Day 7 – Morte

Well then, today was a rather crap day as the weather was not great at all and I still went diving in freezing cold weather. I am not very comfortable at the moment, trying to warm up so this is my blog for the day

Day 6 – Morte

Today was a fantastic day, I did not got to gym as I was going scuba diving which is a new passion of mine. I find it very soothing and relaxing, don’t get me wrong this isn’t a relax day, scubda diving is quite a workout when you think about it. Just to give you a run down… The cylinder weights are 20kgs, then there is getting into the confounded wetsuit, not to mention all the weights I need to carry for my to sink (13kgs). So essentially we kit up by our car then walk down to the water which is about 100meters away, as you get into the water yes you float but there is a lot of resistance against you while swimming on the surface. I am absolutely loving diving, cannot wait to go tomorrow!!

Day 5 – Morte

Right yesterday was day 5 for me however I did not go to gym as I was really ill the day before and was feeling very very weak. I did however walk to the shops n back in the afternoon which is probably around 2.2km round trip. My sleeping habits still haven’t changed as they are still very irregular (eg. I slept over 10 hours yesterday)

Day 4 – Morte

No gyming today as first off I only got to sleep around 3am and not to mention me being sick. Will see how I feel tomorrow!

Day 3 – Morte

Well Its now Day 3 of this adventure and I am already running out of things to say (which is annoying Nyx to no end :P) I am not the creative type nor the talking type so for 2 days its quite a feat for me. But anyways now I know (*coughs* Nyx *coughs*)  I shall start putting more info in here but dont expect it to be lengthy at all. Woke up this morning early to get to gym so that i dont have to battle rush hour traffic which in return proved to be pointless. So I decided to go a little later. I did the same routine as I have been doing for the last 2 days as I am not that concerned about the strengthening as much as I am about my fitness and endurance. The gyms was still surprisingly packed, making me think not a hell of people work these days or at least to the normal conventions. Got myself onto the bike and set my time for again 1 hr. The wall hit me again today but it only really hit me at around the 42 min mark which I am very happy about! I decided to change my routine just a slight tad today on the bike where as the timer hit 59 min I increased the resistance level to about 15 (running around 4 the whole time before) I felt my legs burning 30 seconds into it, but it felt good so I pushed myself through the last 30 seconds. I am finding that I am keeping the distance around 26 km each time which is good for now until I am used the routine and then I will start pushing myself harder. I did my cool down laps around the track and then had to skip the super circuits as I needed to go do some work. Lately I have been having trouble staying awake and sleeping most of the day away which I am hoping that this adventure will help correct. So far I haven’t noticed much of a difference in terms of that and probably wont for the next week or so. I am however at times feeling rather energetic and need to do something, anything.  Now that I have been given “pointers” from Nyx, I have created a playlist for my ipod and will give it a test tomorrow and let you know about it.

Day 2 – Morte

Well not much to really say about today that I didn’t say yesterday. I did the same routine that I did yesterday, apart from the stiffness everything went the same as yesterday still hit that wall at around 40 min but I am not expecting it to change anything soon, the last 2 times that I have been on the bike, I have ridden almost 26km in an hour which is a quarter of the race I would like to take part in in november. So now as a goal of mine too is to increase my endurance and be able to last longer on the bike, but it will take awhile to get to I have no doubt about it.

Day 1 – Morte

Well first day in the gym and I my legs are like jelly. They are BURNING like crazy!!! Started with my stretches, and warmed up around the track with a brisk jog then I hit the elliptical which I got off after about 5 min simply because I couldn’t “do it” it felt weird. So I headed off to the bicycle with a target of atleast 30 min, 25 min into it and I decided to go longer, double my target. I hit the proverbial wall at around 40 min, I just wanted to get off this devil of a contraption. Think I thought what would happen to me if Nyx were here with me. Well I stuck at it and made it thru the full 60 min, then I did a cool down brisk walk around the track for a few min. After that I went a did a round of the super circuits which is strength and cardio training all in one. I can definitely feel the workout and can almost guarantee that I am going to feel it even more later on.
Did my intial weight in and I was: 137kgs / 301lbs

What We’re Doing…

Morte and I were chatting last night about how we feel, and how we look.  We’re both unhappy about ourselves and I suggested a challenge between the two of us.  Why don’t we push each other to go to the gym, eat better foods and (in Morte’s case) drink less? It would be way more fun to do this together, and we can help each other.  Workout buddies for the win!

There is only one real downside to this plan.

Morte lives in South Africa, I live in Canada, and there is way too much distance to actually push ourselves to go, so I suggested a blog to help motivate us.

Every time we go to the gym, we’re going to blog about it.  Every time we find a yummy, healthy food, we’re going to blog about it.  Every week when we weigh-in, and I take my measurements, we’re going to blog about it. If Morte doesn’t post his workouts and his food, I’m going to blog yell at him, and I expect him to do the same to me.  We’re in this together.

For me, this experience isn’t about what you see.  I don’t care if you think I have too many curves, this is my body and I need to be happy with it.  I’m working out and eating healthier because I want to be healthy.  I want to look in the mirror and know that I worked myself so hard that I’ve made myself healthy again.  I can do that, but I need your help, as my reader, and I need Morte’s help to keep pushing me to reach my goals and be a stronger, healthier person than I am now.

We’re officially starting this Fitness Adventure on Monday, May 2, 2011. The first post from the both of us will be our stats:

Height:
Weight:
Stomach:
Hips:
Thigh:
Arm:

We’ll measure each part and post the totals to give ourselves a starting point, and weekly we’ll post the new totals so you can see our progress. Our goals will be posted with our starting point stats as well, so we can keep on track.

Don’t let us fall off the track, reader. Feel free to comment your encouragement to us!