I’m Done With Fat

I am now done with my Week 2 of Couch to 5k and one hundred push ups.

One Hundred Push Ups
Well I didn’t do as many max push ups like I did last week.  But maybe that was because I was doing more before my max?

1. Day 1 Max 9
2. Day 2 Max 11
3. Day 3 Max 14

I still have to do my exhaustion test which I will do sometime over the weekend.

Couch to 5k
This week was tough, my legs are starting to hurt worse and my ‘running’ is about as quick as a mall power walker in the mall.  I started Day 1 off with slow runs, then Day 2 the first run was quicker and Day 3 I got through half the runs quicker yet, so I guess its working.  I am not trying to force myself to go fast, just as fast as my body is capable of.

Shovel Gloving
I really can’t say much about this other than I do it everyday.  It is still prettying tiring to swing the sledge hammer around for 15 minutes straight.

Results?
I started doing the exercises two weeks ago at which I weighed roughly 275.  I am currently at 263.8 which is a drop of about 11.2 lbs which isn’t to bad.  I am noticing increase in my muscle mass as well as my arms and chest getting more solid.  I am finding it easier to do certain activities such as walk up steps and just walk around longer with out sweating and getting out of breath.  So far I am very pleased with my results and its getting easier to ‘WANT’ to work out, it doesn’t feel like such a burden.

Today I woke up this morning grabbed me a bagaful and headed out.  I was on a mission today, I had to get a Wii Fit.  I headed over to my local Toys ‘R’ Us store where I remembered a sign that said they would have them in Sunday.  Luckily I walked in and asked the guy standing at the door if they had any left and he said sure do then tried to sell me some extra batteries and protection plans and bundle, which I noticed a lot of parents were jumping on.  Anyways I got in line and waited behind a guy who bought a Wii, Wii Fit, Two guitar hero guitars, two extra controllers and three nunchucks.

I got home and ripped it out of the box and got everything started.  It took me through the initial test asking me basic questions, which Mii I wanted to use, my height and date of birth.  Then it told me to step on and it would weigh me … oh geeze I thought, It’s going to tell me to get the heck off of it.  After a few seconds of standing there waiting for it to tell me the inevitable that I was obese and should do more. Funny thing is the weight it had me at was 263 lbs, while the scale says I am 267.  Oh well, apparently walking from my scale to the Wii Fit I lost 4 pounds.  I’m not complaining.

So I started up with the Yoga and man I always thought Yoga was for women and I could not benefit from it.  I was wrong, I was sweating up a storm but I was pumped and having fun.  I couldn’t to stop playing so I did the strength exercises and I didn’t want to stop there but I had to go to a family reunion.  Oh well it is fun and its part of my workout plan now.  To do at least 30 minutes of Wii Fit everyday now.

This post is a day late but I assure you that I did this stuff yesterday.  Yesterday I had to attend a funeral so after I went out for a run and boy did it feel great to get out and run.  So I finished the first week of Couch to 5k and I can not wait till Monday.

I got home and still covered in sweat I picked up my sledge hammer and started swinging away.  I felt great afterwards, sweaty, but great.  Also, I think I lost another 5 pounds.

Where I Run

Okay I got done with my Day 1 of Couch to 5k and my Day 1 of Shovelgloving.

Couch to 5k
I did my first run today and to be honest it was harder the first few runs then the last ones.  My feet were numb by the end of the run though.  I am also not doing it on a flat level of land, I am running up and down hills.  By the time I got back to my car though I had feeling in both of my feet.  I feel great though.

Shovelglove
After doing this first 14 minutes of this routine I know for a fact that it will be a good workout for my weekly routine.  My arms were aching when I was getting to the end of the first 14 minutes.  Now that could be because I am weak as heck or because it is a good workout, maybe both.

After day 1 I feel absolutely great.  I don’t feel like the day was wasted like I normally feel.  I hope I stick with this because I feel great!