{"id":447,"date":"2006-04-10T20:32:55","date_gmt":"2006-04-11T01:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2006-04-10T20:32:55","modified_gmt":"2006-04-11T01:32:55","slug":"7-down-43-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/2006\/04\/10\/7-down-43-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"7 down, 43 to go"},"content":{"rendered":"

On one hand, it’s a depressing figure because I’ve got such a way to go. On the other hand, I’m just under 1\/7th of the weigh (sic) there, which is a great start. I want to get down to my goal weight from a couple years ago, which I never quite made after tearing up my soleus (no rw, not that<\/em> Soleus \ud83d\ude42 ) playing Ultimate<\/a>. As I’ve mentioned before, my Ultimate days are done (until maybe the fall) and the focus is getting back to my goal weight and maintaining a 35-40 mile week. I plan to hit both goals by the Civic Holiday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve been running regularly the last few weeks, and have re-introduced gym<\/a> workouts into the mix as of last weekend. I’m sore, but not oh-god-I-broke-myself sore. I won’t call it a good sore just yet, but it’s getting there. Squats, lat pulldowns, deadlifts, leg and bench presses, and a variety of other exercises (including ab work, ugh) are back in the routine, and I can lift about half of what I could at the peak of when I was lifting seriously. But it’s coming back. That’s the important part; or at least, that’s what I keep telling myself.<\/p>\n

The re-introduction’s been tough, doubly so because life has been a bit of a downer of late, and I’ve had zero motivation for anything<\/em>. I’ve resorted to writing lists and posting them around the house, as well as keeping a reminder card in my wallet. Know what? It’s working for me. The rules are simple, and are as follows:<\/p>\n