ragexzero’s BodyBlog

Its been a messed up couple of days. My sister had to be operated on because of gallbladder stones, so I havent even exercised in two days because Ive been at the hospital with her and when Im finally home, Ive been too unmotivated and tired to do it.

Diet-wise it has also sucked because Ive been eating irregularly lately too. So needless to say, next week, come monday, Im expecting a weight gain of at least 1.5lbs.

Last mondays weigh-in was just as I predicted. I gained a pound instead of continuing to lose weight as I had been doing the previous weeks. The extra food she "prescribed" was too much for me and Ive already switched to my previous diet, after calling the nutritionist and asking her for advice.

My sister is doing fine, but she has been through so much shit lately. I feel bad for her. She’ll be out of the hospital by Friday, so I expect two more days of not exercising and bad diets because of that.

Anyway, I guess Ill make up for the lost chances to exercise and the gained weight next week, when things are more stable.

Im still sore from the small "workout" I did on Sunday. My body always takes a LONG time to recover from the shock of the weights. (I only used bodyweight for the squats, but even then, my legs are what hurts most). My legs have been killing me. My arms and back have recovered faster.

Bodyweight exercises are my plan of action until I can lift weights properly again. Ill keep working on strengthening my legs and also work on finally getting more than just ONE poorly made normal push-up. Im stuck doing the girly/easy kind so far (with knees bent). Just goes to show how very weak and in what poor shape I am.

Im off to watch the latest Rambo movie. LoL.

Its been a crazy week. The nutritionist increased my calories a little, since apparently I was eating too little, and this is giving me the bad feeling that I wont lose any weight come Monday, and instead maybe Ill even gain some back. Not good. Lets wait and see what happens tomorrow.

Ive went out of my diet a fair bit this week and Im not expecting great things on the weight loss front for tomorrow.

I picked up my dumbells and did some easy-going lifting in my room today. Tried to do an almost full body workout with very light weights, since Im so out of shape and weak and I didnt want to shock my body too much. I got a medium sized pump and it was all good. Thats until I decided to do some dumbell squats.

I chose to warm-up with bodyweight only squatting. But even THAT made my legs struggle and after two sets were done I was cramping up badly. It hurt like hell. I couldnt finish the third and final set because I was trying to avoid cramping up further. I can take a cramp on a small muscle pretty well, but having my quads cramp more was not something I was ready to deal with.

So now my legs are sore. And not the good kind of sore. Its too early for DOMS to have apppeared, so Im pretty sure I might have caused a small injury or something. That should teach me to stay within my boundaries when it comes to exercising. What exactly did I expect? I havent lifted a single weight in over three years and I weigh over 200lbs with 27% bodyfat, cant do a single normal push-up, and Im weak as a newborn. So throwing myself headfirst into lifting again, even with just my bodyweight, was a bad idea. Next time Ill know better, specially when it comes to my legs.

Lets hope this soreness goes away soon and that I didnt damage anything major by being so stupid. I doubt I did. Some cramps are not the end of the world, but still. It had never happened to me.

Anyway, Im off to finish watching "Eastern Promises". Its bloody and interesting so far.

Well, last week was certainly a bad one when it came to weight loss. I didnt even lose a full pound, but at least I didnt gain either. I just slacked off on my cardio and diet, so of course I got mediocre results.

Next week will hopefully be better.

I had a great workout tonight and I think I owe it all to the music that was playing on my iPod. For some reason, I found a "Kool & The Gang" greatest hits album, really inspiring and it helped me crank up the treadmill a bit and give it my all. Who would have thought Kool & The Gang would fire me up so much. haha. I guess the funkyness helped.

I have the most eclectic and crazy taste in music, and my iPod always shows it. I dont stick to only one or a few genres of music, I listen to a bit of everything, and I like it that way.

Today was weigh-in day and Im pleased to report 4 more pounds lost. Its the most Ive dropped in a single week and I was certainly not expecting it, as I had cheated a fair bit on my diet.

So far, so good.

I also took my measurements again a few days ago and I was happy to see Ive dropped a few centimeters (or a couple inches) from my chest and stomach.

This is going better than I expected. The diet is not even that hard to follow but I admit the exercise is grueling and I hate it. Cardio sucks. Im just waiting for the day when Ill start lifting again and then hopefully the transformation will be even bigger.