Day 12 & 13 - Missed & Kenpo X

Sadly. I was not able to do my Legs & Back and Ab Ripper x yesterday. I had to work late and ended up eating while I was out, then I just got home and was worn out. It was decided that tomorrow I will do the stuff I missed yesterday and perhaps slide the Stretch X in the same day or on Saturday.

Oh man! I love Kenpo X! I was working even faster than they were tonight, and really getting my kicks up there! I really look forward to one day actually learning a martial art, this is just so much fun! This is my second attempt at a blog for the night. The power went out the first time around. That was more than annoying.

I'm not going to get down on myself for missing last night. I know that, due to my job, there will be some nights I'll be working late instead of exercising... one of the issues having a job that is technically 24/7 (according to a previous regional supervisor). I'm just glad that I didn't use that as an excuse to stop completely.

I was doing a lot of driving for work today, and on NPR, there was a guy that lost a bunch of weight on "The Biggest Loser" talking about the program. I was listening to his recommendations on how to lose weight, and can think of one thing that I don't really feel I have. That would be accountability. There isn't anyone that can really keep me honest in this. My wife is working really hard to do it, but I don't know what it would take to keep me completely accountable... no system of rewards has been 100% effective thus far (though the current one is almost there... missed one day after all). I think something that kept me motivated in college was to have a workout partner. There are some really strict guidelines for this though. I mentioned before that my wife and I are doing this together, the thing is... we're at completely different levels of fitness. I think that if I were even 35% as fit as she is, that I would feel pretty comfortable. In a perfect world, I would be working out with a friend who is totally "in the trenches" with me. So that I could compete with them and share victories and defeats with them. I don't know if I've ever actually described it this way before. I always thought that it was just that I needed a friend so that I could talk to them, but that isn't it. Even my best friend (sorry dude) is so much more fit than me that I would be discouraged, not encouraged, to keep going. I need a fat friend that's wanting to change as much as me, or at least would respond to constant harassment to workout with me.

Enough of that negativity though! This is working! I'm more flexible, able to work out more, all the repetitions have been going up each and every time I've worked out! I'd like to eventually buy some good weights so I can get back into them. Actually, a gentleman's blog that I am following on facebook now had pictures of those "smart weights" or whatever, where the weights have adjustable weights with the turn of a dial. I think to find a pair of those would be awesome.

Anyway. I feel better having gotten back to the "grind" as it were. Later all.