Archive for December, 2010

Getting Into Shape – Day 75-83

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Day 75: None
Day 76: 50min636 +weight training
Day 77: 50min610
Day 78: 50min614 +weight training
Day 79: 50min615
Day 80: None
Day 81: 50min616 +weight training, weighed myself: 171.7
Day 82: None
Day 83: 50min618 +weight training

Getting Into Shape – Day 58-74

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

It’s been a long time since I last updated. I have kept all the information I wanted to log on my blackberry, so I’ll report things now. Note that I have decided to stop logging food information, since it makes no sense to log a variable that I’m not planning to control.

“+weight training” will mean the following:

Leg Press: 7 weights, done 15 times
Leg Press (toe step): 7 weights, done 15 times per foot
Pec Deck Machine: 5 weights, done 15 times
Lat Pull-Down Machine: 7 weights, done 15 times
Leg Extension Machine: 5 weights, done 15 times
Bench Press: 5 weights, done 15 times

Stretching is implicitly assumed, since I have never not stretched after an exercise session after the previous blog entry.

Lastly, all cardio since the previous blog entry are elliptical machines. I will be providing the minutes and calories burned. “45min557″ will mean 45 minutes on the elliptical machine, burning off 557 calories.

Day 58: 45min557
Day 59: 45min501.4 +weight training, weighed myself: 177.5 pounds
Day 60: None
Day 61: None
Day 62: 50min613 +weight training
Day 63: 50min615
Day 64: 50min604 +weight training
Day 65: 50min613
Day 66: 50min603 +weight training, weighed myself: 175.6 pounds
Day 67: None
Day 68: None
Day 69: 50min610 +weight training
Day 70: 50min605
Day 71: 50min605 +weight training
Day 72: None
Day 73: 50min615
Day 74: 50min621 +weight training, weighed myself: 173.5

As you can see, there were more break days than one a week, but I’ve compensated by going for a minimum target of -600 calories per session instead of -500. The extra -100 over five days would total up to be -500 which makes up for the extra break day. Because of this, I consider myself still on track for my 100 day goal. So far, the only real missed exercise sessions that happened were the two extra break days between days 49-54, and those two extra days will be the only ones within the 100 day goal, and immediately they will be made back in the two or three days after the 100 days.