Sunny San Diego

It's taken me a few days to figure out how to post to the blog from the blackberry but here we are. So far things here have been just fine. Yesterday was Brian's presentation and it went well. We went to the beach on Sunday to walk around, and I've never seen so many people at the beach before in my life. Pictures will most likely come when we get home. Right now I am sitting at an out door mall drinking the only sweet tea in California and enjoying the shade. It's been unseasonablly hot here so far. I think the hot and dry is messing with my sinuses slightly. I'll just have to suffer through, right?

Go Go Gadget Metabolism

So in an effort to be more accountable about working out, I'm going to attempt to post once a week about my progress and/or laziness.

Last week I worked out Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and.... and... well I meant to workout more.  I really need to workout 5-6 times a week, but I can't really be too dissapointed in 3 times.

I worked out today too.  As usual it was two 30 minute sessions.  However, the heart rate monitor was having issues with transmitting/receiving, so the first 30 minutes I did on cardio mode.  It is a trapezoid of resistance.  I spent 18 minutes at level 11 resisitance, 6 minutes building up and 6 minutes building down.  The second session I was covered in enough sweat the heart monitor had no trouble doing heart rate mode.

I weighed in at 236.8 lbs.  I feel like I'm back on track on my goal of another 10 lbs.  This was only a few tenths of a lbs more than where I left off last Wednesday.  I suppose my metabolism is starting to increase.  Back in January and February any time off meant weight gain.  I was shocked last week that I really hadn't gained that much from being lazy for two weeks.  Regardless even if my metabolism is increasing, I can't count on it to keep me from gaining weight when I don't work out for stretches at a time.  It will decrease probably faster than it will increase.

I'm quite happy to be at 236.8lbs today.  This week I will get in at least 5 work outs and the result will be 232 lbs.