Week 5-2

Man, I've been pretty bad. I haven't worked out in three days, and I haven't been watching my eating too much. On top of that, I should have been doing intervals today, but I woke up so late and felt like a zombie.

I will do intervals tomorrow I suppose, but today I rode my bike for 50 minutes. I will also do DDR for an hour, later on today. Despite me not doing much the last three days, I lost 1 pound. So I guess progress is made regardless. Alright. Peace out blog, hopefully tomorrow will be a more eventful day.

Diet:
Water
Vitamin

Rebuild 4-7

Man, I messed up. Didn't do anything yesterday, interval wise or anything. Was hanging out with friends. Then today as well, I haven't done anything either. So I guess these are like two days off before the new week. If I go to bed at a decent time tonight I will do intervals or maybe run a mile tomorrow, to start off the new week. Gotta make up for my weakness.

Rebuild 4-5

Yeah, so I didn't wake up until almost 8:30 today. I felt like a zombie. So by that time it was already pretty hot outside, so I said forget that mile run. Don't think I'll do it tomorrow, as that's intervals tomorrow, but maybe Saturday, or possibly Sunday. First day of the new work month! Woo. But yeah.

Applied a fair amount of sunscreen and let that settle in, then I rode my bike for about 50 minutes. It definitley felt like over an hour, at least based on the distance I went, and it being an hour the last time I went down that way. I even took some detours through uncharted Hazel Park territory, but still. 50 Minutes. Bah.

Did over an hour of DDR. Burnt 521 calories, YEAH. Going to Gameworks today with some friends, going to be boring. But whatever, social interaction is all the rage these days.

So overall it was a cinch, and I discovered some trasure! THIS IS THE WAY!

Diet:
Water
Vitamin

Rebuild 4-4

So after hitting the snooze button on my alarm for almost an hour, I decided I should finally get up and knock out these intervals. It was 6:30 am, I'm slowly inching myself closer to the "normal morning," which I find kind of cool in a way. I guess I'm not so worried about people watching me spratically run down the street anymore. Whatevs.

So I did one more two minute run than last time, which was pretty cool. I sort of ignore the pain about half way through the process, then it's just killing time listening to the podcast, while I watch the stop watch casually. It still gets my heart-rate up, I guess I just get into the zone. I realize that I'm traversing two miles by doing these intervals, which is pretty sweet. In the near future, I may trying running from 8 to 9 Mile Road in one run. I haven't ran a solid mile since fourth grade or something, which took about 8 minutes back in the day. I may try that tomorrow, I'm feeling that I can do it. I know I can. So Friday I'll up the 2 minute runs from eight to ten, and then next week I'll start at 7 again, but this time - THREE minute runs. I know, intense.

Did some DDR today as well, for an hour or so of cardio. Burnt about 500 calories, so says the workout mode. Pretty cool, I can see the DDR becoming an every day thing, maybe replacing the bike on some days (like today). That's all for now. Peace!

Diet:
Water
Vitamin
Bowl of Cereal
PB&J Sandwich
Milk
Some Baked Beans
Cheez-Its
V8 Fusion

Rebuild 4-3

Rode bike for an hour today. DDR for two hours. Word.

Diet:
Yoplait Yogurt - 100 calories
Bowl of Cereal w/ fat free milk - 190 calories
2 servings: Cheez-its - 600 calories
PB&J w/ whole wheat - 350 calories
8 oz. fat free milk - 90 calories
Water - 0 calories
22 oz. Arizona Green Tea - 210 calories
8 oz. V8 Fusion - 120 calories
Vitamin
Total - 1660 calories

Rebuild 4-2

Pretty intense, although cut short due to rain.

Intervals today, Looked overcast so I brought my hoodie along with me, and I used the stopwatch feature on my iPod, for the first time in history. I ran around the block but then proceeded on further, and hit 9 Mile Road, before turning back. When I hit my sixth run it started to rain, by the time I got back home, I was soaked.

