The two biggest news items for the past five days have to be the fact that I've started some weight training, and that I haven't lost any actual weight.
The weight training, as a good thing, is what I'm focusing on mentally. I took the upper body training class at Planet fitness Monday morning (at 8am!), and then stayed for a full workout. Today I got there soon before close and polished off a lifting workout plus 20 intense minutes on the elliptical. I'm noticing that I'm able to reach and maintain far higher speeds on the ellipe, and that I'm sweating less. I have to push harder to make sure I'm still in the cardio zone, but I'm glad that I'm getting into better shape. In terms of strength training, I'm in a pretty weak spot. Upper body strength was never a big part of my skill portfolio, but I'm a lot weaker than I had realized. Admittedly, everything is on machines and I can't really compare what I'm doing to what i did at 19 years old, but I know that I was not a minute too soon in starting a weight training. The second day went a bit easier for some exercises, and felt more burn on a few others. All told, I expect to see some rapid progress.
In terms of actual weight, I don't' know if I should continue to blame my Herculean soda intake and the associated water retention for not losing weight, or the three days of eating way too much food, or simply a natural plateau. I figure all three are probably factors. I've reaffirmed a very strict adherence to the diet, I'm trying to drink more water and less soda, and I'm aware that if I'm building muscle, I might not lose pounds on the scale. I don't mind, as any muscle growth will pay dividends for years.
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