The Screaming Viking

The other day it hit me like a mac truck…I gotta get back on the regimen.  I bought a gun cabinet off the neighbor across the street.  He made it himself, it’s good quality and looks very nice…and it’s pretty big for it’s capacity (6 guns).  We had to move it from his place over to mine…we picked it up and carried it across the street.  It’s solid oak and heavy as hell…my arms were screaming by the time we got it up into my house.  The neighbor whom helped me out was struggling a bit too…but still.  If I had been actively lifting weights still this is not something that would have bothered me in the slightest.  That’s when I realized I need to get back at it hard.

I hit the weights last night, man has my muscle density gone down.  I was struggling pretty good to get what used to be my mid range sets.  Think I pushed a little too hard…have this crazy kink in my neck.  I weighed myself today and I’m about 10lbs over my last recorded weigh in, which isn’t too bad considering how hard I’ve fallen off the wagon.

We’re back at it though, I’m still shooting for 100lbs over all by October…but am hoping for a bit more than that.

week 31 – 342 (with shoes and other gear on)

The 1/2 way point of my year long fitness goal.  I think I’ve done quite good over all to this point…but the past month has sucked hard.  I haven’t been dedicated at all, slacking on my workouts and not focused.  I think the warmer weather along with some burn out factor are the two major problems…in any case a man must power through.  I’m going to have a “Friday doughnut” tomorrow…then it’s “on like donkey kong” again.  I’m working weight training back in to the routine and refocusing on the elliptical.

I am pretty much done doing the modifications I can afford to the bike right now and she is purring like a kitten.  I’ve adjusted the smoker a bit and should be ready for a propane run this weekend.  Without these things to tinker with I am hoping to be able to find more motivation to get solid workouts in.  I have a few other things that need to be done around the house…but I can work that in around my working out.

I have maintained my weight through this dry spell, which is a bonus…but it’s not what I was hoping for coming in to this month.  I’ve set a high goal for myself for the end of May, and with hard work I believe it to be reachable.  I have a trip to the farm coming up…so that’s going to be a few days off from the normal routine, but I should be able to walk/run a bit out there to make up for it.  I’m going to try a little on the country road and see how that treats me.  If I can run a mile I’ll be pretty happy.

week 26 – 330

Been a bad month for the regimen.  I’ve basically been off it.  I’ve missed working out around 5 days this month and when I do go it’s only once a day.  There have been a couple of days where I’ve gone twice…but over all I’m calling this month a failure.  I think anyone could have seen this coming.  Spring is here and other interests are taking over.  I’ve even had a couple of doughnuts at work.

This morning I hit the elliptical pretty hard and lifted afterward.  My arms haven’t lost anything, but my shoulders went down a little.  I’m going to work the weight training back in and see how that works out for me.  Not much else going on…need to find motivation.

Since I’ve stayed level for so long, it’s going to take a bit to get the body burning things the way it’s suppose to again.  I expect things to actually go up next week.  We’ll see I guess.

week 25 – 329

I’m on a down swing in my workout routine.  I’m not seeing big results on the scale and things are getting to be monotonous.  I realized the other day that I was using the balance scale incorrectly…once I started using things correctly it added 12 pounds to my overall weight.  I still lost 2lbs last week…but seeing the number go up instead of down was just a killer.  I had passed what I considered quite a milestone, only to see it “taken away”.

The weekend was rough, in 4 days I got 2 workouts in for 40min each…I just had no motivation.  I think a lot of it comes from not seeing the drastic results now like I was before.  My clothes have fit pretty much the same for quite a while now, the scale went up (actually went down…but the psychological effect was “up”), and I’m getting irritated about not being able to eat whatever I want.  My knee is also turning into a larger problem.  It pops and snaps now anytime I straighten it out.  I wouldn’t call it painful yet, but there is a sensation from the pop.  It’s very similar to when you pop your knuckles, only it happens all the time.  It is a bit concerning.  I am holding out hope that I can drop weight and rehab it a bit, but more and more that seems like it’s only delaying the inevitable.  Surgery is seeming more and more like a foregone conclusion.  I think there’s been too much weight on it for too long.  Hopefully I can drop weight and build strength back in the knee quickly enough that it doesn’t impact the other one.  I’m hoping to have a doc look at it the beginning of next year and if something needs to be done to it have it worked on in the spring.  I don’t want to struggle with crutches on the ice, and I want to make sure I have a solid healthy foundation to try and work through the down time. Read the rest of this entry »