Abs

It's insane that my abs were still sore today from Monday's ripdeck session. I decided 3 days was enough rest and knocked out another session, improving to 10:50 for the 208 pushups and situps. If my abs ever get back in shape, I'm gonna kill that workout. I guess this is what happens when you ignore a muscle for over 2 months. That's probably the reason why I can't do pullups either. Sigh.

Tomorrow I have my Instruments Check Ride. That probably doesn't mean anything to the 3 readers of this blog but it's just another flying test. These tests are stressful but they represent another step toward graduation and getting the hell out of Alabama so I welcome them with open arms. Wish me luck tomorrow.

Pushups: Today-268 YTD-10626
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-0mi YTD-147.85mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Fri, 15Feb - 200.4
Fri, 22Feb - 203.4
Mon, 25Feb - 207.8
Tue, 26Feb - 206.4
Wed, 27Feb - 201.8
Thu, 28Feb - 203.2

Paying the price

Bleh, woke up today feeling sore all over. My foot is the most troubling, feels like a bit of a stres fracture in the top part. I decided to take the day off and have been stretching it out. It hurts to do that but the more I stretch it, the less I think it's a fracture. Hopefully it feels better tomorrow. My arms felt weird as well and my abs still hurt so I did just one set of 60 pushups for the day. I'm happy with 10k in 2 months but I was hoping for a bit more. The past week or two have been pretty brutal but I guess that's what happens when you binge drink like a 19 year-old. Oh, also my weight fluctuated down like crazy. I think I was dehydrated and maybe that's why my foot felt/feels like crap. Let's hope that's all it is.

Pushups: Today-60 YTD-10358
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-0mi YTD-147.85mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Fri, 15Feb - 200.4
Fri, 22Feb - 203.4
Mon, 25Feb - 207.8
Tue, 26Feb - 206.4
Wed, 27Feb - 201.8

Grindin'

Fitness really is quite the grind. Especially when flight school takes up so much damn time. A lot of people come down here and get super fat by the end and barely pass their final physical fitness test. I'm pretty proud of what I've done and hopefully it'll continue. My abs were pretty sore today but I'm looking forward to round 2 of ripdeck tomorrow. Today, I did 60 pushups per meal and ran 5 miles with my roommate. The run was intense and we finished a semi-hilly course in 37 minutes when we normally do it in 40-42 minutes. I think I'm addicted to running and it feels pretty awesome. 3 of my toenails are dead/dying and soon I'll be one of those running weirdos with no toenails. I love it.

Pushups:- Today-180 YTD-10298
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-5mi YTD-147.85mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Fri, 15Feb - 200.4
Fri, 22Feb - 203.4
Mon, 25Feb - 207.8
Tue, 26Feb - 206.4

Rip deck

I bought an iPad app called Ripdeck that uses a deck of cards and lets you customize what you want each card to mean. My buddies Ryan and Ryan use ripdeck and make 2 suits situps and 2 suits pushups with values 2-A ranging from 2-14. You end up doing 208 of each by the end of the workout and try to do it as fast as you can. I did it in 12:09 but one of the Ryans is down to 8:26 so I have my work cut out for me. My situps are really weak right now but they'll snap back into shape soon. I also did 60 at each meal so I managed 388 for the day. Surprisingly, my legs felt pretty good and I considered a short run before reconsidering. I'll definitely do 4-5 miles tomorrow, need to keep this momentum going.

Pushups:- Today-388 YTD-10118
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-0mi YTD-142.85mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Fri, 15Feb - 200.4
Fri, 22Feb - 203.4
Mon, 25Feb - 207.8

New Orleans

Epic City. Great food, legal to drink in public, great music, etc. Having a half marathon on a Sunday morning is a little sadistic, however, and my legs were cramping as I stood in my corral before running a single mile. I ran the first 10 miles with my friend's wife and then did the last 3.1 a little faster. I kept a 7:24 pace for that last stretch but we were so slow for the 10 miles that I only managed a 2:01 time. In the nearish future I'd like to run another one and shoot for something in the 1:40s. For that race, I won't drink vodka/car bombs/sake allll day the day before. Pushups were a total bust due to the fact that I was either drinking or running all the time. I did 60 on Friday morning, zero on Saturday, and 100 today in 2 sets of 50. Tomorrow I'm going to try out the ripdeck card game app that incorporates situps with 232 pushups. I haven't done a situp since December so that should be fun. I'll also do some tomorrow morning to push myself over 10K.

