The MetropolisKid’s 52 Day Challenge Blog

Burned a CE last night, but I’m still lighter than when I started the weekend out.  Neat.  I like it.  Last night was movie night with popcorn and a little candy.

I spent the weekend in Stayner with my son.  It rained most of Saturday, but Sunday was sunny and warm…until we hit the beach in Wasaga.  It was surreal.  Stayner’s five minutes away, but it might well have been in another timezone as far as weather was concerned.  We played in the sand for three hours amidst the weirdest fog.  There was a seven degree difference in temperature and the fog didn’t lift until well into the afternoon.

The fog didn’t stop anyone else from visiting the beach, either.  Teens and Tweens swarmed the area; boys hunting in packs, shorts riding low, underwear riding high, and shirts nowhere to be seen in the 15 degree (celsius) fog.  The girls dressed in anything from pajamas to sweat-clothes to the skimpiest of bathing suits; with goosepimples covering the cumulative acres of exposed skin.

It was good times.

One of the attractions to the Georgian Bay area is the antiquing.  I’m not really into that particular pass-time - shopping makes me want to poke my eyes out - but I ended up buying a hundred-year-old dinner table and chairs that need a little love, but look pretty solid.  The whole urban IKEA lifestyle’s been getting to me, I guess.  The set wouldn’t fit in my Focus (grin), but I think I’m going to have a couple of trucks in the area for an event at the end of July.

I also purchased a few new t-shirts over the weekend.  All of the ones owned previously were for a larger, differently shaped frame.  I’m enjoying my transformation - even if it is relatively slow (my own damned fault, really).  I’ve gone from an XL to just a plain ol’ large.  Neat.

Today’s my fourth Fatloss 1 workout.  Bulgarian split squats.

Not looking forward to that.

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It’s almost three o’clock, and I’m not feeling so hot.  Almost passed out  at the gym over lunch (finished the sets of bulgarian squats, thankyouverymuch), and cut the workout short.  I feel like the top of my head is going to come off.  My eyes hurt.  I’d think I was hung over, if I’d had anything to drink over the weekend.  I’m back at the office now, and trying to hydrate as much as possible.  Hopefully that’s all it is.

After a brief, pretzel induced bump up to 216 on Wednesday, I’m back to 215.  I’d been hoping to keep the cardio numbers strong early in the game to avoid a last minute flail like the last challenge, but it looks like I’m slacking again.  I’ve just been having trouble getting out of bed early enough to get it in before work.

I’m up to speed on the RT, though.

Today is NROL fatloss 1, session a.  The worst part of that workout is the rotational lunge.  The first couple of times I did them, it felt as though my left knee was pulling apart.   I’m also not sure I’m doing the twisty part right…which would explain the knee thing.  I’ll see if I can get someone at the gym to check out my form for me today.  I do NOT want to pop that thing again.

Even with the knee, I prefer this workout to the other session.  The bulgarian squats are friggin’ killer.  I tried them the first time with dumbells, and this last wednesday, I tried with a barbell on my back.  Word to the wise - DO NOT do it with a barbell on your back.  It’s far easier to ditch the dumbells if you start to go down, and about halfway through the second set my upper arms started to cramp.  They weren’t really doing any work, aside from balancing, but it hurt like a muther.

Next week is barbecue-riddled, so it’s gona take some extra planing to make it through.  Then, the week after that, The Doras.  Major schmooze-fest.  I’m gonna have to be sociable AND make it through the free food and hooch (the hooch will be less of a problem) without doing myself damage.  Fingers crossed!

Today’s numbers:

That’s right.  I’ve managed to undo most of the progress I saw over the last 52DC.  The last week has been pretty decadent with one party or gig after another.  I spent 14 hours on a bus tour of a hiking event I’m working on next month last Wednesday, we had a housewarming party, three birthdays, a work barbecue, and just plain ol’ bad eating all ’round.  It was fun, but it’s time to buckle back down.  Most of the re-acquired weight should come off over the next few days as clean eating resumes and I shed the extra water. The couple of pounds of actual damage will likely take another week or so.  At least, I’m hoping that’s the case.

I’m going to try harder to post EVERY day this time around, both on the 52DC board and here.  I slacked a bit last time around, and I think the psychology of posting will help me reach my goals.  Progress will become more difficult as I continue, and I’l need every edge I can get.

As of yesterday, I’m clean eating, back on TNT A, and back to the NROL workouts.  Happy Tuna Tuesday!

Well, I finally finished a 52 day challenge.  And ended up with a friggin’ Platinum Medal, no less!  I’m disappointed that I didn’t hit the 5% goal.  I came close, but shot myself in the foot with a few cheats.  The next challenge starts in 9 days, and I intend to do better.  There are a few events in there, for example, the Dora Mavor Moore Theatre Awards.  The Doras will be my attempt to schmooze with the theatre crowd in an attempt to renew old contacts and boost my career.  I hate that kind of thing, but I’m gonna have to do it if I want to keep this gig.  There’s only so long I can pick up my boss’s left-overs.

This weekend, I did a tour of Costco.  I’m trying to determine whether it would behoove me to purchase some of my staples there in bulk.  The jury’s still out.  I picked up a ginormous can of tuna that will yield 1300g of fish-flesh for about 11 bucks.  That’s about the same as 11 normal sized cans.  I think in the future, I’ll continue getting the sixpacks at the Real Canadian Superstore near work.  I also think I’ll be better off buying whatever meat is on sale there rather than hitting the Costco.

Today, I find myself plagued with a wicked head-cold.  I’m going to call it a day early, today.