Thanx for the comments guys. Dave, I intend to drop down to around 165lbs before I start ramping up my calorie intake and pushing the weights harder. I will probably start to up my calorie intake over the next few weeks by circa 100 per week until I am up to around 3,000 calories per day which should enable me to gain some muscle mass.
Friday 28 Oct
Gym
5 min warm up on cross trainer
Chest Press 2 x 8 reps 88lbs
Shoulder Press 2 x 8 reps 66lbs
Leg Ext 2 x 8 reps 66 lbs
Leg Curl 2 x 8 reps 99 lbs
Lat Pull 2 x 8 reps 88 lbs
Pek Deck 2 x 8 reps 66 lbs
Bicep Curls 2 x 8 reps 22lbs
Ab Crunches 50 reps
3 Mile Treadmill Hill Prog Level 5
Time = 26mins 09Secs
Todays calories: 1786
Comments
Even though I felt the run there is certainly an opportunity to trim my time down further. I am not doing any weights to failure yet as I am still eating around 1,800 calories per day and don't think I would re-build the muscle tissue effectively on this amount of calories.
I drove an 8 mile route after the gym which I will attempt at some point over the next few days. I have never ran this far in my life so it's a daunting prospect!
I thought to myself on the treadmill tonight that I love my wife and kids and that the small things don't matter. Life is good !