Row, Row, Row your machine

End of the Month

                                     

It's been a few days since I last posting.  We had a busy weekend.  It was filled with Annie, Birthday Parties and having a night away from the kids.

Sunday night we meet my mom and sister at the casino for my sister birthday.  I enjoyed the seafood buffet.  I filled up on the crab legs (no butter).  I figured I was burning as many calories getting the meat as I was eating.

After getting home Monday, Janell and I took the kids for a bike ride.  I was able to make it back to the gym after that.  I did 20 minutes on the rowing machine and 20 on the shoulder machine.  The rowing machine was so boring I had to break it up to 5 sets of 4 minutes. It was also harder than I thought it would be. Alex warned me that I would be sore.  He didn't lie.

I had my month end workout today.  It was to gauge where I am at.  It was a timed workout that included

1/2 mile - bike
1/4 mile - tread mill
500 meters - rowing
25 each  leg - Step ups
40 - shoulder presses
40- bench presses
40- bicep curls
40 - sit ups

I finished in just under 21 minutes.  I surprised myself.  I think I surprised Alex my trainer. Along with my month end workout,  I had my monthly measurements.  We have decided not to focus on my weights as much as the measurement changes. I will post my weight lost still. It will just be limited to 2 or 3 times a month.

So here are my measurements from the beginning of my adventure vs 1 month into my adventure.

Body Part             Beginning        Today          Gain/Lost

Chest                    65 inches         56 inches          -9
Stomach               61.5 inches      58 inches          -3.5
Waist                   55 inches         53 inches          -2
Bicep                   17.5 inches      16.5 inches       -1
Calfs                    20 inches         20 inches         same
Quads                  25 inches         20 inches          -5