Week 5?

Phase 2 hasn't started off too well. I've been having some trouble sleeping and what not so I haven't been getting up in the mornings to work out. And I've been putting in really long days at work the first couple of days this week. The work is going to start slacking off a bit as I get further into the week. Today was the first day that I worked out. I just did chest, shoulders, and triceps. I plan on coming home today and doing cardio. I'll probably double up these next couple of days to get caught up on the week.

Tomorrow starts the paleo diet. I'm pretty pumped for it. I've heard good news about this diet if it is properly done. I won't be going hardcore with it, but will be mixing it with the zone diet as well. Just because hardcore paleo is crazy!

OK, gotta get ready for work.

Yes, I know, I've been bad about updating....

I know, I haven't been diligent in updating the blog this week. It's been recovery week and kind of a long week as well. But I got called out today, so I'd better do an update. So here goes.

Monday starts phase 2. The cardio workouts are the same, but the weight-training workouts are different except for the legs. I'm going to make a couple of changes for the month though. I will be changing up the ab routine and changing up the diet. So far, I think I'm about 10lbs lost roughly. I'll be going with a Paleo diet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo_diet) as close a possible this month. I say as close as possible because anyone who does a strict paleo is crazy. The goal is fruits, vegetables, and lean meats for a month. No sugar, no eating out, no high fructose corn syrup. No stopping at starbucks in the morning to get a carmel macchiato. No stopping at sonic to get a happy hour beverage.

I say that I won't be sticking to a strict paleo because It's pretty much organic fruits, vegetables, and meats. I don't like milk, so I need to get the nutrients in dairy products some where so I'll have some cottage cheese every now and then as well. Low fat, of course.

And then there will be the abs routine change up. I feel like this is one area were this program is lacking...it's the same ab routine 3 times a week for 90 days. This needs to be changed up, so I'm going to do so. It's always been really difficult for me to work my obliques, and I don't think that this program does a good job of hitting those, so I'm going to focus on the love handles.

OK, it's 1:30am and I'm tired. This is the longest entry for me since the first one. I'm going to try to add more content to this thing here in phase 2, maybe talk about what I ate that day and such. Stay tuned.

they call this hump day

I finally dragged myself out of bed this morning to workout. This was not an easy task this morning; it was the first time I did all week. But I guess that if this stuff were easy no one would be overweight and everyone would be in top physical condition. At least that's what someone said. I can definitely feel like I am going at this differently this time around because I forced myself to get out of bed this morning. And I'm going to do it again tomorrow morning...for yoga.

Ugh.

Woot.

Got on the scale yesterday morning. 5lbs...gone. Woot, woot.

OK, that's the first step, but a long ways to go. Learned something new yesterday...I've been doing push ups completely incorrect. But I have corrected that and now gonna start rocking them out. I did 50 in my work out last night alone.

After tomorrow's workout I'll be halfway through the week. And that much closer to recovery week. Awesome.

Night all.

2 weeks down...

2 weeks down. One more week and then a recovery week. This week had a couple of difficult days in them. I didn't get to legs and back at all, and did shoulders and arms today. I really rocked it today, pouring sweat all over my garage. It was pretty awesome. Looking forward to a good week of workouts before taking a little break....then bring on phase 2.

Speaking of phase 2, I am making a little amendment to my goals. This one has to do with my diet goals. For the month of October I will be sticking to a heavy Paleo diet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo_diet). My roommate and I are going to do this. No eating out, easy on the processed grains, which won't be difficult because I don't eat a lot of grains anyway. I usually stick with quinoa, now that I've learned how to prepare it. And no sugar. For 31 days. Also, no coffee...while it gets cooler...this isn't going to be easy at all. But with any luck it will pay off.

Aaaaaaand, that's all he wrote...

Yoga

So, let me explain why I dislike yoga so much. It is over 90 minutes long and has a lot of "plank" positions. Plank is basically the push up position. It just kills my shoulder. I really wanted to go longer on the dvd today, but the pain in my right shoulder was too much to keep going. I strained my rotor a few years back and it has been bothering me ever since. Although, I have been doing better on my push ups, so that's a plus.

OK, it's time for bed. Going to do a double either tomorrow or Saturday since I skipped Wednesday. I'm hoping that I get a good enough night of sleep tonight and have the energy to do a double tomorrow, just to get it out of the way. That's what I'm going to shoot for.

OK, I'm out.

Woke up this morning after a very fitful night of sleep (had some weird dreams, but in all of them I was much, much slimmer) and got in my workout. Did some cardio today. Decided against working on pushups today because I worked really hard on them yesterday and my shoulder is still sore from it.

I had to return to work today. It was not fun at all. I wanted a nap all day. Stupid vacations. Also had some guys come out and look at my garage door that became busted over the weekend. Getting a new door tomorrow. So Thursday morning when I'm doing Yoga I shouldn't be eaten alive by mosquitos and what not.

OK, I'm going to sleep. Peace out everyone.