The First Month is Over!! Boo-yah!

Alright, I've skipped a lot of days and I've really dropped the ball. But since I've gotten through a month of this blog, I am going to wipe the slate clean and just start anew. Forget the last 16 days of me not blogging. Cause although I did workout a lot and my volleyball team did go undefeated in the IM season, it is a moot point. Don't even sweat it.

To start off the new day, I am going to tell you about my blazing-ly fast run I just had at midnight. It was really fast. So fast, you might say, that I might have to brush my shoulders off. Might.

I also did a couple of sit-ups and pushups. My goal is to get a legit 6-pack for the summer to make all the ladies jealous of my fly body, and at the rate that I am trimming up, I think it is a viable goal. I'm just going to have to go the famine route a little more to lose some weight. Normally, starving yourself is a bad thing. But to tell you the truth, I am not really starving myself. I'm drinking a lot more water to fill myself up more. I eat 4 meals instead of three and they are really small. ANd I am trying to teach my body to be satisfied rather than full at the end of the meal. I think through that change in eating habits I can find weight loss. Not to mention the 5 or so miles that I run everytime I go out. And all the purging I do in my offtime.

Also, I am going to promise myself to weightlift more, because that'll jack up my matabolism. But it is tough to go to the gym when it is cold. It means you have to lug around a lot more clothing which makes me look like an uber-nerd.

I'll keep you updated on my weightloss progress. Right now I weigh the same weight as when I started, but I definitely look better.

Day 14 - The Day That I Talk About the Last 5 Days

After 5 days of not updating the blog, I'm beginning to fall back on my ways. It seems I have a pecking order for things I like to do which includes such hot items as clicking on colorful coins, identifying with the unrequited love between Jim and Pam, and watching ninjas and Avatars. All of these, unfortunately for the blog, come first, apparently.

I think if my day consisted of less programming and had a foundation for languages that were actually understood by most of the american population, I think that this blog would be regularly updated because it would be a great outlet. Unfortunately, I don't see an intervention coming my way considering that I am paying for the weird language classes. So, I apologize for anyone looking for real updates to this blog. (These two paragraphs were also great ways I could seamlessly integrate links)

Anyways, on to the workout logs. I've been pretty consistent with the workouts and even worked out 5 of seven days last week.

Mon & Wed --> 2.5 hrs of raquetball each
Tue --> Long Run
Thursday --> Day Off to watch the Office
Friday--> Super Long Run
Saturday--> Day Off

So there you go. More consistent workouts. I feel better during the day and I can fall asleep oh so easily. Although when I run my chest still feels on fire, but not the normal fire. I'll try and explain later.

I'm out.

Day 8 - The Beginning of the Long Runs

The fact that it is getting warm out makes me happy to no end. It allows me to enjoy being outside and when I want to workout, the weather isn't a deterrent. Saturday, although a bit rainy and incredibly humid, was fantastically warm and in the morning when I woke up, I felt antsy and needed to run. Plus I was feeling fat and like a slob. So I decided to go on a long run through Oakland. Another reason for the run was to cancel out some of the beer I had drank the evening before and the beer that I was sure to drink in the coming night. Now, all I have to do is to continue to do these long runs and really burn off the calories.

Cardio -- 5 mile run

Lunch
2 cups of coffee
PB&J
Diet coke

Dinner
Primanti Bros. Pastrami and cheese sandwich

No joke, I probably had about 12-15 beers that evening. Between the two I had for dinner, the two I had at Noah's house hanging out and the uncountable number I had while simultaneously eating live goldfish, the calories really started to add up.

Day 6 - Alarm Clock, Found It!

This blog is giving me fantastic motivation to a) wake up early and b) workout. I've been consistently working out and yesterday and today I've actually woken up with my alarm.

However, today, I didn't stay up with my alarm simply because I didn't want to. I went back to sleep because I was tired from getting up early and the test I had yesterday. Simple as that. I am still proud that I got up at 7 though.

Cardio
20 min erg
2:00.9 4976m 23 spm

Lift
DB Shoulder Roll
2x 15 -- 35 lbs

cable pressdown
2x 15 -- 60 lb

cable tricep press
2x 12 -- 60 lbs

cable hammer curls
2x 12 -- 60 lbs

Breakfast
2 cups of coffee
1 cup oatmeal
1 spoonful of pb

Lunch
16 oz coffee
Odwalla Apple Cinammon Crisp

Dinner
PB & J
small bag of Pringles
Diet Coke
scoop of Protein Powder

Day 4 - Still Sucking Ass at Waking Up Early

Well, I blew it again this morning. My alarm went off at 7 and I sleepily just kept hitting the snooze button and didn't get up until more towards 10 AM. I hope that old saying "Third time's a charm" pulls through for me tomorrow.

