Writing this mid-Friday, I can say that I think I’m finally coming out of my programming phase of the last ≈6 days, meaning, hopefully, these posts will be a bit more regular. It looks like my new code is finally running the way I want it to.
That in mind, I think I discovered something: My Excel spreadsheets for tracking food the last two weeks had a copy-paste formula wrong. Meaning there’s several hundred calories that were unaccounted for, and why I think I was gaining weight. So, this week is kinda a loss, but I’ll discuss that more tomorrow in the week-end wrap-up. I’ve accounted for it in my own tracking, but I’m not going to go back and update all the daily charts.
Repeat after me: This is a journey, not a sprint to a destination.
Food was good Tuesday, and there was a larger variety than the past week or two. I did weights, finally, and because I finished one cycle last week, of 6 weeks, I started a new one here. Basically, instead of doing 12 reps at the same weight I’ve been doing, I went back down to 8 reps and upped the weight. Based on how difficult the various exercises have been the last six weeks, I went up 10–20% in weight. Such as 20% for squats but 10% for military presses. I was sore after, and had a bit of DOMS the next day, so I did not end up doing cardio. Or, that was my excuse when I didn’t get to it.
Less variety in food Wednesday, but a new attempt at a “healthy” pasta dish— low(er) fat sausage, spinach, and high-protein pasta. Still had to have egg whites in addition to the protein shake to get in protein for the day, though, since there wasn’t too much in the dish. I did get my 40 minutes of cardio in, though.
Thursday I went down in weight per this routine, and I need to start using clips again because I dropped weights off the ends of the barbell. Dented the concrete where the floor mats didn’t quite cover. Sigh. Due to work and the lateness of finally getting to weights, I did not do cardio, again, meaning I’ll have a deficit for the week.
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