Friday I did my 3rd workout of the week, but seeing as I was incredibly tired, I skipped the running part.
Sunday I did the end of week workout, the bodyweight 200 2x. I was supposed to do it Saturday, but I was tired, and working out 3 days in a row isn't particularly good. So, Sunday I did the bodyweight 200 2x, 5 minutes between sets just as it says. Including that break, it took me about 20 minutes to complete the workout.
Yesterday, Monday, I did the regular A workout. With that and the cardio that follows, it took about 45 minutes.
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Last week I sorta screwed the pooch on weight loss. There was that one lunch of Panda Express, then that one dinner of a small amount of Lucky Wishbone, and a few single servings of burritos of sorts (meat instead of beans). I only ever had one at a time, but I did have several spread out over a few days.
So, instead of losing weight, I've regained to 191.
My dad thinks it might be starvation mode. I eat alot, but I'm not eating calories dense meals. Breakfast is 340 tops, snacks are typically oranges these days, lunches are typically sandwiches, and dinners are usually chicken and veggies. As it turns out my total caloric intake lately per day has been roughly 1000. This is pretty much half of what I should be consuming, or at worst 2/3 of what I need minimum to lose weight, I think.
The strange thing is, I don't feel hungry beyond this. I exercise, I get along all day just fine.
As mentioned before, it could also be some serious gluten intolerance. Last week I screwed up, and probably consumed alot more sugar than my body can handle while losing weight. I find myself wondering if, if I go gluten-free, will I lose the weight again.
I think we're about to find about how gluten intolerant I am.
Due to having excessive fun yesterday on my game (EVE ONLINE), I ended up not working out all Wednesday (yesterday). I have to make that up today.
See, I made a bit of a dumb decision yesterday. I got home, and I was tired, and wanted to relax, and said to myself, "Ok, I'll hop on EvE for a bit, nothing is gonna happen until much later anyways. I'll have plenty of time to workout." I should have instead just done the workout straight off. As a result, I ended up on EvE from about 4-11, and pretty busy the whole time.
Today I took a real cheat day. I haven't had one yet, so this one shouldn't hurt much, if at all. I was asked to lunch by a friend at work, and ended up getting some Panda Express with him and another guy I work with. It was pretty delicious, but honestly I can do without just fine. I make food about that good tasting at home too.
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Today is workout A in a BAB week. I'll try to get running in today, but given how late I'll get home, I might not have much time to do it. Then again, I only need about 10 minutes (2 warmup, 2 cooldown, 6 interval).
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Due to circumstances, i had to do the workout a bit out of order. Normally I do the cardio after the strength training, but today I did them backward. I was quickly reminded of why this was a bad idea.
Cardio wears you out, plain and simple. Strength training, not as much. Doing Cardio then Strength makes strength training harder, because you're already beat.
That said, I did the workout and completely forgot about the weight vest. It was almost trivially easy. I think I'll need to add some ankle weights with the weight vest to keep it tough, or add reps. Actually, I think I should be adding reps, so that's what I'll do. I've noticed that while my strength is going up, my endurance isn't going up as fast, which is causing some problems in the end of week workouts. More reps in the regular workouts should address that problem.
So last week I was feeling pretty burnt out. I took Friday off of work, exercise, and class. Saturday I ended up doing the third workout and that was it. Sunday I was supposed to do the bodyweight 200, but still burnt, I skipped. Yesterday, Monday, I would have started a B workout. Instead, I did the bodyweight 200 and then the cardio. It's good to change things up anyways.
So what's the bodyweight 200?
30 Prisoner Squats
30 Pushups
10 Jumps (thank god)
10 Stability Ball Leg Curls
10 Stability Ball Jacknifes
20 Step Ups (per side)
5 Pullups (substituted slow close grip pushups)
30 Forward Lunges
20 Close Grip Pushups
15 Inverted Rows (substituted wide grip pushups)
15 Prisoner Squats
5 Chinups (substituted close grip pushups)
I needed a few 5 second breaks in there. That workout wasn't easy, but not as difficult as I was expecting. Still, it wore me out, and topping it off with cardio did the trick.
I did weigh myself yesterday, although I didn't get an accurate reading since I'd eaten and drank and such. Even so, I was coming in at 188.5 It might only be 0.5 pounds, but it's progress.
