First workout of the new year
January 6th, 2009As I write this, it is Jan. 6, but for me, the day is from when I wake up until when I go to sleep. This post, therefore, applies to Jan. 5.
When I woke up this morning, I as at 271.8. I’ve lost a little bit of weight so far and ever since New Year’s Eve, have been very consistent with my diet. No failures so far there.
Why did I wait until today to workout? What was wrong with any of the four previous days? There’s no good answer to that. I just didn’t have the motivation. I finally yelled at myself (internally) enough to get myself into my garage and lifting weight. I’m doing everything at about 80% of what I think I can do and only doing half the reps (that is, 3 sets of 6 reps instead of 3X12). I want to ease myself back into working out without getting too sore this week. Being sore is a very strong motivation to skip a workout, and I’m looking to establish habits. Next post I’ll start discussing the exercise regiment I plan to follow. Maybe later I’ll discuss my diet.
The workout went fairly easy. I worked up a sweat and got my heart pumping a bit, but nothing was too hard, which is as it should be. Tomorrow, I plan to run. On a track, not for political office or anything.
