Gym - Day One

For the past couple of weeks, I've been plateaued right around 320. Stress is building up, which means I'm falling back into the old habit of stress eating, and this means I'm using up more of my points, so I'm not losing weight the way I was. In part to combat this and in part because I needed to do it anyway, I hit the gym today for the first time in a long while.

My routine for today was the following:

- Walking (3.3 mph, average incline of 2.0) - 25 minutes
- Abdominal Press (150 lbs, 15 reps) - 2 sets
- Back Extension (200 lbs, 15 reps) - 2 sets
- Tri-cep Extension (50 lbs, 15 reps) - 2 sets

The walking was actually a very good experience. A year ago, I would have been wiped out from that portion of things. Instead, when the 25 minute mark hit, my first thought was 'damn, I should have set it for longer.' Of course, the fact I'm going on my lunch break limits how much time I can commit to it, but still.

The weights were picked for two reasons and will expand a bit as time goes on. First, I wanted to work on my mid-section, hence the ab press and back extension. The other is my legs have plenty of muscle, but my arms are seriously lacking. So much of what I'll be pursuing in that arena is going to be purely based on my upper body. Walking will keep the musculature on my legs, but I don't want to add anything to it simply because I'm going to have to shed some of that muscle mass as I lose the weight it was built up to support.

The current schedule is going to be Tu/Th/Sat. The eventual goal will be 5-6 days a week, but I have to build up the habit first. Journey of a thousand miles and all that jazz.