HALF WAY THERE!!!

Monday, day 1 of week 9

Well, let me get todays workout out of the way before my pics. It went pretty good, I changed my warmup a little bit and made it more intense, which actually made it to where I could only do 6 sets of the warmup instead of 8. It was nice to do something different. The workout went pretty good today, I did all the week 9 routine, pretty much ended up doing 20 of everything for all the sets and supersets. The explosive pushups were a bit tough towards 14 and on!! Did really good with everything else, and I actually liked the staggered pullups, what I did for those was I had one hand facing towards and the other facing away, and then I switched them. It was a cool way to do them, it gave me a different feeling burn. Im not too sore, except my abs, from using the resistance band during ball crunches....Oww! But overall I feel pretty good, no soreness, which is good because tomorrow will be my first day of heavy lifting. I plan on doing my warmup, then the heavy lifting, and then finish with my HIIT. Im interested to see if people will stare or say anything when Im cranking the treadmill up to 10 and 11mph, since most people at the gym just cruise.

Ok, with that said, here are my halfway pictures with a little side note for some:

Total weight loss as of today, 18 lbs, total inches lost off of gut, 4 1/2"

Current weight-159.5 lbs

Current gut measurement-35 3/8"

Here are some other pictures from my halfway point I took:

Heres how I've been keeping track of my gut measurement. Just a simple piece of paper and a tape measure. I have always measured from the same spot since day 1, right below my belly button, which happened to be the biggest part of my gut and lovehandles.

If it weren't for this piece of paper, proving that I was changing.....I probably would have quit before I ever even got to week 3. But Im still here!!!

Saturday, day 6 of week 6

No workouts to report on, heres why.....One reason is work, I worked all day yesterday and was too tired at the end of the day to do my last resistance day of the week, and then today I was going to do both the resistance and HIIT, but, I started working on my entertainment center and just had to finish it! I build my own furniture by the way, incase your wondering. So tomorrow, my day off, I will go ahead and finish out week 8's routine and get my last HIIT in for the week 8. I will also be posting my halfway pics on Monday, which will be the beginning of my second half of my 16 week journey. I have lost a little bit more around my stomach these past 2 weeks and am really pleased with my results so far.

When I start week 9 I will be incorporating some of my own workouts to help boost my results for the final 8 week stretch. I joined a gym on thursday and will be including some heavy weight training into Arnels program, so I will have to change my workout schedule a little bit. I have decided to include the heavy weight lifting because I want to bulk up a bit while losing the fat using Arnels program. I dont want to lose all my fat and then be a little skinny twig. My current weight is 160 lbs, so Ive lost 17 lbs so far, which is plenty!! I do want to get the ripped look, with a low body fat %, but I also want to add muscle. So I will still be doing the exact same workouts that you guys are doing, but I will also be lifting. So please, wish me luck!!

I hope everyone is getting great results like I know some of us are, and if you think your not getting any results, just keep going!! If you are workong out and eating right, the results will come! Good luck all, talk to you again when I post my halfway results on Monday!

Thursday, day 4 of week 6

Just a quick post here, I did my resistance last night when I got home and it went pretty good. I was pretty tired from being at work all day, but once I was into my warmup I got into it. It took me about an hour. I wanted to do my HIIT right after but it was 11pm when I was finished, and I didnt feel like being up for another 45 minutes. So I just did a really good HIIT today, heres what I did:

2min at 3mph, then
1min at 4mph, then
2min at 7mph, then
1min at 10mph, then
2min at 7mph, then
1min at 10mph, then
2min at 7mph, then
1min at 9mph, then
2min at 7mph, then
1min at 9mph, then
5min at 7mph, then
2min at 6mph, then
2min at 3mph, then
1min at 2mph.

I ran about 2.65 miles, burned a total of 68.4 carbs, and 401 calories, and ran for a total of 25 minutes.

2 more days till I get to my halfway point!! Hope everyones training is going good!

Tuesday, day 2 of week 8

I'll keep this short and sweet. I did my HIIT today and heres what I did:

2min at 3mph, then
2min at 7mph, then
1min at 10mph, then
2min at 7mph, then
1min at 10mph, then
3min at7mph, then
1min at 9mph, then
2min at 6mph, then
1min at 9mph, then
2min at 6mph, then
2min at 3mph, then
1min at 2mph.

