My diet and exercise has been going well enough. It hasn't been perfect, but who can turn down pizza? Actually, today (17th) I did take a break from my diet, because fast food appeared to be the only option for me before orientation, and then they did offer more pizza for lunch. But I did turn down doughnuts for the work on 18th, So I know I have the willpower to continue.
Aaron and I are still going strong in working out, not meeting every day we plan, but enough to where we are still sore and make progress. We use a bench press-like machine, and Aaron pointed out that we are lifting twice what we started. Used to be 45lbs on each end rather than 90lbs on each. Was a definite motivational boost to see that something was progressing, even if it wasn't my gut that was disappearing.
Jake is back from his vacation of laziness, and we jumped right back into our circuit and P90X abs. I noticed that I have definitely made progress there too, where I could only do 5-10 push ups a circuit, now I'm doing 15-25. What that also tells me is I could probably do 40 push ups straight if needed to, which makes me happy.
The P90X ab workout was a huge pain in the abs. But it was a nice thing to notice that I could do more than when I first started. It's only those "scissors" which give me trouble. The particular workout is like pilades, and I pray to every man who thinks pilades is a woman's workout. It. HURTS.
I will continue to update as best I can. I also plan on getting myself weighed here soon. Last I weighed myself I was about 277lbs I think. So we'll see. Even if there isn't a drastic change, I won't be disheartened.
Aaron is taking a vacation for a long while for the holiday season to visit family. During his hiatus, I plan on getting together with a trainer to see what I am doing right and wrong, and relaying them to Aaron via e-mail. I have a few trainers that are actual friends, and I plan on talking with one of them to see if he can show me some different moves to help me out, maybe some home workouts that I haven't thought of.
As promised in my last post, I have a few links for you. The first is a full workout using just your body, and a few basic materieals (like a couch and kitchen chair.)
Lifehacker
This second one is from the same source, only it gives basic methods on sleeping better and fighting insomnia.
Lifehacker
By the way friends and fans, I will refer to Lifehacker a lot, they have a lot of interesting articles on more than just health. I do recommend subscribing to them if you like to read, but I will try my best to include all the Lifehacker posts that have to do with overall health.
Till Later Days.
