Wednesday 1/19/11

I had class like always, except today is my busiest day of the week. I have class starting at 9am and continuing until 2pm. Then, I have class again from 6pm to 7pm. I really hate that four hour break I have in between my class. It seems like I can't get anything done in that time period. It's supposed to be a time to relax, but how can I knowing that I have another class in four hours? I'd much rather have the class right after my 2pm one, but that's not possible since it's only taught at 6pm.

I didn't no "nothing" during those four hours. Instead of going to the gym at 8pm (like I've been doing this week), I went at 3:40. I did some little bullshit exercises while I waited for the treadmills to be free. Yesterday I only ran for fifteen minutes total, and maybe 50% of that was running (the rest was walking). Today, however, I managed to run at 6.5 mph for fifteen minutes without stopping, walked for two minutes following that, and then sprinted for forty seconds. 

I'm aiming for 16-17 minutes running non-stop tomorrow. I'm kind of pissed that I can no longer run for an hour straight, but I'll get there soon.

Tuesday 1/18/11

Today is my chill day being that I only ad one class, and that was at 12:30. So I had that class which was pretty awkward. Professor pretty much talked about how girls are better than guys at masturbating. (This is Intro. to Psychology if you were wondering).

Let's see... I started running again after taking a two year break from doing any sort of cardio. The most "cardio" I got in on a daily basis before today was biking to and from school, which isn't too far, but just far enough to be a pain in the ass to do at 8am right after waking up. That didn't go to well. Two years ago I could run for an hour straight without stopping or slowing down and cover maybe 3-4 miles in that time. It took me about ten minutes walking to the park, and another ten to walk back, so in total I averaged about one mile every ten minutes. Now, as of today, I can't run for more than five minutes before I feel like I have to yak. Unfortunately I only ran for about ten minutes today and walked for another ten. Oh, and I was running on a fucking treadmill, how fucking sad is that. If anything, it should be easier on a treadmill INSIDE a fucking building. For one being that there's no air resistance, and two being that the ground never changes. There are no changes in altitude (hills, slopes and shit, etc.) and the thing pretty much gives you a boost 100% of the time.

I have no clue why I stopped running to say the truth. When I first started I was pretty fucking fat: 226lb and about 5"11. After nine months I was 149lb. I honestly didn't notice that I was losing weight when I first started. People would just tell me that I looked skinnier but I didn't see the results myself.

Just a side thought here. When people tell you that you look skinner... they're really saying that you were a fat ass before, and that only now are you beginning to look like less of a fat ass. Calling you "skinnier" is just a nicer way to put it.

So, I failed at running, hopefully tomorrow I'll do better. I'm aiming for twenty minutes this time.

Aside from running I gave it a go and started using some of our shitty fitness equipment. We have a seated leg-press, a military press, bench press (which is weird because you push it forward), fly, leg extension and leg curl machine. Overall I didn't see anything irregular, although there was this one dude who walked in, did ten dips, ten pull-ups, and then walked out. What's the point of that? Seriously.

I'm at 190-200lb. right now, so It should take no more than three months to burn 20 lb. of fat. I think I'll be lifting too, so losing 20lb. as a net total will take a little longer if I build some muscle.

Monday 1/17/11

I didn't plan on doing anything but I ended up going fishing with my roommate and a couple of guys on my floor. We didn't catch anything (something to do with the bait), but it was definitely an experience since I had never gone fishing before. It took us about two hours to set everything up, so we didn't cast until five or so, and the sun was already setting then. We chilled there for an hour waiting for any nibbles, but the only pull we got was from seaweed.

Sunday

Woke up at 2 pm and ate some cold pizza for breakfast. Watched Band of Brothers the whole day. Overall a fucking boring day so far.