I may be retaining, or even improving my strength somewhat on this 'cut', but my fitness is absolute shit. All I've been doing for the last month (probably much longer, actually) is weightlifting 5 days a week, so today, I decided to start adding in a few walks as well. I'd really like to start running again, but with the reduced calories I'm at, I don't think I could recover well enough to keep going with my strength workouts.
I was going to start in February, but what's one day? So today, I walked 2 miles at a reasonable pace. As the roads & sidewalks were mostly snow-covered, I was a bit slower than usual, but not by much. Anyway, when I got back, I felt fairly well 'warmed up', so I tackled shoveling the snow out of the driveway - 36 minutes of walking, maybe 10 minutes of rest to change clothes & head back out, and another 42 minutes of shoveling. Not a lot of energy burned calorie-wise, but it felt pretty good.
Current plan for the next month or so is 2 miles on Sunday, 1 mile on Monday night, 1 mile on Wednesday night, and 2 mile on Friday night. Monday & Wednesday workouts don't include leg exercises, so I think it'll be safe to do them then. No workout on Friday or Sunday means I can afford to burn some calories without messing up my strength training. If all goes well, in 3-4 weeks, I'll try to increase the distances om the longer walks, while keep the 1 milers as they are, and I'll see where things stand in a few months. I feel bit silly just walking, but I have a tendency to overdo things, so I'm trying to prevent that. I have to remember my main goal for the next few months is just to reduce my body fat without losing muscle mass. If I can get down to around 200 lbs, I'll try to maintain that for a few months as a sort of reset on my internal 'thermostat' so to speak. If that weight can become my new norm, I'll figure out what I want to do after that.
6:09 p.m. - 2021-01-31
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