Chest warmup

Completely not feeling it at lunch, but made myself anyway.

Arms are reminded that they are supposed to get it together.

Subway for lunch. Guessing ~700 calories for the meal, including the milk. Today has been a serving (or so) of Almonds, Coffee, and Subway. Whatever is for dinner will determine the total calorie count today.

I'm pushing against everything in me that doesn't want to workout right now, and I'm ashamed to say it. Trying to find the vigor of before that made it so easy to want to get up and out.

Fish Oil

Burping fish oil is not my idea of a good time.

And it happens every time. Grrr.

Lifts planned for today. Back to the grinding; need to continue with the seriousness.

Nadda

No workout yesterday, nothing today. Trying to minimize my calore intake as means to prevent any loss, but sheer guilt is kicking in. Getting a lot done around the house, but that doesn't capture the guilty feeling I have.

Bleh. I'm a little depressed the last two days, sadly, and I think that's sapping my desire.

Subsisto Ieiunium

Someone asked me what that means. It's Latin for "Stay Hungry."

Which I am a lot lately.

Paying for the leg workout yesterday. Targeted calves, and they're letting me know they got the message. Quads are sore from the heavy squats, and skipped the Dead Lift from a screaming back. It decided to just give up about 10PM last night. Fell asleep on the couch.

Arms today. Usually enjoy these days. Wife's out of town this weekend, so may do 2-a-days the next couple of days to shock the system.

Legs Today

Still back trouble, but nothing directly workout-affecting. Didn't really want to go.

Went anyway. Obviously always glad when it turns out. Wasn't the hardest workout ever, but I did get some tips by paying attention to a conversation right next to me.

And then I heard him ask the other guy if he wanted 'roids. The guy expressed concerns that he wanted to start MMA fighting and knew that they test for that. The other guy's response: "You have to give up some things in order to get other things."

Yeah. Like, you know, your HEART. Or your liver. Who needs kidneys anyway?

I have to admit I thought about them once, and taking the shortcut, but after research, I've since put the idea out of my head.

Pushed harder on the elliptical today. Wasn't feeling it, considering I forgot my iPod, but I got an update on my Facebook acct stating that I looked like I had lost weight in my face. That was all I needed. The little things, you know.

Another day, another weight lifted. Subsisto Ieiunium.

Update

Ate the cake. Yeah, I know. 2 pieces. Extra frosting.

On the upside, I had no craving for sugar the rest of the day.

Didn't run, didn't elliptical; just setup my new Mac Mini and got things going. I sat down and watched the Ab Ripper X off the P90X disc set. Holy sh*t my abs hurt *just watching* that video. I plan on incorporating this into my workout regime.

I think the protein shake, the corrected diet, and the rest I gave my back last night translated into a fantastic workout over the lunch break. My arms are f'n PUMPED. I started with some light weights to test out the tenderness. No major pain, a little tenderness, but otherwise my arms and chest are bulging right now.

And so we sally forth.

There's cake in the break room

... the same breakroom I use to fill up my water on a day when I already had my week's pop.

Those bastards.

Ever get the feeling that everything is working against your success? It's as though the universe wants you to flow with it as opposed to fight back upstream.

C'est la vie.