Better, nicer, warmer

What have been doing this last month? Well, my workouts have not been as consistent as I'd like - I missed a few days - but they've been more invigorating than usual. Those new exercises, including the parkour, the chin and pull ups and the french press, have all produced results. The parkour helps me core, the ups my back, the french my tris.

I weighed myself at home just now. 195 lbs. I can't really trust it but can compare it to my last weigh in. Which is the same.

I've been wearing my sleeveless shirts more often. I got a new one from my mom and some more 3/4 pants - love em. I can really notice a difference in my body shape, and I like it. I do feel better about myself, actually. I don't know though if it's the pride in my accomplishment or if it's I feel "hotter." Feels like the former.

Just one more thing. I'm waiting for my pecks to have that cut look. Not even close now. I'm doing bench and incline for chest. Maybe there's something else...

Oh, and today I ran with Old Girl (Same) to City Park. I knew I'd seen one of those exercise stations you see along running paths before - with the stretching posts and instructions. I wanted a pull-up bar. We finally found it behind the Museum. Gosta.

weight and diet

So, I think I have my correct weight.  189 lbs.  This week I worked out here at the apartment and then once at UNO.  It just worked out better time-wise.  So I was able to weigh myself as I once did.  So let's throw last month's crazy number out. (Also, I weighed myself at the HPC to compare - it read 195.5 lbs., 6.5 lbs. different, for future reference.)

I talked to my brother yesterday and got some ideas diet-wise.  He's using the Zone diet as a basis for his diet, and basically it's less breads and more fats and proteins, meaning peanut butter and olive oil, for example.  I added pecans to my pancake this morning and will add pb to my protein smoothies.

Plus, at UNO I kinda hurt my right elbow.  Felt like a nerve pinch, slight.  I took off the next day and the next and here we are.  I'll get back in the gym Monday, maybe changing up some of the exercises for less weight and more reps, since I'm getting bored.

Unbelievable

So, it seems I gained around 10 lbs in a month.  Confused I am.  New gym, new schedule...is that the answer?  Well, like I said, whatever.  I'm happy.  I've never weighed this much, and 200 lbs is a big benchmark.

Owie

I hurt myself yesterday. I blame it on my erratic workouts - I haven't begun a routine since we moved. It has to do with my new ride to school, the city bus. It takes quite a bit longer than driving (ten minutes by car, 60 minutes by bus) and I haven't timed my whole day effeciently yet. Frustrating.

So, yesterday I had some time at home to work out, so I wanted to start doing it right. I had noticed that I'd been forgetting to warm up for the sake of saving time, so this time I went all out. I ran up and down six flights of stairs and then did two ten-rep sets of squat thrusts - focusing on push ups at the same time.

When I went to incline press, I couldn't do the 50 lb dumbells, only did 8 reps, then I couldn't do 45 lbs, did 6 reps. I didn't notice my left shoulder was hurting until last night. This morning it hurt even more and I realized I must have hurt it a little at the workout and then aggrevated it later in the day when I walked to the grocery store and carried the groceries back home. It was a load.

So, I think I'll use this week or so to heal up, figure out my schedule, then get back into it. I'll also start up a journal, so I can record everything going on as I bulk up, not just the gym stuff I'm writing about here..

Now to finish up, two updates: we took new photos for March, which will be added to the slide show soon, and it looks like my monthly weigh in puts me around 196.5 lbs! That's what it says on the scale here in the athlete's gym, when I'm wearing jeans. I should add my weight to the slide show. I started at 176 or so in September - that's 20 lbs in 6 months. Dang, y'all.