I had originally thought I was just not going to post the rest of the week. It just hasn’t been the best of weeks for me. But I woke up on Saturday and decided I needed to stick with it. I am not yet even halfway through my project and I can’t give up yet. Sure, there will be times I take breaks, but I need to stay consistent.
One problem is I don’t think I’ve made enough changes in my diet to see changes in my body, at least not to the capacity that I want. So I think I am going to have to make some more changes.
As far as the gym goes, I just need to wait out letting my shoulder heal and start up my circuit training again. I think running may permanently be off the board at this point, I don’t know. Things felt great all week and that changed quickly (but that’s a story for tomorrow – also, I said I’d quit complaining).
Anyway, Thursday was a good day at the gym. I did a bicep/tricep circuit for my workout. I didn’t do the 21s I have been doing because – surprise – my biceps were pretty sore! So I just did a nice circuit to keep moving, sweating and building those muscles. The circuit was basically doing all 3 sets of bicep exercises with no rest, resting 90 seconds and doing all 3 sets of tricep exercises with no rest. I repeated this for 3 total rounds. Then I did a bit on the treadmill to finish it off.
Food the majority of this week has been bad and Thursday was no different. I wish I could easily change my relationship with food. I’ve tried before and it works, but then weeks or months (or even years later) something happens that triggers old habits and I start eating like crap again. Work in progress for sure.
NOTES FOR THE DAY:
| Exercise | Reps/Notes | Volume/Time |
| Barbell Curls | 3 circuits @ 8×60 lbs | 1,440 total pounds |
| Dumbbell Curls** | 3 circuits @ 10×25 lbs | 750 total pounds |
| Cable Curls | 3 circuits @ 10×43 lbs | 1,290 total pounds |
| Skullcrushers | 3 circuits @ 8×60 lbs | 1,440 total pounds |
| One Arm Kickbacks** | 3 circuits @ 10×15 lbs | 450 total pounds |
| Tricep Extensions | 3 circuits @ 10×53 lbs | 1,590 total pounds |
| Treadmill | 9% grade | 20 min. @ 3 mph |
| Eating/Tracking | Didn’t track and over-ate | |
| Steps | 13,161 | |
| 250+ Steps Per Hour | 11 out of 14 | |
| Sobriety | 114 days |
**Denotes weight per hand
Friday was an even worse day. I decided to stay up and watch the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad Denver Broncos game on Thursday Night Football and so I didn’t get to sleep when I normally would. That, and I had been staying late much of the week so I had decided to get in to work a bit later than usual. Because of that, I decided I wasn’t going to go to the gym either. May as well get a little break in.
Work was pretty busy, especially for a Friday and I didn’t get much walking done either. I kind of threw the whole towel in for the day when it came to exercise, food and everything. Luckily I kicked myself in the butt and got back on the wagon.
I have been thinking of some more strict food regimen. As much as I want to stick to eat things you like in moderation, it never seems to work out for me. So I may be going back to delicious chicken salads for a while. We’ll see…
NOTES FOR THURSDAY:
| Exercise | Reps | Volume/Time |
| Active Time | None | 13 minutes |
| Eating/Tracking | Didn’t track and over-ate | |
| Steps | 6,682 | |
| 250+ Steps Per Hour | 6 out of 14 | |
| Sobriety | 115 days |
