Early start today. First day of footy for my son and he had to be at the ground just after 7am. This meant I didn't get my usual walk with the dog in. Footy takes a while with a bit of downtime so I took the opportunity to get some steps in + it was too cold to stand around. Just under 5k logged for a morning where I'd previously be sitting still and eating dim sims, deep fried potato cakes or some other fried delights. Lol I salivated a bit in my mouth when when I thought about the potato cakes - I wonder if a love of bad food ever really disappears?
I hit the gym later in the morning. Strength Sunday! It was a good session. My knees have been feeling a bit off for the last few days so I was a bit reluctant to do any hard core exercises. I opted for heavy sleds - 4 lengths, 2 forward, 2 backwards with progressively heavier weights. These are probably the best exercises I have discovered for knees. If I don't do them for a week or two, things start feeling clicky and loose. A good session on the sled fixes them right up. Today was no exception.
In other highlights, I did 3 sets of chin ups. I've been doing a single set every few days on my walk, but this was the first time I've used them in a workout over 3 sets. I was pretty happy with 10, 7 and 5 - I'll continue with these on my pull day for the next few weeks. I also did hanging leg lifts - holding me weight is getting easier with every gram I lose! 3 sets of 10 - 15 wasn't a significant effort today.
I weighed in at 97.85kg today. I think there's probably a bit of salty Oporto chicken still being processed so I'll expect a bigger drop in the next day or two. The heavy weights session always seems to prompt a significant drop a few days after. I'm hoping I see 96.x by Wednesday. I'm in the home stretch now for sprint 3, so I'll weigh in almost daily for the next 13 days. almost 3kg in 2 weeks is achievable, but I'll need to tighten the diet up. This stage of the sprint is much easier than the middle 2 weeks. I'm still sold on this sprint and misogi concept and I'm sure if I'd been dieting the conventional way I've tried and failed over and over with, I'd have fallen off the wagon weeks ago.
I measured my grapes, i counted out my dried prunes and I ate soup / gumbo for dinner. Its a good start!
Coach Gee here. You're talking about 'salivating' over deep-fried potato cakes and wondering if the love of bad food ever disappears, but then you immediately follow up with 5k steps at your son's game, a heavy sled session that's fixing your knees, and a solid 10, 7, 5 on chin-ups. That's the difference right there: the old you would have eaten the dim sims; the current you is putting in the work and seeing the results, like that 97.85kg, which, as you rightly noted, will drop further. You're in the home stretch for Project Novantacinque, and that 'tightened diet' isn't just a suggestion—it's the final push to hit 96.x by Wednesday and secure that 95kg target. For tomorrow, I want every meal built around the #Protein_Satiety_Anchor, and absolutely #The_Evening_Starch_Wall is in full effect, no exceptions.