Pushups: Weekend-160 YTD-9730
Pullups: Weekend-0 YTD-115
Running: Weekend-13.1mi YTD-142.85mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Fri, 15Feb - 200.4
Tue, 19Feb - 207.8
Wed, 20Feb - 204.4
Thu, 21Feb - 202.2
Fri, 22Feb - 203.4

Great Day

Flew like a champ today and was very productive with my homework. I also managed to do 300 pushups and run 5 miles. These will be the last miles before my half marathon. I'm going to run this one socially but the training has made me want to train up and do one for time in the nearish future. My shoulders are still a little creaky but the pushups are coming a bit easier. Just in time for a weekend in New Orleans. Glorious.

Also, it's kind of amazing how weight can fluctuate like mine is right now. I had a huge Mexican dinner so I probably won't go down any further but gaining 7 lbs and losing 5 back immediately is pretty amazing. Let's see how many I can put back on this weekend. 7 lbs or bust.

Pushups: Today-300 YTD-9570
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-5mi YTD-129.75mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Fri, 15Feb - 200.4
Tue, 19Feb - 207.8
Wed, 20Feb - 204.4
Thu, 21Feb - 202.2

Flight School

It's been rough this week. Went to class at 0500 and didn't get done with homework until 1800. Had a few small breaks but most of it was flight planning and studying. I did 100 pushups this morning but my shoulders felt like crap throughout the day and only was able to do another 100 at dinner. I really think NYC pushed my fitness back a few months. I did manage to lose 3.4 lbs of water or shit or whatever so maybe once I get back to a normalish weight I'll be able to run and pushup like I used to. The half-marathon this weekend will be good for that...Friday and Saturday nights in New Orleans, probably not so much.

Pushups: Today-200 YTD-9270
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-0mi YTD-124.75mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Fri, 15Feb - 200.4
Tue, 19Feb - 207.8
Wed, 20Feb - 204.4

Feeling like a Fatty

Only did 120 pushups today, running my 5-day total to 540. Not gonna cut it. Maybe someday I'll recover from the endless vodka from the weekend. I did run 5 miles, making it 12 miles over the 5 days. Most impressively, I weighed 200.4 on Friday morning and 207.8 this morning. That seems pretty bad ass.

Pushups: Today-540 YTD-9070
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-12mi YTD-124.75mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Fri, 15Feb - 200.4
Tue, 19Feb - 207.8

Turrible

Did one set of 60 on Sunday and one set of 50 today. My body aches from all the booze and travel. I did run 7 miles through Central Park on Sunday so there's that. I'll add the numbers on Tuesday, it's bedtime and I don't feel like firing up my laptop. Tomorrow I hope to get back to 120 per meal and running a couple of miles per day. Thank god all weekends aren't 3-days.

NYC

I'm in a secret location this weekend. Today, I ate my weight in food and drank my weight in beers. Went to some awesome bars and ate some awesome pizza. Yesterday I did 190 pushups and today I did 120. No running or pill ups, blah. Will add the totals later.

Check Ride

I have my first Blackhawk check ride tomorrow. A check ride is a test of your flying ability and oral knowledge. Obviously we don't need to know thaaaat much because we've been flying for <20 hours but it's still pretty stressful and I've been studying all day.

The sun came out and taunted me but I skipped running and only did 60 pushups with each meal. Tomorrow morning I'm doing 120 for breakfast no matter what and 120 for lunch no matter what. That way I'll have 240 in the bag if my travel day is too tiring and I don't get anything done at night. On Saturday I hope to get 3-5 miles in and then 9 on Sunday, one week before the half marathon. Also, I hope I can get some sweet pullup action on Saturday, hopefully I can find a park with pullup bars. I might not have any new blog entries until Monday but, shit, then again maybe I will.

