Not Losing!!!

Weight: 219.7
PU's: 50 - 25, 25

Barely made it to 25 on both sets. I really had to push for the last couple. No strength left to do the stomach crunches.

Day Off

Weight: 218.something

I took the day off from Push Ups and Stomach Crunches. My shoulder is a little sore and I thought I would give the body a break. Of course, I've been giving my body a break for about 57 years now and look where it's gotten me.

A Day Off!

Abs Pain

Weight: 216.7
PU's: 45 - 25, 20
Rollie Wheel: 5

The wheel does not run me out of breath like the push ups do but it sure hurts my abs. Must be working!

The Benefits of the Gift of Life

Weight: 216.7
PU's: 46 - 20, 26
Rollie Wheel: Se7en

I donated blood yesterday which is why I'm down a pound.

Bringing Back an Old Friend

Weight: 217.3
Push Ups: 20

I had a wild hair this morning and decided to give my stomach stretch wheel a try. You might recall when I started this that I was using the wheel as well as doing push ups. The wheel turned out to be too painful so I stopped using it.

I did five stretches this morning and it didn't hurt at all, other than the pain you might expect from not doing the exercise.

Anyway, I'm going to reinstate the wheel. We'll see how it goes.

Up A Touch

Weight: 218.9
PU's: 25

I forgot to do my second set. No excuse...just a shitty memory

Dropped A Little

Weight: 217.3
PU's: 50 - 25, 25

Just another day!

Catch Up

Weight: 219
PU's: 52 - 27, 25

I skipped push ups on Friday because I slept too late. I weighed 218.8.

I managed to accomplish 20 push ups on Saturday and my weight maintained at 218.

I skied on Sunday and so felt no compunction to push up. Instead, I wiggled from side to side on a sunny ski slope.

I can drink alcohol again. My two weeks are over. I drank wine last night while watching the Gonzaga Bulldogs give away a berth to the Sweet 16 to Arizona. Gonzaga was kind enough to constantly hand the ball to Arizona and they reciprocated by making baskets.

It was ugly and the end of the season for G.U.

Down Six-Tenths

Weight: 217.1
PU's 51 - 26, 25

On my first set I almost gave up at 22, but pushed on and went one over.

As I write this, I haven't done my second set. Now I have to go in there and do 25.

My cold is hanging on. The sniffles hang on but not as bad. The cough is what is going to kill me. 

Toe Maintenance Day

Weight: 217.7
PU's: 45 - 25, 20

I pussied out on my last five push ups on the second set. I probably could have done a couple more but gave up. It's all mind set.

I did a little toe maintenance this morning that was overdue. A few toenails where getting caught on my socks. Toe maintenance doesn't get done as often as it should because it's hard to stretch my old bones into that position. Solution: more toe maintenance.

Down 5ive

Weight: 218.3
PU's: 50 - 25, 25

I'm still sick. But good enough to go to work. The good thing is that being sick took my appetite so I'm really losing now.

Sick Day

Weight: 222.3
PU's: 45 - 20, 25

I have a cold. I'm feeling like crap. I'm going to work but I'm coming home as soon as I can.

Day Off from PU's

Weight: 221.8
PU's: Zero

I had a glass of wine last night and I thought that would really screw me up. But not so much, I guess.

Slow

Weight: 222.somethin'
PU's: 50 - 25, 25

The weight is slowly peeling away. But very slowly.

Down Two

Weight: 221.8
PU's: 52 - 26, 26

I'm five days into this diet and I'm down 2 pounds. yippee!

It seems it was much more enjoyable putting the pounds on than taking them off.

Lazy Morn

Weight: 222.8
PU's: 25

Forgot second set. Me Lazy!

Even

Weight: 223.1
PU's: 51 - 26, 25

I weighed myself three times this morning and got three different weights. I'm picking the one in the middle, the first one as it turns out.

I am maintaining the diet although I had quite a headache yesterday which I believe was due to no coffee. I can have coffee on this diet, but no sugar, so what's the point.

I think it is good to break through the no coffee headache and not be addicted to it. Frankly, I would not have believed I was.

One Up

Weight: 224.7
PU's" 51 - 25, 26

Okay, this diet is clearly not working. I have gained over a pound. 

Baseline Weight

Weight: 223.6
Push Ups: 53 - 26, 27

I took the weekend off from PU's because we went skiing and it interrupted my routine.

Today is the first day of the rest of my diet. I am using the South Beach Diet approach, which means no alcohol for the next two weeks, no carbs, no fruit...it's going to be tough. But I want to get to 200 pounds, or as close as I can in 40 days.

I have 23 pounds to go.

PU Analysis

Weight: 226
P.U.'s: 50 - 25, 25

The first and the last push ups are the hardest. Two through 17 are a breeze. Eighteen and nineteen are where it starts to hurt. Twenty to twenty-three are painful and everything leads up to 24 and 25 which I can barely eek out. I rarely have enough left to go for one more.

Weight Goal

Weight: 227
Push Ups: 50 - 25, 25

I seem to be ballooning up in order to have a really successful period of weight loss. My goal is to get as close to 200 pounds as I can in 40 days

Mardi Gras

Weight: 226
Push Ups: 25

I forgot to do my second set. I must be whelmed with the arrival of Mardi Gras. That means tomorrow is the start of Lint. We usually do our cleansing South Beach diet during Lint. At 226, I need the diet. 

However, I'm not starting until next Monday, the 10th in order to indulge myself on my birthday weekend.

HHM

Weight: 226
Push Ups: 50 - 25, 25

Ho Hum Monday! Nuthin' to report.

Habit

Weight: 226
Push Ups: 75 - 25, 25, 25

This is becoming a habit that is hard to break. I was going to give myself the morning off. But when I got up to let the cats out, I did 25. Then it was back to bed for half an hour. 

Well, then I was committed. I did another 25 after I got up.

I haven't done the last 25 yet. I'm about to do them and if I don't, I will write it here. 

Saturday Sleep In Day

Weight: 225
P.U.'s : 25, 25,

As of this writing, I have only done 25 push ups. I need to go in and do more. But perhaps, I'll do even more!


5:42PM: ...or perhaps I won't!