May marked the successful completion of my third goal. By the end of the month, I hit just under 150 pounds. In addition to this, the end of May marked the start of my break from weightlifting and my foray into body weight training. Towards the beginning of the month, I increased my cardio amount from 45 minutes a day to 60 minutes a day. In addition to this, I increased my weights in every category. This resulted in my daily regimen looking something like this:

Chest Day:

10 minutes of pectoral flys (10 sets of 5 reps at 190 pounds).

30 minutes of rowing.

10 minutes of weighted crunches (10 sets of 5 reps at 120 pounds).

30 minutes of rowing.

10 minutes of chest press (10 sets of 5 reps at 105 pounds).

Leg Day:

10 minutes of leg press (10 sets of 5 reps at 275 pounds).

30 minutes of rowing.

10 minutes of leg extensions (10 sets of 5 reps at 130 pounds).

30 minutes of rowing.

10 minutes of outward hip abductions (10 sets of 5 reps at 140 pounds).

By the end of the month, I weighed in at 149.4 pounds for a monthly weight loss of 3.2 pounds. This brought my total weight loss to 60.2 pounds. At this point I had dropped 9 pant sizes from a 38 waist to a 29 waist. In addition, my shirt size had gone from an extra large to a medium. Needless to say, I was overjoyed. I celebrated the achievement by going out and buying some much needed new clothing. I looked forward to my journey ahead by making a new goal. 100 push-ups and 100 sit-ups at once without stopping. This began my foray into body weight training (also known as isometric training).

Right: This month marked the achievement of another goal.

Wrong: I didn’t change my regimen at all which probably meant I didn’t build as much muscle as I could have.