Pushups: Today-180 YTD-8530
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-0mi YTD-112.75mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Sat, 09Feb - 202.2
Sun, 10Feb - 204.0
Mon, 11Feb - 204.0
Tue, 12Feb - 202.4
Wed, 13Feb - 200.8
Thu, 14Feb - 202.0

Sore

My chest and arms are super sore today. I think I'm going to do that pyramid thing a couple times each week until I can get all the way up to 50 pushups and then work on getting faster times. I still managed to do 150 pushups with 60 at breakfast, 40 at lunch, and 25 on either side of dinner. I'm pretty sure I could have done more with those other sets but I was in pain and decided not to push it.

I also ran 4 miles on the treadmill in 30 minutes and felt pretty good. This half marathon is going to be a lot of fun. I'm pretty happy with myself today because I flew 3.1 hours in the morning and was feeling really drained. We usually fly 1.2 hours but we had to make up time so they flew the hell out of me. Flying is still so physically and mentally draining for me and I'm really proud of myself for making it to the gym. I was eating healthily all day and then my roommate dragged me to $0.25 wing night and my day was shot to hell. Maybe tomorrow I'll go a full day without any horribly unhealthy food.

Pushups: Today-150 YTD-8350
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-115
Running: Today-4mi YTD-112.75mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Sat, 09Feb - 202.2
Sun, 10Feb - 204.0
Mon, 11Feb - 204.0
Tue, 12Feb - 202.4
Wed, 13Feb - 200.8

No Fly is No Fun

It's been thunderstorms and lightning for 3 straight days here so we haven't been flying. We still wake up at 0350 and show up to school at 0500 but we just sit around and get asked questions about the aircraft and aerodynamics. Normally the class is a pain in the ass but flying is your reward for putting up with it. Now, there is no reward and school is just painful. At least we get to go home by 9ish, work that's done by 9 AM isn't too terrible.

I did manage to do 120 pushups around breakfast, complete a 5-10-5-20-5-30-5-40-5-30-5-20-5-10-5 pushup/pullup pyramid before lunch, run 7 miles before dinner, then do 120 pushups around dinner. So the day wasn't a total waste. 400 pushups and 40 pullups and 7 miles might be my best day ever. Toward the end of the pyramid I was doing 2 pullups then resting then 2 more then 1. I videotaped myself for posterity and it's funny to see me struggle to pull myself up to the bar. I'll save the video and maybe post it later when I have a majestic one to show everyone.

It's pretty awesome having Dave blogging his workouts here. Daut, Ryan and I just had a Twitter conversation about being meatheads and it's so nice having workout "partners". This 50k pushups would be such a chore if I didn't have these other people along for the ride. Thanks, other people!! There's an app called ripdeck that Ryan uses for pushups and situps. It's a basic pushup/situp card game but it looks like fun and is easier than using a real deck. I'll probably start using it after the Half Marathon since I don't feel like destroying my abs while running these distances. I haven't done any situps since December 1st, hope the running has kept my core in some sort of shape.

Pushups: Today-400 YTD-8200
Pullups: Today-40 YTD-115
Running: Today-7mi YTD-108.75mi

Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Sat, 09Feb - 202.2
Sun, 10Feb - 204.0
Mon, 11Feb - 204.0
Tues, 12Feb - 202.4

Imbalanced

I am having an incredibly tough time with pullups. I did 300 pushups today, easily, and figured I'd work on some pullups. One 6-1 pyramid and my chest is on fire and I'm quitting for the day. I don't really feel it much in my back but clearly my chest is imbalanced. It's mostly the upper part of my pecs that feel like they're going to tear every time I do a pullup. It's so weird because I used to knock out 8-10 randomly without any issues. On Thursday, I'm going to try a pullup-pushup combo workout that goes 5-10-5-20-5-30-5-40-5-50-5-40-5-30-5-20-5-10-5 and see how fast I can complete it, only resting as much as I need to rest. Maybe I'll do that workout a few times a week if I like it and shoot for lower times each week. It adds up to 250 pushups and 50 pullups which seem like nice numbers for a little upper body session. We'll see.

