Yes, well. Um. I did actually get to the gym semi-regularly during this two-week hiatus, but I also had a nagging ankle tendonitis thing, and had to be out of town for a funeral, and yadda yadda cheap excuses. Anyway! Tomorrow is my birthday, today I posted my pix/stats for the women's challenge, and I am going to be AT LEAST 13 pounds lighter in two months (i.e., 135 lbs).
Why 135? I can easily remember being that weight, about 15 years ago. I can also remember thinking even then that I was horribly pudgy, which was likely my old friend body dysmorphia at work. But I want to see how 135 looks to me now, and retain the option to set a lower goal if it seems reasonable.
Why the focus on weight? Because I've decided that losing body fat has priority, for now, over gaining strength -- hence, I'm going with OPT for my program, rather than NROL4W or one of the strength-building-focused ones. I've decided that hitting the strength training really hard at the same time I'm cutting calories and trying to get the fat off is probably going to be counterproductive. Besides which, my lifelong track record is:
1. Decide OMG I am hideous I must get into shape Right! This! Instant!
2. Leap headlong into an intense and strenuous workout regimen.
3. Incur (entirely predictable) overuse injury.
4. Lapse back into inactivity, sulking and consoling myself with chips and beer.
Thus, spending a couple of months getting accustomed to a workout program that does not lend itself to madly overdoing it--that, in fact, appears to steer one away from such--will probably be a good idea.
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