Week 1 ends with a Bang Part 2 (also 2/1/09)

After yesterday’s ‘set back’ of not exercising and eating 4 of the chocolate chip cookies I made, today has been a good one so far. I set my alarm and again ignored it for quite a while, but when I did finally get up with the rest of the family, I went straight to the treadmill after weighing in at 236.4. I’m calling that my weekly weigh in, which means that I lost a total of 5.6 pounds my first week. A really great start that lifted my spirits for the morning routine.

I also find that the morning exercising are quite a bit easier if I’m fully awake; when I roll out of bed and head straight for the treadmill, I find the first 15 minutes I don’t go as fast and am not at all motivated. And that is even with the fact that I went to bed about 3am last night and got up about 8:30 for only 5.5 hours of sleep. Which means I need to get to sleep earlier if I want to get up at 6am or I need to somehow plan to do the exercises later in the day, which is a challenge. Once I ‘get home’ from work, it’s pretty much dinner, dishes, hopefully a little time with the kids and then the bed time routine. I get done with all that about 9pm with hopefully time for a little relaxation either in front of the tube, or the computer for leisure time.

I think it is about time to increase the weight I’m working with during my post treadmill strength exercises. I’ve just been using the two 3 pound dumb bells and that isn’t providing enough resistance. Bringing up the bigger free weights is going to prove challenging given the lack of space in the room in which the treadmill resides. The only exercise that really is a challenge is the leg lifts and crunches. They are both pretty tough. I’ll just need to figure a way to keep the large bar and weights upstairs or may need to do some of the work out down in the basement.

So, all in all a successful week, hopefully the first of many.
Oh, I added a page to show the weight when-ever I decide to weigh in. I was doing it daily but found that discouraging on those days where it was a little up instead of a little down. You can find the page on the ‘Weigh In’ link at the top of the page or by following this link: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pNa0br-zusCKUEXmpjFoRFA