Finance and Fat

Okay, it may be Wednesday afternoon as I finally write this, but I did take the time to weigh in on Monday morning. I had a busy Christmas and enjoyed a break from my computer for a few days. That was a pleasant change of pace and I’m now back feeling energized and refreshed and ready to resume writing on this site.

So…here is my exercise and weight update for the past week. I made a slight improvement in my weight, moving from 253.4 to 252.6, though that is less than 1 pound so not really worth mentioning. However, I am happy with the change since I went out to eat for about 6 meals over that week. I did my best to make smart choices, but it is always very difficult to control your calorie consumption when dining out so I’m happy my weight did not go up.

As for exercise, I did 4 of 5 planned days of cardio workouts and 0 of 1 planned weight lifting workouts. I actually injured my neck and shoulder area again- this time I have been in considerable pain for several days now. Almost enough to send me to Urgent Care to get it checked out, but I am finally feeling a bit better today so I think I’ll be okay to recover on my own. I’m the sort of person who doesn’t really visit the doctor until I fear I am near death or my wife is concerned enough to force me to go. This nagging injury problem has lead me to change my workout plan and hold off on doing any weight training for a while.

I chose an arbitrary goal of reaching 240 pounds strictly from cardio exercise and then resuming weight lifting. I actually like weight training and I definitely believe it is important for losing weight, but I can’t keep having these setbacks and I tend to be the kind of person who wants to push myself to work through an injury so I need to put some restrictions on what I do until I am sure that I have fully recovered. I have enough fat to lose that cardio only will be plenty to get me from 252 to 240 pounds. I think the loss of weight will help me to lift weights with less risk of injury as well.

Therefore, my new exercise plan is 6 days of cardio, with a minimum of 20 minutes per session. I will still be mixing in interval training with lower-intensity steady sessions. My goal is to follow this routine until I reach 240 pounds, then add weight lifting back to my plan.