Pushups: Today-300 YTD-7800
Pullups: Today-21 YTD-75
Running: Today-0mi YTD-101.75mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Sat, 09Feb - 202.2
Sun, 10Feb - 204.0
Mon, 11Feb - 204.0

Running is Fun?

Last night I went to see Broken City. I definitely recommend checking it out. Russel Crowe and Mark Wahlberg are great and the plot is pretty good. There are a lot of little plot twists and things that I would normally consider corny but they're really well done in this film. I ate a ton of Mexican Food before the movie so that's probably why I weighed so much in the morning. I ate a bunch of Ribs tonight so I'll probably weigh a lot tomorrow as well. I think keeping track daily is good just to identify trends before they become habits.

Assuming we were running at 9 AM, I woke up at 8 AM today ready to make breakfast and relax. However, I had a text from James saying that he wanted to go running at 8 so I ate a banana and slammed some coconut water and went for our 12-mile run. He picked a pretty brutal course so our time isn't great but I actually enjoyed myself out on the roads today. This half marathon training has me seriously thinking about running a full marathon this summer/fall with my brother. If you have a running partner, it's great to spend 2 hours or so just bullshitting about life and whatnot. My feet are getting all blistered up but they're a lot tougher than they've ever been. Anyway, here's a link that he posted:

http://tinyurl.com/axfwpjm

I did two sets of 50 pushups tonight and called it a day. My shoulders hurt and hopefully I'll get back to 300 a day tomorrow. Supposedly we're due for some thunderstorms which would prevent us from flying and I'll have more energy for pushups. Holla!

Pushups: Today-100 YTD-7500
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-54
Running: Today-12mi YTD-101.75mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Sat, 09Feb - 202.2
Sun, 10Feb - 204.0

Healthy Weekend

Today I decided to round off my number and did 5 extra pushups in one of my sets. I also did one pullup pyramid from 6-1. I would like to start having more intense workout sessions but right now I'm enjoying my light sets around meal time. I think I'll go crazy one of these afternoons and knock out 500-600 in a pop but I'm not quite ready for that yet. I have my Contact Check Ride on Wednesday and I have Thursday off so maybe Thursday I'll try to blow out my shoulders and tear my pecs.

I didn't mean to go running today but it was so nice outside that it felt criminal not to. I'm planning on doing 12 miles tomorrow and I'm feeling a little too sore for that but I'm sure I'll feel better in the morning. And I'll take it slow and loosen my legs up as I go. I'm going to take my GPS watch so maybe I'll have a sweet map on here tomorrow. Wish me luck.

I have no idea why I'm tracking my weight. I think 205 is pretty damn good and I just want to make sure I don't get lax and balloon back up to 215 or so. I went to Montgomery a few weekends ago and was right around 209-210 and decided that I wanted to get back down a bit. Apparently one of the best ways to lose weight is to simply keep track and write it down every day. That way, you're constantly thinking about what you're eating or how much you're exercising and these little decisions add up. I had a pretty good weekend as far as eating goes. I usually eat real well during the week and let myself go on Friday and Saturday but I've been a good boy. Obviously I just want to look sexy on the beach. SPRING BREAK WOOOOO!!!

Pushups: Today-185 YTD-7400
Pullups: Today-21 YTD-54
Running: Today-4mi YTD-89.75mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8
Sat, 09Feb - 202.2

I am so weak

So, when I do pullups it feels like my pecs are going to tear. I don't think this feels very good so I did 3 sets of 6 and quit. I also managed 3 sets of pushups for 180 today. I can't believe that Dave did 300 in sets of 25. I would want to kill myself. I also got a good run on the treadmill because of the bad weather. I set my time to 42:00 randomly and started out with 8-minute miles, planning on running 2 and speeding up if I felt good. Well I felt good so after 1/2 a mile I bumped it to 7:30 miles for 1/2 a mile then toggled between 8 mph and 8.6 mph for the rest of the run. When the clock hit 42 minutes, I had run 5.75 miles which felt pretty good. Tomorrow I'll focus on pullups again if my pecs aren't torn.

