Starting weight (7/15/08):  279.8
Yesterday:  268.2  Today:  267.6
Change today:  -0.6 TOM   Loss-so-far: 12.2 lbs.

Kevin (DS) and I agreed that we would try out the Total Gym yesterday afternoon, so yesterday morning I went online and watched the YouTube instructional videos again, took notes, and made us a spreadsheet so we could keep track of our daily number of reps.  Wanna see it?

I know it’s kinda tiny but with the weird setup in the Admin part of this blog, I don’t have a choice to post it as a thumbnail (or if I do have that choice, I have no idea how).

Anyway, as you can see from our scribbles on it, we made a couple adjustments.  On the pull-ups and bicep curls, it was set too high (too hard!), and on the pullover triceps it was set too low (too easy).  Today we could definitely feel the soreness from yesterday - yet we were both able to do more reps on almost all of the movements.  Maybe once we get more practiced at this, we might add even more movements - but right now, I think this is a good place to start.

In addition to the TG workout, I pulled the exercise bike out and dusted it off… did 4 miles yesterday and 4.75 miles today.  This evening I made it a race, keeping my speed up above 14 mph the whole way.  Short workout for me, but fun.  I can’t do really long runs on the exercise bike because it makes my a$$ numb.  =D

The point here is… I’M MOVING!  Exercise is non-negotiable!! 

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