I know, I know. I haven't been very active lately. I never promised daily updates though! This is still a worthwhile activity for me, and I am still very interested, i've just got other stressors in my life and this kinda takes a back seat to those. Rest assured constant reader, you are never far from my mind.
So my loss pattern has kinda flattened out since I changed my routine. That's strange to me. Everything i've read says that a solid resistance training routine supplemented with heavy cardio will work wonders. I guess wonders is a relative thing? IDK. Define wonders. To my mind that's like 20 pounds per week! OK, not really, but it's more than 2 pounds per week. I will say I am disappointed more because I really feel like these workouts have been more impactful. Like, the resistance stuff really gets my muscles fatigued, though less than when I initially started. Maybe I need to up the resistance? Technically i'm building muscle mass and lightening the load at the same time so they have to carry less weight and have more muscle to do it.
I find I really like that fatigued feeling at the end - it feels like I did something. Purged weakness, mwaahaaahaa. On Monday I did some cardio before lifting (i know, i know - better impact if done after) and for those minutes I was just bored. I got an OK sweat on, but I never really had to work at breathing, it was only slighly harder than an at rest breath. Kinda cool considering 2 months ago I was gasping and wheezing at the end of that same run.
I start coaching my daughter's soccer team this week. Means I'll miss the gym tonight for sure, and almost certainly will have an impact on the next 8 weeks or so as one night a week will go to practice. Granted, i could go after practice, but it really depends on availability of practice fields, etc. God I hope I can find a way to not lose that night. I can do some stuff at home, but it really is easier at the gym, and I want to keep what little momentum I have at this point!
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