Body for Life: Day 12

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14% done.

Oops – I forgot to update yesterday. The short version: upper body work out, so-so diet. Today was another running day… went much better than Tuesday. I’d *like* to be ready to run in a 5K race next month, but since all of my running has only been on a treadmill so far, I doubt I’ll be ready… road running is a completely different beast.

Weight: 196.5

Body fat: 26%

Workout: 28 minutes; 2 miles

Body for Life: Day 10

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Man… I just wasn’t feeling it today. Got 7.5 hours of sleep and still had to force myself out of bed. Then once I started running, I had to *force* myself to finish… blah.

Another thing about the body fat – I am suspicious that my scale is *way* off. I was looking through some “before and after” pictures, and people listed with 28% body fat looked much fatter than myself. I mean, I definitely need to drop a few pounds, but my stomach doesn’t hang over my belt like the other people who had BF% in the high 20s.

Weight: 197.5 (down .5)

Body fat: 27% (same)

Workout: Run – 28 minutes; 2 miles

Body for Life: Day 9 of 84

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I’m going to stop tracking what I eat, because it’s a pain in the neck to update this blog after every meal 🙂 I’m not sure why I bother with body fat either – the scale I use is very inaccurate (probably a 4-5% margin of error), and is only useful for a very broad estimate. I need skin calipers if I’m going to do any kind of useful measurements.

Lower body workout today – this is hard stuff… I have neglected my legs for the most part when weight training in the past, so I feel like a complete wimp doing 150 pound leg presses! But hopefully it’ll pay off. I really like doing weights in the morning… everyone else is on the treadmills and stairmasters, so I have the heavy stuff all to myself.

Weight: 198 (down 3)

Body fat: 27% (up 1)

Workout: Weights – lower body

Body for Life: Day 8 of 84

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I’m not going to mention how badly I ate yesterday – I think I went overboard, even considering it was a free day 🙂 Had another good run today. I was surprised to see the sky lit up so early – then I realized it’s the first time in weeks that it hasn’t been cloudy!

Anyway, the shoulder is feeling much better – lets hear it for Advil and heating pads.

Weight: 201 (up 1.5)

Body fat: 26% (down 2)

Workout: Run – 24 minutes; 2.25 miles (if you include the warmup/cool down)

Meals:

  1. Oatmeal and a boiled egg (no yolk)
  2. S’mores protein bar (that tastes nothing like s’mores)
  3. Grilled chicken sandwich
  4. Bag of trail mix