Working out. You’re doing it wrong.
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.
October 26, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Well, you still might lose weight. Actually, if you consume too few calories, then your body thinks you are trying to starve it then it will really slow down the metabolism. Funny how that works, eh? Maybe try to add in cardio like walking or running or the stair master to get your legs stronger and slowly add the weights back in–you’ll get there! Keep up your hard work and determination!
October 26, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I knew about that "starvation mode" youre talking about, but I didnt think Id be anywhere close to it, since Ive been eating normally. I guess Im just apprehensive about not losing weight as fast as Id like to. Thanks for your comment.