead of working out)… and it was just all falling apart. Add into the mix we had inventory and year end at work (read: extra stress and long hours)… let’s just say the last few weeks have been challenging. That said, I have reigned it back in… and managed to lift Monday and again Thursday (this being the furthest two points from my Saturday libations, and thanks to a change in parenting schedule, a night without the kids—making it even easier to stick to). So to recap, I’ve changed my workout days to allow my “social” night, you might also noticed I changed my progress report date (from Weds to Thurs)… I’m doing this to give my body as much time as possible to “re-comp” between workouts. Mainly, because after following my weight/body fat for years, I’ve noticed it’s usually at it’s worst a day or two after lifting--I assume because I’m doing a good job a beating my muscles down. That is one thing I’ll give myself credit for, Monday’s lifting (however brief) did get pushed to failure, and I feel it (read: doms and adjusted posture)… anyway, long story short… I think I’m back on track.
All that said, I've managed to really keep my calories tight this week, and it's feeling very good to have two workouts under my belt. Also, looking at the above trend (losing both fat and muscle) I've adjusted my target calories up from 2100 to 2300... I'll keep em there for a couple weeks and see how it turns out.
I'll try to get some more pics up this weekend.