It was a god day, I ended up running about 2.125 miles, in 20 minutes, and burned 340 calories and 55 carbs. I work all day tomorrow so I will have to do my workout after I get home at night, which I hate doing. I will try to add another HIIT too since it will already be late and I will not have to worry about finishing in a certain amount of time. Wish me luck!

Oh, the knee feels great today too, I picked up some gluocosamine tablets and started taking them today, so hopefully that will help me out.

Monday, day 1 of week 8

So a quick update here....I wasn't able to do the final set of the week 7 routine this weekend. My knee was just needing a break. So I took it easy and worked in the garage finishing my entertainment center, which is lookin pretty good! It seemed to help because my knee felt pretty good today, which was a good thing since it was my first day of week 8! I started the workout with the intention of doing my HIIT after the routine, but it took too long. I did really good in the routine today, or at least I felt like I did good. I had alot of energy with taking those 2 days off, so I was ready to go today. The ball and chair pushups were pretty tough, so I got thru 15 reps of those, and then 15 of the 1 leg ball squats, each leg. Then I used the chair instead of the ball for the 1 leg raised pushups, which I did 10 for each leg raised, then the 1 leg ball rolls I did 20 each leg. I dont have the same pullup bar as Arnel, so I did regular palms out pullups, which I did 8 the first set, but was able to do 10 the next 2 sets, followed by 30 seconds of the wall sitting squat, which actually hurt alot more than I thought! Then I did 20 of the upright row with the black bands, and 20 of the ball calf raises each leg. I finished the routine with 20 of the bicep curls with the black and blue bands, and then 20 of the ball knee lifts.

I feel pretty good now, and the knees holding up, so thats good. Im really hoping for some good pictures at my halfway point next week, and I think they might be pretty good because I have actually been able to notice some changes in my obliques now in the mirror, which is really getting me excited!! I used to joke that if you grabbed my love handles and closed your eyes, it felt like a nice "d" cup sized boob, without a nipple...but now...I can only pinch the little bit of fat that is left!! Its great!!

Keep it up you guys.....most of us are almost half way there, so its all downhill from here...well...downhill in terms of how many more weeks we have left! Uphill in terms of how much more intense the routines will get...CANT WAIT!!!!!

Friday, day 5 of week 7

Well I didn't do the HIIT last night, my dang knee again, so I saved it for today. Of course, when I woke up my knee was killing me, but after breakfast it just went away...this knee thing is the wierdest pain thing I have ever had, it just comes and goes. I wish it would just GO!!! But after a hard day of yardwork, I got ready and did my HIIT day, heres what I did:

2min at 3mph, then

2min at 7mph, then

1min at 10mph, then

2min at 7mph, then
1min at 10mph, then

2min at 7mph, then
1min at 9mph, then

2min at 7mph, then
1min at 9mph, then

2min at 7mph, then

4min at 6mph, then

2min at 4mph, then

2min at 3mph, then

1min at 2mph.

Heres a picture of my treadmill showing my finishing stats, not too bad!!!

Nice, just over 2.5 miles, burned 69 carbs, burned 400 calories, and ran for a total of 25 minutes. Knee did fine....but I did have a serious tight calf muscle when I finished!!! Thank God for tiger balm!!

Thursday, day 4 of week 7

I didn't post yesterday for 2 reasons, one I didn't do anything. I had to work and my knee was killing me, so I took a rest day. And two, because as much as I like keeping up on the posting, its getting a little old, its lost some of its coolness that it had when I first started it. Plus it eats up a bit of time. So I will probably be posting maybe 2 times a week or so, I dunno, we will see.

So today I did the week 7 routine for the second time, and actually got it done sooner than the first time. I broke up some of the exercises into 2 or 3 sets that equalled 30 reps total. Except the pullups, I had to do as many as possible until I finally reached 30 reps, but I didn't have to use the elastic bands this time!! Yeah me! It helped by doing the pullups second, instead of last, deffinetely. I will do my HIIT when I get home tonight so wish me luck.

Keep it up everybody, your ALL doing great work!