Well, I weighed in this morning at 232.6, which is 125.6 pounds from where I started this time, and 174.4 from my top known weight. I’ve finally broken past the 233.6 of late March, but somehow the fact that I’m back to that point doesn’t exactly make me happy. I know, I shouldn’t dwell on past mistakes, but it’s kind of hard not to at times. Anyway, the stats for the month:

• calories per day: 2257, hr monitor: 11,215 cals total
• strength training: 1h 42m, walking: 24h 25m
• avg daily exercise: 51 mins (362 cals per day)
• weight lost: 5.6 pounds

I’m pretty happy with that, considering one week in the month was a maintenance week. Now I need to think about goals for next month. I don’t set weight lost goals, as I feel I would be disappointed if I didn’t meet them. I try and set goals that will push me, but I can control if they are attainable. Although you can do certain things to help, you can’t force your body to lose weight on a schedule. So, on to the goals for next month.

• Eat within plan every day (2000 rest/cardio days / 2250-2300 lifting days)
• Drink water every day (4L min.)
• Exercise (3 days lifting/walking 2-5 days a week)

August will mark a return to Power Training by Robert dos Remedios. I think it’s more my style than NROL, or maybe I’m just flaky and can’t make up my mind. I think I may actually start with the Total Fitness set-up, even though it does mean starting with primarily 4×10 reps. Obviously I’ll have to figure it out by Monday!

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