I borrowed my grandson's shield and put together a makeshift Captain America costume for Halloween. While it wasn't on a superhero physique, it was nice that there wasn't as much of me hanging over the belt this year!
This week's weigh-in was a wash. No loss, no gain.
That being said, I found that I'm really close to moving down to the next pant size. I'm talking over the hips, less than an inch to fastening, close. To speed the process along, I tried to eat really lean early in the week. I also incorporated more running into my fitness program. I made it through Monday's workout fine, Tuesday...not so good. I ran out of energy during the workout and had to scale it down to finish. I figured that I just hadn't taken in enough calories to sustain the level of effort that I was expending. After the workout, I was ravenous. I bought a pizza on the way home and finished off half of it in a single setting!
I added additional calories to my meals and the rest of my workouts went well. Highlights include:
- Squats: 285 lbs
- Dead-lift: 185 lbs
- Curls (dumbbells): 50 lbs
I found a exercise that I really like. I don't know what its actually called, but I refer to it as "staggered push ups." There is a bar set up on a rack. The bar can be adjusted to four heights. I start doing incline push ups at the lowest height, pyramid up to the highest, then back down to the lowest. The second to the lowest height gives me the best stretch, so I do extra reps when I'm at that level. This exercise gives me a wicked pump, even better than the bench press or dumbbell flies. To mix it up, I plan on using the same configuration to do decline push ups, by placing my feet over the bar, varying the height.
It was really great to wind up eating more this week and still lose inches. I'm enjoying the fact that I'm adding muscle while burning off the fat.
Weight loss to date: 37.4 lbs.
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