Here comes the plateau!
It's a common occurrence in every long-term fitness plan to have plateaus: points when your progress appears to level off. Whether you're used to seeing them or not, they can be frustrating and can cause even the most well-intentioned of us to stray from our plan or quit!
In my case, I've been using my weight as one of my indicators of my own progress. I know I've dropped a significant amount, but I'm reaching a point where I'm building muscle and reshaping my body as a product of the work I've been doing. Since muscle weighs more than fat, my weight will tend to stabilize or even increase during this time; however, I may see some performance gains during this time which I'm going to need to focus on in order to stay motivated.
Another factor (an expensive one) comes from the classes I've missed this week at Shamrock MMA. I was a bit ambitious and went on a hike in the afternoon before my Tuesday night class, got a bit overheated, and lay down after I got home...woke up too late to go, and feeling dehydrated. I spent the rest of the evening chilling out, having some watermelon, a healthy amount of water, and cooled off by lounging in the pool at my gym. I had intended to return tonight for my class; however, I forgot that class was cancelled because of tonight's fights. I'll have to make up for them next week.
I can still celebrate other progress though. My numbers for pushups and crunches have increased significantly, in terms of the numbers that I can complete before stopping! I'm enjoying the activities that I've been doing, so I can't complain there. I've especially enjoyed being able to share many of my workouts with my students, who are growing tremendously from the process! Also, I've found that I've really come to enjoy my "free day food" a lot more when I use it as a treat and not a staple. Lastly, my shorts are still falling off. I'm going to have to do something about that before it gets embarassing. (lol)
Anyways, here's my tally for the week:
- Cycling (stationary): 35 miles (5 Sat, 10 Sun, 5 Mon, 10 Wed, 5 Thurs)
- Hiking: 21 miles (7 Sat, 3.5 Sun, 3.5 Mon, 3.5 Tues, 3.5 Thurs)
- Running (elliptical): 9 miles (3 Sun, 3 Mon, 3 Wed)
- Basics: 60m (15m Mon, 15m Tues, 15m Wed, 15m Thurs)
- Forms: 36 (12 Sun, 12 Tues, 12 Thurs)
- Kicks: 2300 (700 Sun, 700 Tues, 200 Wed, 700 Thurs)
- Push-ups: 800 (200+100 Mon, 100 Tues, 300 Wed, 100 Thurs)
- Crunches: 1300 (300+200 Mon, 150 Tues, 300+200 Wed, 150 Thurs)
- Squats: 150 (150 Mon)
- Lunges: 150 (150 Wed)
- Bag Work: 18m (10m Tues, 4m Wed, 4m Thurs)
- Boxing: None (overheated and missed class, darn)
- Grappling: None (class cancelled this week, aww)
- Current Weight: 233
Total since Day 1:
- Cycling (total): 521 miles
- Hiking: 115 miles
- Running (total): 77 miles
- Basics: 195m
- Form repetitions: 384
- Kicks: 21200
- Pushups: 6330
- Crunches: 9835
- Squats: 4070
- Lunges: 2270
- Punching w/weights: 30m
- Bag work: 142 rounds (142m total)
- Boxing: Will begin next week.
- Grappling: 1 hour
- Net Weight Loss: -16
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