The right direction

Down one pound for the week.

Would I like it to be more?  Yep.   But will I take that one pound, considering my middle-of-the-week carb frenzy and the fact that--thanks to that visitor I mentioned earlier--I'm probably hauling around about a gallon of fluid in my cankles alone?

Most definitely.

But enough about the scale.

I feel good.  I have changed up my workouts over the last couple of weeks and I am feeling the effects of that.  I have been focusing on full-body strength training routines that hit as many muscles as possible at once (kettlebell swings, squat presses, lunges with upright rows, and so on).  And man do I feel it.  It's great to feel like you really worked everything head-to-toe.   I'm diggin' it.

And let's not forget the 1,000 push ups challenge brought to you by my evil former personal trainer.

I love him.

I hate him.

In case there's any doubt, let me tell you right now:  700-push-ups-in-six-days DOES cause a significant amount of discomfort in the upper body region.  It kicks in right around day three.  Trust me.

Or, go do 100 push ups per day for 10 days straight and find out for yourself.

So, after a week of mostly good eating and hard workouts and 5,000 push ups (give or take a few), the scale is moving in the right direction.

I wonder what it will do if I skip the feeding frenzy this week.   I intend to find out.