Buffalo Boy's Blog

Since mid January I have been consistently back in the gym and since then I can't say I have lost a ton of weight though I have taken off a good 8-10 pounds which actually is just about right for that time span. It may be more like 15 considering for the first week I didn't look. Now I look everyday and write it down in a notebook.

The eliptical is no longer so scary. I slowly have increased the time and now my cardio workout consists of 35 minutes on the bike and 20 minutes on the eliptical. I have had a few rough days this past week where my legs felt like lead and on Thursday I felt just tired and not so right, but I took yesterday off and got back at it today and was back to 35/20.

I hit the weights too, mostly work my way around and do 1-2 sets of 20 on flys, tricep pull downs, lat pulldowns, military press, bicep curls and bench press.

Tomorrow I may get in the pool for a 1000 yards or so in addition to. The biggest thing I am noticing is looser clothing and toning up a bit. I noticed it yesterday in my face. Its slimming down. My goal is about 8-10 pounds per month and about 30-40 pounds by June.

I have also been trying to go mostly in the morning again. 6 AM is a tall order but I have been averaging around 6:45-7 AM arrival at the gym which gives me about a solid hour, 50-55 minutes for cardio and about 10 minutes to hit weights.

The ultimate goal is to return to competitive swimming and race in a meet by the fall if not sooner.