ironcowboy63’s BodyBlog

I think that I survived the Thanksgiving hurdle for the most part.  The holidays are always a challenge for me because I LOVE to eat and there is so much to choose from.  It’s so difficult to not just take some of everything.  One more hurdle to go (Christmas) but for someone like me who comes from a split family, it’s more like 3 hurdles.

Just started my 6 week strength phase for lifting and it hurts SO good.  I’m hoping and planning that by keeping these cycles shorter, I will avoid and sticking points and by adding in some cardio and taming my appetite I can continue to shed some pounds instead of gaining.  If anyone is actually reading these things besides me–good luck to all and Happy Holidays!

Not a lot to write down today.  Again, these posts are for my own accountability and to make sure that I am doing everything I can to see progress.  This was not a good week for training.  I took about 10 days off of weight lifting for the PT test and this was supposed to be the week that I started my strength phase for 6 weeks.  Unfortunately, it’s also the last week of Bowhunting and work has been crazy.  So I fell into the trap of making excuses.  "I don’t have enough time" and "I’ll hit it hard tomorrow."  So…

I guess I will just have to do some running this weekend and start the strength phase in earnest next week.  Let this be a warning to anyone out there reading blogs "it IS easy to fall out of your routine!"  Stick with it, get back on the horse and keep riding.