newway45’s BodyBlog

Thursday Feb 19 I did a four mile walk. My car broke down and while it was getting fixed I walked four miles. I don’t know how long it took me but I walked at a fast pace.

That is all I did for the week. I am not making excuses but don’t forget I am a tile setter so I do work physically hard. I am not just lounging on the couch the rest of the week. I know I need to get to work.

I ordered a Rugby ball and my family and I are going to get out and play. My middle daughter has played it in school and I played it when I was in the Marine Corps. We both love it and will do it the most. Hopefully that will be regularly enough to work as my cardio.

Sunday Feb 8 I did a 3 mile bike ride in 20 minutes. Crunches 3 sets 20 reps, Push Ups using the Perfect Push ups 3 sets 15 reps, Squats 2 sets 20 reps no weight (except my own body), Bicep curls 2 sets 15 reps with 25 lb dumbbells, Shrugs 2 sets 25 reps with 25 lb dumbbells, Tricep Extensions 2 sets 10 reps with 10 lb dumbbells, Lateral Shoulder raises (front, side and rear) 3 sets 10 reps each with 3 lb dumbbells. I did the shoulders consecutively. I did the front than the side and the rear without stopping. The 25 lb weights are the heaviest I have right now so I have to deal with that. I did feel a bit sore for a couple days so I did push myself quite a bit.

Monday Feb 9, Crunches 3 sets 20 reps, Plank 3 sets 30 secs each, bicycle 3 sets 15 reps, reverse Crunch, 3 sets 15 reps, back lift 3 sets 5 reps.

 That was it for the week. I started strong and ended with a dud.

Again I did not do any exercising but I did concentrate on my eating. Most of the week I was working with Vinyl cove base and it irritates my skin and had my fingertips bleeding making everything very painful. I did however write up an exercise schedule for this week. Yes, I actually wrote one this week. I woke up early today and did what I wrote down. So next week’s blog will have something to put in, finally. I did manage to lose weight, I’m down to 218.2 lbs. I also lost some of my waist, I’m down to 44.5 inches. My body fat is down to 26.5%. So I am on the right path. I just need to go down that path a little more consistantly.

I had some things happen this past week that have made a life change for the positive. So because of this I forsee much better progress in the future. OK so there may be more on that later. Maybe not, I don’t know yet. However, check back next week for my exercise schedule for the week. Thanks.

Jan 28th I did some core exercises. They are as follows: The Plank I did 3 sets of 30 seconds each, The Bicycle 3 sets of 20 reps, Reverse crunch 2 sets of 20 reps, the Back Lift 1 set of 20 reps. I could feel it though I could have done more. The rest of the week I was down with some kind of stomach flu and a pounding headache from a reaccuring sinus infection. I am determined to do better this month. It is a short month and I am going to put up my progress pictures at the end of the month. So I have got to get some work done before that. My waist is currently at 45" and my weight is at 221.5. This month I am also concentrating on having breakfast and packing good lunches. For breakfast I usually skip it or grab some fast food breakfast. I bought some Fiber One and some bananas for breakfast. I am going to have that and an egg or two for breakfast.

Just a note. If you are looking for inspiration and motivation you need to go to Rock23’s profile and read his blogs. They are putting a fire under my a** to do better this month. Check it out.

OK, next week will have more exercise to list and some loss on the waist and weight. Until next time, workout hard and appreciate everything you have.