More Cold, Less Exercise

Yet another week of arctic weather.  We had a couple of sub-zero days.  The rest were in the single or low double digits, except for the day that it warmed up enough to snow (4-6 inches).  Between the cold and some other obligations, I only made it to the gym twice this week.

I got in three of my daily lunchtime walks, missing two.  I did a snow shovel workout, moving some wet, heavy snow (I went to bed an hour early that night!).  I made it to two Zumba classes, one elliptical/track session, and one round of resistance training (legs and shoulders).

I took it slow with the shoulder exercises, as I wanted to make sure that I didn't stress my shoulder again.  I started off with three sets of 50 lbs on the shoulder press machine.  I usually workout at 70-90 lbs.  On the first set, I had some discomfort, but nothing serious.  It felt fine as I worked through the other two sets of presses.  I finished the session with three sets each of shoulder shrugs, upright rows, dumbbell flies, and dumbbell raises.

Since I wasn't able to work out as much as I wanted, I concentrated more on my diet, paying particular attention to my portions.  Even so, I was not looking forward to getting on the scale.  After last week’s total, I seriously considered skipping it this week.  I’d been having a pretty positive week and didn't want to spoil it.  I went ahead and jumped on the scale anyway.  It turns out that I lost 4.6 pounds.  Crazy, right?

Motivation

• I bought some size 36 pants, without bothering to try them on.  They fit fine.  On a side note, I walked around the Big and Tall department while I was shopping.  It felt a little weird to realize that everything in that department was now too big for me.
• Some folks have started referring to me as “The Skinny Man.”
• I've been getting more questions about my diet and training regimen.

Here’s hoping that we get some better weather next week!

Weight loss to date: 49.8 lbs.