Man Flu and trying to get back on track
I arrived back from Florida on Saturday and ever since I got back I’ve been full of a cold and feeling tired all the time. Its probably a combination of being jet lagged and having man flu. At the moment my nose is constantly running and I’ve got a very mild headache. This is really eating into my fat loss progress because I’ve been eating comfort food and not working out as hard as I usually do.
Since I’ve been back I’ve completed two half hearted sessions in my home gym, plus my protein intake as been quite low. This drop in protein as really eaten into my overall strength and I finding myself a lot weaker in the gym than I usually do. Another reason why I’m feeling weak is down to my body weight, on Monday morning I weighed myself and I was weighing in at 188 pounds. This means that I managed to lose around 4 pounds in body weight whilst in Florida. Which I find very hard to believe when you look at what I ate during the last week in Florida.
It must of been down to all the walking I did around the theme parks, wish I would of got myself a pedometer to see exactly how many miles I walked whilst in Orlando. I’m glad I managed to come back not gaining weight though, because that would of been disastrous to my fat loss journey at this late stage in the year. Its now time to knuckle down again and start losing even more fat over the next few weeks.
I’m looking at being around 15% body fat come the end of 2009, this year as been a learning curve for me and over the past year. I’ve learnt so much about my body and what I need to do to start losing fat. I have always told you that losing weight is easy, but losing fat is much harder. You need to be eating the right foods at the right time. Starting this weight loss blog as been the best thing I’ve done because it has kept me motivated to keep moving forward. I’ve made lots of mistakes so far this year, but I’ve kept with my program. I’ve even improved it and found new things that will allow me lose fat and lower my body fat percentage. Its now time to stick at it and start shifting fat
Still Injured But I’m Not Letting It Set Me Back
Woke up this morning and my right leg was still very swollen but the soreness was not as extreme as it was yesterday. I have got a neoprene knee strap which I have strapped the knee up with. After walking a few steps the stiffness in my knee clears up so I have managed to do a one hour walk this morning and I have also completed a one hour weight training session. But instead of lifting weights on my legs and shoulders which I would normally do, I did a few more sets on my shoulders and also did some abdominal exercises.
I have just climbed onto my exercise bike to see if I am up to doing any cardio yet. But my knee is simply too swollen and I just can’t do it. This is really getting me down, because exercising on my bike with my sweat suit on is really allowing me to shift more fat. I have been feeling a little bit sorry for myself to day because of my knee injury and this has not helped me with my diet because I have been snacking on chocolate and cheese all day.
I’ve just been to my local pharmacy for some Ibuprofen which will hopefully help in reducing the swelling in my knee. Last week was fantastic because I managed to gain weight and still lower my body fat percentage. If I can’t do any exercise on my stationery bike this week due to my injury this week results are going to be terrible. Doing lots of exercise is allowing me to eat lots of calories and still keep on track. But without my added calorie burning cardio sessions I am going to have to dramatically reduce my daily calorie intake till my leg is better or burn calories another way.
I’m feeling so focused and motivated at the moment I need to burn calories, so I have decided to lift weights everyday till I can get my cardio workouts back to the way they were. My leg when it is strapped up, is OK to walk on so each day I am also going to go for a one hour walk. Any exercise is better than nothing. Hopefully I will wake up in the morning and see a reduction in the swelling, which will allow me to get back to my cardio workouts on my bike.
Knee Injury Is Putting My Body Fat Challenge At Risk
Woke up this morning with a seriously sore right leg, I think I must of pulled or strained a muscle in the back of my knee and hamstring. I really need to start burning calories again though, because over the past three days my calorie burning as seriously slowed down. My plan today was to do a weight training session and a one hour cardio session on my exercise bike. I’ve just completed a weight training session on my back and chest. But I will have to leave the cardio for today because my leg is just too sore. And it is heavily swollen. I’m hoping that it’s feeling much better in the next few days so that I can get back on track.
Last week I gained a bit of weight but I still lost body fat and lowered my body fat percentage in the process. It was a fantastic result and my mindset just wants it to keep continuing. So I’m feeling a little down that I can not exercise at my full capacity due to the knee injury. I haven’t got a clue how I did it though, I just woke up with a swollen and very sore knee. I’m also bit gutted because I’m off work this week so I was planning to do around 2 hours each day on my cardio. But if things don’t improve quick I won’t be able to do any cardio.
I’m usually very lucky with injuries and I can not remember the last time a injury stopped me exercising. But this is going to be a long journey, so it’s just another stepping stone that I need to step over and keep moving forward on my body fat percentage journey. I’m sat on the couch now with my knee wrapped in ice trying to reduce the swelling, so I can maybe go for a brisk walk tomorrow for my cardio workout. Don’t think I’ll be ready for cardio training on the bike for a few days, but I’m usually a quick healer so you never know.
I’ve got eleven days to go on the 50,000 calories in 50 day challenge and I want to make sure that I still achieve it. This is something that I’ve been working very hard at and if I don’t reach the 50,000 calories target I will feel like it’s a failure. And that is something that I don’t want to do. I can burn calorie lifting weights but I’m getting good results from just doing three weight training session per week any more and my muscles are not getting any time to repair themselves and grow. Hopefully I will wake up in the morning with my knee feeling a lot better so I can start burning lots of calories again on the exercise bike.
