Journey Updates
The Fourth Great Attempt: Week 1
January 16, 2010 @ 08:05 pm
So it wasn't a full week, since I really only started on Wednesday. But I was working on this blog before that, and that kind of counts. How many calories do typing and clicking burn, anyway?I think the most remarkable thing about this week is that I started at only 307 lbs. Heh, "only." But every other time I've started it's been more like 315, 320, or so heavy I didn't bother moving my then-rickety knees all the way over to the scale. 307 feels like the 200s are just around the corner, like they're attainable once and for all, like I don't have to spend the first 3 or 4 or 6 weeks just getting out of the threes. So I was pleasantly surprised with 307.
And not to give spoilers, but a mid-week check in was lower than that (yay!) so things is okays.
I started in on the gym again. I thought it would be rough those first couple of days but really, the first day back was like hanging out with an old friend. I stuck to the same benchmarks I had before I stopped going last Fall, and got a full half hour in on the first day. And again on the second day, and the third day. Each day I thought I wouldn't be able to go because of work or maybe I should ease myself more slowly into it, but I went anyway. Today was a mac-daddy workout: 10 minutes warm-up on the elliptical, 20 minutes or so of strength training (ouch, been a while), 30 minutes on an elliptical-like thingy that makes you feel like a gazelle.
I'm taking tomorrow off. Because I'm probably going to hurt. Also, it's good to take a break from the gym and I don't really want to push too hard too fast or I'll just burn out. I can feel myself needing a little break, from stiff muscles to near-chafing issues, Sunday is a good day to rest. Plus I have a small cut on my heel from dry, cracked skin and it's taking a while to heal, so I'm going to try to minimize the stress I put it through for a day to get it all put right again.
Other than that, I feel pretty okay. The Beau decided today that he would join his brother and sister in running the Hood To Coast - the mother of all relays at nearly 200 miles from Mt Hood to Seaside, Oregon. The race is in August. He thought he couldn't do it (his 2 miles today was a bit rough, apparently) but I convinced him that there's more than enough time to train and get prepared for running 4-8 mile stints every few hours. His svelte, trim, highly metabolic body will do just fine. Maybe I'll join him in 2011.
But for now I press forward trying to lose weight. Day by day.