Valentines Day! Now that I think about it, nearly every month of the year has some national holiday or another. Aside aside, this month was AMAZING. I say this for a variety of reasons; My cardio amount per day increased, my weights increased, and I dove headfirst into the realm of nutrition. Starting with the cardio, I increased my daily amount from 30 minutes of rowing to 45 minutes of rowing. One question I know…
The New Year!!! With the new year comes new beginnings for most (even if those new beginnings only last a week or two). For me, however, I had already started, and was pretty far into, my New Year’s resolution. On the recommendation of a friend of mine, however, I decided to update the goal I had written on those post-it notes four months earlier. The new goal read: “Weigh 160 pounds by spring break.” Much…
Christmas! As much as I love the holidays, they certainly don’t do my weight loss any favors. That being said, I was still able to lose this month through a combination of the reduced caloric intake I established last month and increases to the amount of weight I lifted and the amount of cardio I did. My regimen changed a little during the jolly month. I increased the amount of cardio I did from 20…
At the start of this month I started to feel the weight loss. I had lost a total of 15 pounds at this point and I was noticing how much better/easier everything had become. I could walk up a flight of stairs at school without sweating, I was much more energetic, and I was happier overall. As I was feeling better, I decided to increase the difficulty of my workout. I increased my cardio amount…
The second month saw no major tweaks to my regimen as it was already working quite well. I continued to eat 2000 calories per day and do 45 minutes of exercise. During this month, I still wasn’t able to do my full 15 minutes of cardio at once, however, each set of 5 minutes was slowly getting easier and easier. This gave me a renewed confidence and allowed me to avoid the classic burnout that…
