Overall, this week went pretty well. I wasn’t perfect in my routine, but who is? I have found myself really bored with my body weight workout. All I’ve been doing is a day of push-ups and a day of planks (the house I’m currently in doesn’t have a place for my pull-up bar), I’ve seen some nice improvements but I find myself dreading the workouts because of boredom. To help remedy this I’m going to start using this workout 2-3 times a week and use push-ups and planks as a progress measurement tool. On a related note, I’ve seen almost no growth in my chest or arms since starting this routine. Part of this is probably because of human error and inconsistent measuring, but most of it is that my routine hasn’t really made muscle-building a priority. The only exception to this is my thighs where I am seeing pretty consistent shrinkage, I think I store a lot of fat in my thighs as well as my waist. As my weight approaches a level that I’m more comfortable with, and once I move into my own house this week, I will start focusing more on muscle production. My performance and health will improve if I have strength underneath the fat I burn away.
I have also started taking two Coursera classes (one on writing and one on data visualization), and I’m also using Khan Academy to improve my math skills. I’ve hit a rough patch with my book writing and am having trouble getting myself over it. It is a struggle but I am still working towards it.
My nutrition work has been going really well and I think I’m going to start to stray a little bit from it. I think a cheat meal (or day or evening or something) each week will help keep me motivated. Ideally, I’d get to the point where having things around the house daily wouldn’t be a huge temptation or become a slippery slope, but I’m not there yet. Maybe in a couple of months I can enjoy just one alcoholic drink or small treat daily, but right now I’m going to just allow myself one night a week to not worry about calories.
The measurements (What is being measured: This weeks measurement (Change from last week, change from day one)–
- Weight: 164 lbs (-1, -14)
- Waist: 33.5 inches (-.5, -3)
- Neck: 16 inches (+.5, +.5)
- Chest: 39.75 inches (-.25, -.25)
- Left Bicep: 13.5 inches (+0,-.5)
- Right Bicep: 13.25 inches (-.5, -.75)
- Left Thigh: 23 inches (-.5, -1.25)
- Right Thigh: 23 inches (-.5, -2.25)
- Left Calf: 14.5 inches (-.25, +0)
- Right Calf: 14.5 inches (-.25, +0)
- BMI: 24.93 (-.17, -2.13)
- Body Fat %: 19.00 (-1.10 -6.02)
- Average Daily Calories: 1802.14 (-56.14)
- Average Waking Mood: 6.29 out of 10 (+.14, +3)
- Average Midday Mood: 7.29 out of 10 (-.43, -.14)
- Average Evening Mood: 7.86 out of 10 (+.29, +.57)
- Average Morning Sex Drive: 5.71 out of 10 (+.14, +.29)
- Average Midday Sex Drive: 6.57 out of 10 (+.57, -.29)
- Average Evening Sex Drive: 6.14 out of 10 (+.43, +.43)
- Walked: 7.25 Miles (-3)
- Total Walked: 90.5 Miles
- Ran: 11 Miles (+-5.25,
- Total Ran: 70.25 Miles
- Biked: 52.5 Miles (+28.50
- Total Biked: 103.75
- Pull Ups: 0
- Total Pull Ups: 196
- Max Pull Ups Set: N/A
- Push Ups: 196
- Total Push Ups: 1,778
- Max 2-Minute Push Ups: 68
- Plank: 900 seconds
- Total Plank: 3,210 seconds
- Max Single Plank: 300 seconds
- Meditated: 75 minutes (+5
- Total Time Meditating: 325 minutes
- Average Nightly Sleep: 7.93 hours (+.61)
- Daily Orgasm: 5 out of 7 (-1)
- Blog Posts: 6 out of 7 (-1)
- Foreign Language: 7 out of 7 (+3)
- Work on Book: 1 out of 7 (-5)
- Khan Academy: 5 out of 7 (+5)
- Coursera: 5 out of 7 (+5)
- Resting Heart Rate: 54bpm (-8, -5)
Currently Reading:
- “Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama” by Daniel Goleman (Psychology and Science – Career Development
- “The Gift” by Hafiz (Poetry)
- “The Great Hunt” by Robert Jordan (Fiction, Audiobook)
- “The Ego is the Enemy” by Ryan Holiday (Personal Development)
Wandering Oak 