Andy - Week of 5/8/11 Stats

Week Starting Weight: 355.3 lbs

Week Ending Weight:  352.7 lbs

Lost Since Last Week:    2.6 lbs

Exercise

Sunday:  25 minutes of Elliptical Cardio

Monday: None

Tuesday:  5 minutes Treadmill Warm-up, 100 lbs x 25 reps on Bench Press, 90 lbs x 30 on Double-bell Squats, 140 lbs x 15 reps on Lat Bar, 140 lbs x 15 reps on Row Machine, 30 seconds x 1 set Plank, 60 seconds x 1 set Bench Planks, 120 lbs x 25 reps on Overhead Bench Machine, 7 minutes Treadmill Cardio, 8 minutes of Cardio Boxing

Wednesday: 1 hour of Yard Work, 20 minutes x 5 laps chasing son around the yard of the house

Thursday: 3 minutes Elliptical Warm-up, 105 lbs x 25 reps on Bench Press, 90 lbs x 40 on Double-bell Squats, 140 lbs x 20 reps on Lat Bar, 140 lbs x 20 reps on Row Machine, 30 seconds x 3 sets Planks, 130 lbs x 25 reps on Overhead Bench Machine, 20 minutes Treadmill Cardio, 5 minutes of Cardio Boxing

Friday: None

Saturday: None

Reflections

Right on track with my body's odd ways; I've lost more weight this week and I've done less work.  And for those of you who might be thinking it, this is not a message for doing nothing to get great results.  That's called being a couch potato, and I've had 15+ years experience at that.

I did start using creatine this past week.  As you can see, Thursday's workout was vastly superior to the one before it.  I like the gains that I am making with this stuff so far, but I don't want to bulk up too much.  I'm looking into the concept of cycling on and off of the supplement to get the results I want.

I guess I subconsciously decided to have a cheat day this week in a weird way.  There was at least one meal each day from Friday and Saturday that wasn't completely Primal, and I didn't keep track of my carb intake those two days either.  I'm back on track this week.

Goals for Next Week

Even though I had an off week this past week, I plan to get back on track to get the results I want.  I want to feel better than I do when I'm being lazy.  It's going to be all hard work from here.

I'm going to be jumping back on the Paleo/Primal train in a big way this week.  If it isn't meat and veggies this week, it's going to have a hard time getting into my body.  I'm also going to be using Fitday to track my carb intake.  I'm going to try and use the service for the next month until I feel like I'm permanently on the right track.

My gym routine was lacking a little bit this week.  I only had two major strength training days instead of three.  Usually if I only get in two it's because I had a crazy week and filled it with lots of cardio.  This was not the case for this past week.  I'm going to spend the upcoming week looking for that fine balance.  Uphill climbs are always the hardest.