Run 1: 2:02 Rest 1: 1:00
Run 2: 2:00 Rest 2: 1:01
Run 3: 2:00 Rest 3: 1:00
Run 4: 2:01 Rest 4: 1:00
Run 5: 2:00 Rest 5: 1:00
Run 6: 2:00 Rest 6: 1:00
Run 7: 2:00 Walk: 10:00
Total Time: 30:04

Went shopping for food shortly after, picked up a nifty pair of shorts while out. Picked up DDR as well, Did an hour worth of cardio on that. That's about it. Later.

Diet:
Bowl of Cereal
PB&J
Milk
V8 Fusion
Beef Stew
Cheez-its
Water
Vitamin

Rebuild 4-1

So my tower of endless determination and positivity could have quite possibly toppled over today. Rick spent the night and all that, and I weigh myself in the morning, only to realize that I still weigh 195 lbs. I know weight isn't necessarily an accurate representation of how much fat I'm burning -- as I'm more than likely gaining muscle every day -- but it's still a bit depressing. I'm just going to keep pushing on however, as best I can. PUSH IT TO THE MAX, like Brucie.

So I woke up at 6:30 this morning, and didn't feel like going out and exercising, to spare my friend from confusion, as he would undoubtedly wake up and wonder where I had gone to. BUT, that doesn't mean I neglected my training for today. NO WAY, never again will I skip a day of cardio - I know the consequences.

Around 11:30 Rick had left for his Mother's baby shower, and that meant that it was on. I geared up and hopped on that bike, and I rode like the wind. Took about 80-85 minutes this time, not necessarily taking my time but just going with the flow, pushing myself a fair bit along the way. Rode to a couple familiar places, picked up a green tea on the way back, from 7 Eleven (since I don't believe in paying $1.25 for a bottle of water). It was definitely an invigorating experience, riding at high noon. It was a bit hot, but not unbearably so, and the combination of the summer breeze and the rays of the sun, was definitely refreshing. I might opt to do cardio around this time more often, on the non-interval days.

So I got home and then just felt like riding my bike some more, so I rode up to my Grandma's, and basically just chatted it up with her for a while, and she gave me some money, which was very nice of her. I said I'd cut the grass for her if she ever needed it, etc. So then I ride to 7 Eleven again and get a Gatorade, and I'm on my way back home. Overall, a great day for cardio. That bank card should get here soon enough, and I should be able to purchase DDR, for even more cardio throughout the day. I know it seems ridiculous but I really want to shed off the pounds, pounds of fat anyway. A little muscle is obviously welcome. So I imagine I'm going to be bumping up cardio to two hours in one day, once I get that in the hizzy. Hour on bike/interval, hour on the ddr. Pumped.

I'm definitely watching the portions that I eat from now on, no two sandwiches at a time, only one. Things like that. I know I'm strong enough to do this, and the fact that not really anyone believes me really just drives me to prove them wrong. It might take more than six months, I might be talking about this come next June, but I'm getting genetically superior, whether you like it or not world.

P.S. This will be the last week where I blog about my experience every day. I will instead be referring to an Excel sheet for the specifics. I will still post every week and recap my experiences, and my progress. I know not really anyone reads this, but I need online documentation to further drive myself. Think of how pumped I'll be when I'm reading this a year from now - like, yeah past mike, GO FOR IT. Since I'm paranoid about my weight I won't be doing any bodyweight training today. I know I'm lame. It'll give my arms time to rest anyway. Talk to you G's tomorrow!

Diet for Today
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Big Breakfest (Eggs, Hashbrown, Bacon)
Footlong Sub
Green Tea
Gatorade
Water
Vitamin

Feel Good 3-7

Last day of the week. YEAH. One more week to make it a month of work. I'm pumped.

So I rode the bike for 60 minutes today, Rode up to Target on 11 Mile & Dequindre and then turned back. Was good, listened to the Giant Bombcast Metal Gear Spoiler Edition while riding.

