Missed posting yesterday, but I did manage to get up at 5:00 am on Monday for my next interval workout. Still couldn't bring myself to warm up by running; did 10 minutes on the bike before and after the workout instead. But the workout went well, maybe too easy. I'm just not burning as many calories as I would have expected by doing calisthentics. Also introduced jumping rope as my low-intensity interval exercise. Tougher than it seems, especially for a guy with two left feet. The DB snatches, however, seemed a bit easy. Might have to upgrade from the 30-lb. dumbbells. Maybe it's time for a 16 kg kettlebell.
Today I managed to get up again, this time for an easy four miles. Although my times are slower than they feel, about 30 seconds a mile slower. Chalk it up to running first thing upon waking, and the fact that I'm now paranoid on tripping over the disjointed sidewalk flags throughout my neighborhood.
My first week of the First Stage did show some progress, though. Sunday night I weighed 207.3 pounds with 11.3 % body fat. Now the previous week I'd measured on a Saturday night, so the comparison may well be skewed; if I'd measured myself after gorging on Saturday's Notre Dame game watch I might've seen no progress at all. But I'll try to measure on Sunday night from now on and get a better idea of how I'm doing.
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