Monday, September 29, 2014

12 wk challenge kickoff

Made it in this morning...  4:40AM to get my testing in quick.  So per the Farrell's scale (and after I had a yogurt and like 20 ounces of water), I was 315lbs this morning, I think 33.4% body fat.  I didn't write down all of my measurements, I should have .  My hips were 48 inches, I think...  don't remember my thighs, I don't think she did my arms.  I did only 10 inches on the stretch, but that may have been in part due to my back being screwed up since yesterday.  I did 39 pushups and 49 situps in a minute.  The pushups felt great and then around 25 it was like all the strength drained out of my arms and they turned to jello.  It was really a weird experience, honestly... I don't remember ever hitting a wall so dramatically.  Lauretta ran us hard this morning, too.  Like 50 squats during warm-ups... then pushups and situps....I started to do a situp and there was nothing there, my back said 'fuk you, buddy'.  I did tabletop crunches instead and tried to stretch it out... I need to make a chiro appt I think, I haven't been there since April and I could use the adjusting.

I'm logging my intakes with MyFitnessPal again.  I gotta be honest here, 12 weeks is daunting.  I haven't made it to more than 12 classes in a month since last December, so this is going to be a serious commitment, considering I need 70% attendance, that's 4.2 classes a week... or I can just figure at least 4 classes a week and then one 5-class week a month at minimum.  I'm shooting for 5 classes a week to start, though, and 6 classes when I can, rather than planning to do the bare minimum... :-)

I took a picture of my calves this morning.  Everything between my thighs and my shoulders looks flabby and disgusting but at least my calves are toned.  <shrug>  I guess 51 weeks of Farrell's is transformative even if you're a crappy FIT member.


Thursday, September 25, 2014

argh

It's just one of those days.  I started writing this entry up and then for some reason I got logged out and lost it all.  F-it.

The fall FIT challenge starts next week.  Basically a 12 week challenge instead of the regular 10-week challenge... and it's with partners.  I asked John but he's teaming with his wife, he helpfully suggested Justin or Jill since they're offering themselves as free agents for the challenge also.   We'll see if they want to team with me or match me with someone else.

I hope I don't get hurt again.  I screwed up my back in May and hyper-extended my knee in August, got sick last week... so many excuses.

I'm still around the same weight... 313.  I think that testing for this challenge is on Sunday, I'll post my 'starting' data then.  Man, I want a donut.