Week 3
Day 1 photos (top), end of week 3 photos (bottom).
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 - Weigh in!
Week 3 weight loss, -7 lbs = -31lbs to date.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Week three seems to be the toughest week for me so far. Mostly due to some soreness and overall feeling a bit run down. I've definitely needed my days off this week, for the first time since this started I took one complete day off from exercise, including walking. I've got a left ankle thing going on as well as a right knee thing that acts up with impact and high strain. They are not to the point of injury and don't keep me from getting a good work out but I do notice pain that isn't just muscle fatigue. It's getting harder to tell if I've lost weight, or gauge how much I've lost. I do feel like I've lost some weight this week but my guess is in that 4-5 lb. range. With such great results so far I thought the days would get easier to keep diligent with my diet. I have stuck to it but it was harder than the first two weeks. I will update the site tomorrow sometime with the weigh in results.
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
It's day one of week three and I have lost 24 lbs. I don't know for certain but I think these 'Orange Theory' folks might be onto something. I never in my life thought I would feel this good not only after working out, but during. Today was my third day in a row of OTF with in my weekly routine. I expected to be tired and maybe get a good work out but probably not as good as coming off a day of rest. Today was different, physically I felt strong and during the treadmill portion I didn't feel that exhaustion, more of a winded but can handle it feeling. In my mind I wanted to get a good work out in before my rest day, I think that helped. Controlling my notions about how hard I can push myself is becoming more apparent. I have built up limitations in my mind, such as how fast I can run on a treadmill, what incline I can handle, how many push ups I can do... it's a long list. This training has quickly forced me to rethink those things. If I want to continue to get the most from my sessions with OTF I might have to stop telling myself things like, 'I'm not built to run'. I don't love running, but I can do it, and OTF's interval style training works very well for me. I think I'll hold off on the marathon training for a bit though.
Week 3 weight loss, -7 lbs = -31lbs to date.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Week three seems to be the toughest week for me so far. Mostly due to some soreness and overall feeling a bit run down. I've definitely needed my days off this week, for the first time since this started I took one complete day off from exercise, including walking. I've got a left ankle thing going on as well as a right knee thing that acts up with impact and high strain. They are not to the point of injury and don't keep me from getting a good work out but I do notice pain that isn't just muscle fatigue. It's getting harder to tell if I've lost weight, or gauge how much I've lost. I do feel like I've lost some weight this week but my guess is in that 4-5 lb. range. With such great results so far I thought the days would get easier to keep diligent with my diet. I have stuck to it but it was harder than the first two weeks. I will update the site tomorrow sometime with the weigh in results.
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
It's day one of week three and I have lost 24 lbs. I don't know for certain but I think these 'Orange Theory' folks might be onto something. I never in my life thought I would feel this good not only after working out, but during. Today was my third day in a row of OTF with in my weekly routine. I expected to be tired and maybe get a good work out but probably not as good as coming off a day of rest. Today was different, physically I felt strong and during the treadmill portion I didn't feel that exhaustion, more of a winded but can handle it feeling. In my mind I wanted to get a good work out in before my rest day, I think that helped. Controlling my notions about how hard I can push myself is becoming more apparent. I have built up limitations in my mind, such as how fast I can run on a treadmill, what incline I can handle, how many push ups I can do... it's a long list. This training has quickly forced me to rethink those things. If I want to continue to get the most from my sessions with OTF I might have to stop telling myself things like, 'I'm not built to run'. I don't love running, but I can do it, and OTF's interval style training works very well for me. I think I'll hold off on the marathon training for a bit though.
