January 9th Journal Entry
Woke up at 5 am with a swollen and sore left knee- no doubt from all of the HIT cycling that I have done all week- got in 6 sessions. Will swim on it instead this morning and soak it in the hot tub. Sometimes getting ready to go to the gym seems like a chore but once I get going I’m ok. I drive myself crazy thinking about going watching the clock as time passes by. The heavy guilty feeling of NOT GOING TO THE GYM IS MUCH WORSE. - That’s my motivation. After my coffee I’m fine and I know I will get there.
I’m gonna give my knee a rest today. Decided not to do HIT cycle training. Noticed my arms and they are growing- starting to feel more like a jock than a science geek and that’s always nice. Legs starting to get more cut and defined getting long cut lines on my stomach but still need to get the body fat down. Diet will take care of that. Losing the weight over the past year was easy as compared to this. Cutting the body fat is tough and these last 8 pounds are holding onto me like glue. But it’s ok because as long as I keep going I will get the results that I want. Weather forecast has a Snowstorm on the way for tomorrow. I can walk to the gym if I need to.
Breakfast- coffee with sweet and low and fat free half and half, 4 boiled egg whites and my ½ cup of plain oatmeal.
Pre swim supplements- BSN Cell Mass in 12 ounces of water to give my system a jump-start. BCAA’s and a multivitamin.
Swam for over an hour and soaked my sore bones and muscles in the hot tub. Definitely decided no HIT cycling today.
I decided that I am going to make today my cheat day. I haven’t done a Friday cheat day in several months and I know that the diet will go out the window anyway because I have a date with a very nice lady at an Italian restaurant. There is no way that I can go to a place like that and eat boiled chicken breast and plain salad and tomorrow I will go back to my regular routine as I have always done.
Do I feel guilty? HELL NO! I earned this cheat day and busted my ass all week for it.
So for now I fell good knowing that I got in some great exercise this morning, and if we get all of the snow that is predicted, the gym won’t be crowded at all tomorrow. Regardless, it still gives me something to look forward to.
January 9, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Awesome work. Good idea taking a day of of HIT, and great idea doing a swim. If you are ever injured swimming is a great low impact workout you can do. Sounds like the diet is going well and you are making progress. Today is my cheat meal as well. Let’s enjoy it! Then it is back at ‘er tomorrow!
January 9, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Keep going strong.