New Eating Plan - Progress Report

I'm starting my third no-eating day. I start a bit hungry but after a couple hours it's not so bad. The benefits for the eating days is that I'm already breaking the "I want something to eat even though I'm not hungry" habit. I'm down six pounds after two no-eating and two eating days. It's a start - a good one!

Wt: 315

Gym - 08/22/08

Elliptical Trainer: 16 minutes, level 6, to keep HR under 153 my pace dropped from 50 to high 30s

I stayed too late at work and didn't go to Aikido last night.

Gym - 08/20/08

Elliptical Trainer: 15 minutes, level 5, to keep HR under 153 my pace dropped from 50 to low 40s

Gym - 08/19/08

Elliptical Trainer: 14 minutes, level 5, to keep HR under 153 my pace dropped from 50 to low 40s

Aikido - Weapons

T. and I went to weapons practice this evening. I was hungry from not eating (see prior post) but I did okay. We worked on jo kata one and two and bokken kata one and two.

New Eating Plan

In addition to restarting my gym workouts, I'm also going to start going to Aikido on Thursdays to begin with. I'm also going to be getting back to controlling what I eat. I will be recording my protein, fat and carb totals and my weight daily. I am also going to try a "intermittent fast" program to see how it works for me. The fasts are about 24 hours long and run from just after my evening meal to the following day's evening meal. My initial plan is to fast from Sunday evening until Monday evening, Tuesday evening until Wednesday evening and Thursday evening until Friday evening. On the day following each fast I'll be eating extra but I plan on still holding a low-carb line. I will adjust as I see how it works for me.

Today is the first fasting day. I've already been to the gym and am feeling a mite peckish. :-)

Gym - 8/18/08

Okay, starting again. THIS time for sure, Rocky.

Triceps pull-downs: 3x10 @ 75 lbs
Lat bar rows: 3x10 @ 80 lbs
Leg press: 3x15 @ 90 lbs (45 lbs/side) (knees a little crackly but not painful)
Leg press toe raises: 3x15 @ 90 lbs (45 lbs/side)
13 minutes on the Elliptical, level 6, pace in the mid 40s to keep my HR below 153

Gym - 08/08/08

My legs were better, today. I still had to hold my pace down to keep my heart rate below the 80% level for people my age (153)

15 minutes on the Elliptical, level 6, pace upper 40s rpm, HR 151
Triceps pull-downs: 3x10 @ 80 lbs
10 minutes on the Lifecycle, level 2 to cool down while waiting for A.C. to finish working out

Gym - 8/7/08

My legs were more tired today than on Monday. I had to hold my pace down to keep my heart rate below the 80% level for people my age (153)

10 minutes on the Elliptical, level 5, pace low 50s down to low 40s rpm, HR 153

Gym - 8/4

Restarted my membership, today. I've been feeling pretty out-of-it, physically, so I really need to get back with it. A.C. and I started a year ago. I did about 6 months of pretty good attendance and then petered out.

10 minutes on the Elliptical, level 5, pace 52 rpm
Triceps pull-downs: 3x12 @ 50 lbs
Lat bar rows: 3x10 @ 75 lbs