End of 2nd week… Aug. 30th, 2009
I am now 2 weeks in to my journey to under 200 lbs. I have had some really good days and some ****ty days as well.
To start off, here are the good days: I hit the gym on Monday, as everyone on the board calls it, the dedicated Chest and Biceps day. I went through my workout and realized that I truly was starting over. After looking at my old charts, I saw a major decrease of strength. But, I didn’t let it get me down. I moved forward and wrote down my new numbers since I own them now. Tuesday, the dreaded leg day… I got to the gym and I was quickly reminded on the day hated by many lifters. Here is a link to a great thread started in the OV35 forum. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=118685751 So, I powered through the day and I felt the jelliness immedidately after the workout. It wasn’t until Saturday did I feel the effect wear off almost completely. Wednesday, an off day, I would say that this is when I get in trouble. I will tend to eat a lot more on my off days then on the days I work out. Thursday, shoulders, I went back to the gym with a totally different walk from Tuesday’s workout. I always feel like I get through my shoulder workout fast. It felt like time has just flied by. I went back later that night to do some cardio. Because, I continued eating okay until, I was invited to go out to dinner with a friend, I ate like a pig. Again, due to leg day, I was walking funny on the treadmill and it put a little strain on my knees. This is when I realized how important a good pair of shoes really are. I think one of the reasons I stopped working out in the past was because of my shoes. I know how lame that sounds but I think it is true. I didn’t look forward to going to the gym because I was getting blisters on my small toes and the nasty tearing of the back of my heel. My socks were all bloody and gross. I went through this because I didn’t want to spend more money on a pair of good shoes. Well, I let it happen again with the same pair of shoes. I am taking care of it today. I am going to be less stingy and buy a decent pair in which I can do some decent cardio and push it a little harder. I let this get the best of me and the rest of my workout for the remainder of the week. I also went to celbrate a birthday at a pretty decent resturaunt and ate horribly again. So, eventhough, I am still down from my first week, I am not where I was planning on being. I will have to push it much harder this week to see some really good gains…..
With all of this said, I am going to go out and find a good pair of shoes.
