So, when I started this weight lifting biznass, I had no goal other than to get over my little compulsive exercise problem. Now, things have been pretty good. I've had the help of meds and therapy and I've managed to break free of the obsessive part of it. I like exercise again, and am having a lot of fun with weight training.
But now I have a goal! Like everyone else already had.
So, as previously noted, I've gained some weight since I started eating more and stopped exercising 3 hours a day, every day. That was probably inevitable, but if possible, I'd like to fit into my pants again. Also, I tested out some deadlifts a bit last night after I finished lifting, and I think my tailbone issue is finally to the point where I can ditch my Gimped-Out Workouts(TM) and go back to the book.
In seven weeks, I'm running a half-marathon and then going on vacation for a week. (The half-marathon is actually part of the vacation. Yes, I know the crazy.) I'm planning on switching to NROL and doing Fat Loss II and III in those seven weeks and hopefully getting in bikini-style shape for vacay. Then I will take that vacation week off to recover. For food, I'm planning on doing Precision Nutrition and experimenting with the intermittent fasts. We'll see how it goes.
Yesterday's exercise:
Cardio (am):
5.5 miles on the treadmill, 10 of which was HIIT intervals.
Weights (afternoon):
This would be Gimped-Out Workout A:
A1 - Front Squat/Push Press 30 (dumbbells)/15 Bar/15 Bar/15
B1 - Pushups 12/BW 12/BW 13/BW (to failure, then dropped to knees for 12 more)
B2 - Cable Rows 12/70 12/70 12/75
C1 - Bulgarian Split Squat 15/BW 17/BW 23/BW
C2 - Horizontal Wood Chop 15/4 plates 15/4 10/5
D1 - Prone Dumbbell Snatch 10/8 10/8 10/10 (pretty shitty form at the end, there)
D2 - Prone Jacknifes - 17/BW 17/BW 17/BW
Food:
7:30am - Apple, 2 veggie breakfast sausages, hardboiled egg
11am - Greek yogurt, grapes and blueberries, carrot sticks
2pm - Salad, TJ's baked tofu, hardboiled egg
4:30pm (post-workout) - Myoplex Lite Shake, carrot sticks, salmon cup
7:30pm - Halibut, couscous, roasted broccoli, 2 glasses of red wine, chocolate protein bar (10% meal due to wine and couscous)
10:30pm - Apple, cottage cheese, handful of broccoli, 2 tbsp walnuts
2:30am - Chocolate protein bar (forgot the veggies! crap! 10% meal)
2635 calories (32% P/30% C/31% F/7% booze)
That's a lot, but I was pretty active. In addition to the cardio and weights, I ended up walking about 3 miles around the city running errands and stuff.
Progress:
Age: 30
Height: 5'3.5"
Weight: 139.2
Waist: 29
Omron: 24.3% (I'm assuming since this is going up, this means I've lost all water, which obviously is what I'd expect)
Calipers: 10mm