Pushups: Today-180 YTD-7215
Pullups: Today-18 YTD-33
Running: Today-5.75mi YTD-85.75mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Sat, 02Feb - 204.2
Sun, 03Feb - 202.4
Mon, 04Feb - 204.4
Tue, 05Feb - 202.6
Wed, 06Feb - 203.6
Thr, 07Feb - 203.8
Fri, 08Feb - 203.8

Better

I got 300 pushups done today and went on a 4-mile ruck march with a 50-lb rucksack. It doesn't count towards running but it still helps me work up a sweat and build leg/back strength. It's so easy to hit a biggish pushup number when I start out with 120 at breakfast. There's no excuse for not doing that every day, just pure laziness. Tomorrow I'm going to focus on pull ups and running. Promise.

Pushups: Today-300 YTD-7035
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-15
Running: Today-0mi YTD-80mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Sat, 02Feb - 204.2
Sun, 03Feb - 202.4
Mon, 04Feb - 204.4
Tue, 05Feb - 202.6
Wed, 06Feb - 203.6
Thr, 07Feb - 203.8

And Again

Still feeling sore and blah. I'd say I was getting sick but I don't like to say those things. Went running but my calf was really tight and never loosened up so I stopped after a mile and ran back home. Stretched for a while but it's still tight right now. My arms have also been real sore and have a really weird ache to them. I've only done 3 sets of 50 today and I think that's going to be it. No pullups. I'm going to blame it on the carrot cake and lasagne from yesterday. This old man needs his beans and spinach and egg whites for optimum performance. I made a huge pot of lentils tonight and I'm pumped to eat them for breakfast. I sure hope this general soreness goes away in my sleep tonight.

Pushups: Today-150 YTD-6735
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-15
Running: Today-2mi YTD-80mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Sat, 02Feb - 204.2
Sun, 03Feb - 202.4
Mon, 04Feb - 204.4
Tue, 05Feb - 202.6
Wed, 06Feb - 203.6

Bleh

Not real motivated today. Flew like crap and my shoulders hurt. Got 180 pushups done and nothing else. I ran out of eggs this morning so I'm blaming it on my lack of breakfast. Most important meal of the day. I also ate a bunch of lasagne and carrot cake for dinner which I never do on weekdays so I need to do a lot tomorrow to make up for today. Tomorrow I will eat a big breakfast and have some results. Maybe.

Pushups: Today-180 YTD-6585
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-15
Running: Today-0mi YTD-78mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Sat, 02Feb - 204.2
Sun, 03Feb - 202.4
Mon, 04Feb - 204.4
Tue, 05Feb - 202.6

Case of the Mondays

0350 came pretty dang early this morning. I've spent most of the day in a sort of daze, the kind of Superbowl hangover that I hope the 49ers suffer from next year. I had a pretty good flight this morning, considering my tired state, and I'll be better tomorrow on 8 hours of sleep.

My first set of 60 pushups was scary awesome, I really felt like I could have kept going to 80 or 90. I was just a machine and felt bionic. Then I ate breakfast and took a shower and did another 60 and din't feel quite as strong. But whatever was in those brownie/cookie/reeses/icecream combo desserts really worked and I need to eat some before my next PT Test. I managed to get 300 total today and I'm pretty happy with how February is starting out. My lats were pretty sore (pathetic) so I skipped pullups. I'll try a 6 pyramid tomorrow to feel better about myself.

I was sitting around dreading my daily run when my roommate walked by on his way to the gym. I decided to get off my butt and hit the treadmill while he did the elliptical and got 5 miles done. I was planning on just running 8-minute miles but I started feeling pretty good and I bumped it up to 7.5-minute miles for miles 3 and 4 and then ran a 6:58 mile for mile 5. All told, it was 5 miles in 37:58 and then I got to cool down during the extra 2 minutes. Treadmills feel like cheating sometimes but I don't think there's a better way to keep a consistent pace. If I were running on the street, I would have slowed down to catch my breath multiple times.