Washing clothes, and probably hanging out today. That's it! Rest of the day is a easy day. Talk to you NEXT WEEK.

Diet for Today
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3x PB&J
Cookie
Some Soup
Water
Vitamin

Feel Good 3-6

Approaching the end of the week, today is Friday so I did my tri-weekly intervals as planned. 2 minutes of run, 1.5 minutes of walk. Did that five times, then on the sixth run I made it 2.5 minutes, by that time I was pretty much back up my driveway.

So that took a good 21 minutes or so, the rest of the hour I rounded out with the bike. I rode in a wide circle around the city, not necessarily hitting any destinations, but just turning around to reverse the circle at 20 minutes. So that took up the rest of the 40 minutes, and was pretty lax, since I was pretty winded after the intervals.

After that, I fed the cats and all that good stuff, then started on my push-ups. It was considerably harder today, but I managed to hit 130 today. I pushed myself as hard as I could to hit the first set of 70, then followed up with 35. Then I did 25 elevated push-ups, and that completed my upper workout. I then did approximately 601 crunches, in 300-301 fashion. I opted to skip out of legwork today, since I had done that running, my legs were super tired. But I feel like I did my job, and that's what matters. I'm pretty exhausted, and will ONLY be doing cardio tomorrow, nothing else. In fact, I think I'm going to take a nap for 3 hours or so. Then I'll probably hang out with some peeps. Later!

Diet for Today
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Protein Shake
PB&J
Cheeseburger
DQ Blizzard
Water
Vitamin

Feel Good 3-5

So I opted to sleep in until 6 this morning, so I could get a decent 8 hours or so. Didn't do all that much today, just rode the bike up to the park, and rode around on the bike paths there, then I rode up to 7 eleven. Only did about 45 minutes today, just wasn't feeling it like most days. It'll be nice when I pick up that DDR, so I can do cardio on top of cardio.

So I did just upper body today, did 125 push-ups. 70-30-25, the last 25 being elevated. Pretty cool that I keep pushing my max set by 10. I wonder if I can hit 80 tomorrow? Who knows, I counted to 25, started counting to 25 again, then counted to 10 twice. That's how I paced it, just in case I wanted to stop at 50 or 60. In a couple weeks I can guarantee that I'll be able to do 100 consecutive push-ups. It's a bold claim I know, but I'll show you.

So after about three weeks of training, "Ninja Warrior" training, as Joe calls it, I feel like I'm comfortable enough to realize what I can and cannot do. I'm going to be sticking to a scheudle starting next week, which includes Cardio x7 (times a week), Intervals x3, upper body x5-6. core x4, and lower body x3. I'll divulge the specifics when the time comes. By the start of next month that would be a milestone, and I'll probably chart my eating as well. Nothing too ridiculous, just counting how many calories I consume, along with protein and carbs, in a day - along with how many I (theoretically) burn, to maintain about 30% below maitenence consumption. Cool stuff, it's fun to geek out on something like this, keeps me driven.

If I continue to lose about 2-3 lbs. a week or about 10 lbs. a month, it seems ridiculous, but I would be down to about 160 in a little more than 3 months from this very day. That's inspirational, if anything. Although I'm sure I'll hit a weight loss stand-still. I have to be putting on muscle at the same time. But as long as there are visible results, I'm fine with trading fat for muscle.

I get excessively tired right around this time every day. It's probably because I don't do much else besides the exercising within a day. Sure Joe came over yesterday and prevented me from going to sleep, but who's going to save me now? I may have to just go on a long walk or something, do something outside. If that DDR was here I could just be jamming out on that all day, unlocking songs, and burning calories without even noticing. I'm pumped, that's the last piece of the cardio puzzle. I'm done jabbering, until tomorrow, good blog.

Diet for Today
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PB&J x2
Milk
Vitamin Water
Water
Vitamin