The extra work and greater focus over the last couple of days really paid off. For me, there is nothing like a short-term goal (or crisis) for motivation. This morning after the gym I went ahead and did a circuit on the bleachers over at the high school- just for that little extra something to keep the burn going. Man, oh man, it worked--- the walk home was almost a relief by comparison.
Today was also the last gym day for a couple of weeks. It's supposed to re-open the 16th of this month so I'll be switching gears between now and then. It is going to be a seat-of-the-pants kind of experiement because the gym not only houses the equipment I've been using, but also the scale with which I've been measuring my progress.
You know what? That is OK. It was suggested that waiting a couple of weeks to weigh in might be a good motivator- and I agree. This will also be a great test of adaptation.
What I plan to do is pretty simple; I'll just head to the track every day and follow up with some sets of push-ups, sit-ups and dumbell curls on the "gym days". I'll also do some of the other routines from the Men's Health Mag to fill out the equation. FitDay has the caloric values for all the exercises, so tracking will still be pretty simple.
Until the gym opens, I'll post the day number of my quest, but the weight loss will remain static.
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Just wanted to say again how impressive your progress is. 73 in 103 days. W-o-w. That is incredible.
The bleachers are going to boost calorie burn, that's for sure. Are you doing football drills (running up the stairs, then walking down)? The bursts of movement are going to promote big calorie burn. And give you some killer thighs.
Keep up the good work!
I guess I am doing football drills- without realizing it. I walk down rather than run mainly because I'd likely break my neck otherwise! I've got to say that the bleacher-thing was something I thought I just "couldn't" do until I tried. I guess that just goes to show that few things should go untried.
Thanks for the encouragement!