Loss/Gain: - 4.6 lbs.
30.2 lbs. to Goal (170 lbs.)
Exercise Hours: 4:47:23.37 hours (biking: 1:30:00 hours; running: 45:39.12 minutes; walking: 1:09:20.88 hours, weights: 1:07:23.37 hours; elliptical: 15:00 minutes)
Exercise Distance: 32.92 miles (biking: 21.41 miles; running: 5 miles; walking: 4.97 miles; elliptical: 1.54 miles)
March Wellness Challenge progress: 33.4 + 42.75 + 42 + 41.25 + 41.45 + 30 + 44.55 + 45.58
275.4 g of the 210 – 280 g fiber maintained weekly for the month.
This was a surprising week of loss. I didn’t make it to the gym nearly as often as I had in previous weeks. There were four days of rest due in large part to apathy (and once to unexpected sleep). I still managed to get in a few hours of working out, but I thought the lack of consistency would change my weight loss results. Also, increasing the number of sets from 2 to 3 stretched out the entire weightlifting process, adding about 8 minutes of lifting and probably twice that to the elapsed time spent moving between machines and resting. This impacted the amount of time I have available to do other exercises. On the food front, the only big change was the massive increase in fiber. I thought this would also have some impact, as I was eating more carbohydrates than ever. Maybe if you are doing the right things all other things work out?
And yeah, I’m over HALFWAY to my goal weight. In just 9 weeks! (The first week there was no weight loss or gain.) I’m impressed. And as everyone has told me: it shows.
I also decided to train for a half marathon starting on Monday. I found a training plan in an issue of Runner’s World to adapt. It’s a plan for 10 weeks, but I only have 7. Still, the working out I’ve been doing has built me the base I need to follow this plan. Once I get the plan finalized I’ll post it up here for you to follow. I’ll have to cut back on some of the cross training (less elliptical and biking) for the next 7 weeks, but the walking, running, and weights stay firmly in place.
This blog – this challenge – has been an amazing project for me. Thanks for all the support.
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