Today I didn't work out in the morning because I had a ton of errands I had to run including going to a Drug Testing Lab and to my doctor's office to get him to sign my physical for my Captain's license. But I did work out when I got back to my house. The weather has been perking up and I decided to run due to it being decently warm and there being no ice for me to slip on. Hills were my weapon of choice this evening and I ran for 30 minutes and did two hills. While two is not a big number by any means, the hill would take me eight minutes to run up and almost as long to run back down. You'll see the elevation change in the map I included and see that the hill is 1/2 mile long.

As far as food wise:
Breakfast
2 cups Coffee
cup of oatmeal
spoonful of pb

Lunch
McD's snack wrap
16 oz coffee
PB&J
Diet Coke

Dinner
PB&J

Notice the exorbitant amounts of PB&J I eat.

Day 3 - The First Day Waking Up Early

So I thought that my training as a crew ninja would help me with waking up early, but I didn't realize how soft I've gotten in the past few months. I ended up sleeping an hour later than my alarm. Pathetic, Mark. Simply pathetic.

But I did get off my ass and work out. I erged on a screen-less erg again for 20 minutes while I watched recap of March madness games. I also lifted a little and tried to work out the guns a little, but I felt disgusting and decided to call it early and walk it off. Overall, not a real impressive day. But I am not one to let this slow me down. I need to stay strong.

Tonight I have to pick up a friend at 12:40 AM at the airport and although I am excited to pick up my buddy Mike, I am not excited to go to sleep so late considering I want to start this new habit of being a morning person.

I've realized that when I stay up late and sleep in, I'm not tired in the evening and I get bored. And when I get bored I get lonely and that is never fun. I am a social butterfly and always feel like I should be doing something active. So this boredom at night is depressing. I need to wake up early and get into the habit of being tired all day. I'm used to that and I like it. At least now I'll have more time for naps.

Cardio - erg 20 min (broken screen)

Lift

DB shoulder Press
5x 15 -- 20 lbs

DB French Press
4x 12 -- 20 lbs each arm

DB Curls
3x 15 -- 25 lbs

DB Lateral Raises
2x 10 - 15 lbs (this is where I started to get sick)

Concentration curls
2x 7 -- 20 lbs

Food
Breakfast
2 cups of coffee
PB & J sangwich
slice of pizza (to tell you the truth, these slices are pathetic)

Lunch
Grande Cup of coffee from Starbucks
Reduced Fat Coffee Cake
Scoop of Protein Powder and Water
Slice of pizza

Dinner
Campbell's Chucky "Split Pea and Ham" Soup
12 oz. Diet Coke

Day 1 - The Beginning of the End

Here it is. The beginning of the log. Don't try and look for any posts before this, because there isn't any.

I wanted to start recording my workouts and what I eat because I have been pretty sloppy with my workout consistencies. Either I wouldn't go on a regular basis, I would eat improperly and negate any workout I had done, or I just wouldn't be motivated to do anything. After being on a crew team for eight years and excercising 6 out of the 7 days of the week, my body became really soft and I miss the feeling of being in better shape than most people.

My first workout log was in my freshman year of high school and, while total weak sauce in terms of an effective workout log, I liked looking back on it and seeing improvement. In combination with the fact that I am working on another website, I think creating a blog with workout posts is perfect for me right now.

As it stands, I am 6' 2" and weigh 180 lbs. My BMI (which I looked up today) is 23 and my blood pressure from a physical I had two weeks ago is 102/60. I am 23 and have an average build. There it is. That's me.

And to start it off, here is my first workout.

Cardio --> 20 min erg (rowing machine)
*note: the erg didn't have a battery in it so the screen was blank, I'll fix that soon

Lift
Incline Bench Press DB
5x 15 -- 20 lbs

Deltoid Lateral Raise DB
1x 15 -- 8 lbs
2x 15 -- 12 lbs
2x 10 -- 15 lbs
1x 15 -- 21 lbs

Rear Deltoid Lateral Raise DB
3x 15 -- 20 lbs

Hammer curls
3x 12 -- 25 lbs

French Press DB
3x 12 -- 15 lbs

Reverse Tricep Cable PressDown
3x 10 -- 50 lbs

Food
Breakfast
2 cups of coffee - 50 cal
1/2 Giant Red Grapefruit - 53 cal
total calories = 103

Lunch
1/2 Giant Red Grapefruit - 53 cal
1 scoop Protein Powder w/ water - 90 cal
spoonful of peanut butter - 188 cal
total calories = 331 cal

Dinner
3 slices of Antoon's pizza
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich


Drinks
It was St. Patty's Day, so I don't even want to write it down.