Anyway, I'm really tired and planning on going to bed at 1930. Homework's done and I have some laundry to fold before turning in. Life is really thrilling here in Southern Alabama.

Pushups: Today-300 YTD-6405
Pullups: Today-0 YTD-15
Running: Today-5mi YTD-78mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Sat, 02Feb - 204.2
Sun, 03Feb - 202.4
Mon, 04Feb - 204.4

Super Sunday

I didn't get much accomplished today. Too hungover and lazy during the morning and obviously watched a lot of TV in the late afternoon. Very happy to see the Niners lose. Jim Harbaugh is my least favorite person in the NFL, love seeing him mad.

The one thing I did do in the morning was a small pullup pyramid, 5-4-3-2-1 with 30 seconds in between sets. I'm going to try to do those every day until I can go 10-9-8-etc and then try to add a weight belt or vest or something. Pullups are pretty awesome and I suck at them currently.

I ate a ton of bad food at our little Super Bowl soiree but I made myself do pushups before each brownie/chocolatechipcookie/resses/icecream concoction that my buddy's wife baked. I ended up with 300 on a day that I felt crappy so I consider that a huge win. I'll probably weigh a lot tomorrow morning but that's what I do on my weekends. I'm pretty sure that my weight will always be at its lowest on Friday or Saturday and at its highest on Monday morning.

Pushups: Today-300 YTD-6105
Pullups: Today-15 YTD-15
Running: Today-0mi YTD-73mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Sat, 02Feb - 204.2
Sun, 03Feb - 202.4

Yeahhh Buddy!!

I'm pretty pumped that my buddy Dave is joining me in my random quest for fitness. He's quite the competitor and physical beast so hopefully his addition will provide me with extra motivation. Beyond thrilled to have him along for the ride. He'll be posting his daily totals in the comments section of each post. If nothing else, now I have a responsibility to someone other than myself to make a blog post every day. Thanks, Dave!!

I got extremely drunk last night and was only able to do 100 pushups before the drunkenness took over. I did run 12 miles in the morning so the day wasn't a total waste. They were 12 slowww miles with my friend's wife (9:45 miles) but I don't really care. Training for this half marathon is really just about putting the miles in for me. I'm considering running another one in the nearish future and I'll run that one harder. This morning I weigh 1.8 lbs less than I did yesterday morning, probably because of dehydration from the alcohol.

Pushups: Saturday-100 YTD-5805
Running: Saturday-12mi YTD-73mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3
Sat, 02Feb - 204.2
Sun, 03Feb - 202.4

February Goals

Today was slow, 180 pushups and no running. I'm running 12 miles at 7 AM tomorrow so I figured I could take a day off to rest up. I did a set of 60 after every meal and my arms and chest are feeling sore but it's a good sore that means I'm pushing myself to do more.

I talked to my buddy Dave today and he said that only doing pushups is going to leave my body in an imbalanced state and that I should start incorporating pull ups. My boobs are looking pretty good but my back and biceps are wasting away. I had been thinking about pull ups before our talk but I didn't want to be too sore to accomplish my pushup bet. I'm feeling good with respect to the pushups and I think I can handle doing a few pull ups every other day so I'm going to start those up. Maybe I'll start a log beneath my other running totals.

As far as running goals go, I think I just want to run 5 times a week, culminating in the half marathon on February 24th. I don't really care how many miles I run, if I get out there 5 times a week the numbers will take care of themselves. I'd also like to get to 10k pushups by the end of the month, anything else will be gravy.

I weighed myself and I was 204.3 this morning which is up from the 200.2 that I weighed after Christmas break but down from the 209.0 that I weighed in Montgomery last weekend. My weight fluctuates like crazy but I'm going to track it just to see the trends. Maybe I'll record it daily for the week and then delete the daily steps once I get to next Friday. We'll see how it flows. If the blog starts to get too cluttered, I'll stop.

Pushups: Today-180 YTD-5705
Running: Today-0mi YTD-61mi
Fri, 01Feb - 204.3