Entries from August 2008

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Drink breakfast on the way to work for more energy with a fruit smoothie

Breakfast has pretty much always been a struggle for me.  I probably eat breakfast about once a week at best.  By “eat breakfast”, I’m counting anything more than my usual liter of water.  I like fruit for breakfast, but I’m really lazy about preparing anything.  I know, I know… you don’t have to “prepare” fruit, [...]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Slowing down a bit with a Cold

This week is going to be tough because I’m fighting off a sore throat and cold.  I’m trying to get some extra rest and not overdo things, so I’m sticking to just the combat abs portion of my workout.
Any thoughts about working out when sick?
I’m a little concerned that I won’t make much progress [...]

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Lots of lateral movement for no yardage gain

Okay, I’m excited for college football starting up this week.   That said, after stepping on the scale this morning and pulling out that cursed measuring tape, I felt like the running back who doesn’t see a gap so he starts running back and forth avoiding tackles… until he finally gets taken down a couple inches [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

A mixed bag this week

This week it’s been quite a mixed bag of exercises.
Biking:
I rode my bike into work Monday and Tuesday, but I have a meeting today so I’ll be taking the car.
Combat Abs:
Continuing to start each day with Matt Furey combat abs and hoping that it keeps the waistline shrinking.
Push-ups:
The hundredpushups.com program has been tough to keep [...]

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Finally dropped another pound – I’ll take it!

Well, I finally dropped another pound – almost.  Depending on how you look at it, it’s only 0.8 lb lower than my low after the first week, but I shook off nearly three from last week, so that’s good news!  I’ll take it!
This week’s weigh in…
Weight: 214.2 lbs.
Waist: 39.5 inches

I think riding the bike was [...]