Day 82

Week 11, Day 2 Agility X done. This is the last time I will do this workout until I do round 2. I see improvement in areas and I also see areas where I still need to improve upon. It is nice to know that I have accomplished some things like finishing this workout for the final time. Seeing the scale go down. Seeing the difference in my before and current/after pics. My clothes fitting differently. I got some new shirts when I moved back down to Arkansas and they were the same size as what I had bought before and even the same brand. The major difference that I did notice when I got them home was that while they had the same size marked on them, they were "smaller" maybe the cut is just a bit smaller on these shirts or whatever. The end result was I wasn't going to wear them that much because they made me look fatter than I already looked and boy did I look fat.

Those shirts are now fitting very well, while they are still a bit short on the cut, they do not feel like they hug my fat. My overall size has been reduced. Almost 45 pounds down, not quite halfway, but down to an area that make those shirts fit well. The old shirts look like they are swallowing me up. It's a nice feeling to see this. My next pic will be on Friday, because I do a #flexfriday pic every Friday for my accountability group. Those pics I wear a shirt, so I will be sure to wear an "old" shirt on Friday and post it here so you can see what I mean. I might even do another comparrison from the 2/28 pic that I took. My 90 day pics will be on the 22nd so I have 18 days before those pictures will be taken.

March 15th will be the final Saturday prior to my last transition week. It will be the last workout for the 12th week, but better yet, it will be the day the 5k donut dash takes place here at Cooper Park. I have decided to do this and not worry about the donut part. I think it will not kill my total weight goals to have 6 donuts and maybe I will only have a couple. Regardless of the donuts, this will be the first 5k I have done since I was in the Army. I used to sign up for them regularly. I ran 2 miles in 12:34 do 95 pushups in 2 minutes and I forget what my 2 minute situp count was, but I was close to maxing out. I think I was just a bit off on both situps and the run, but I scored high enough on my PT test back in the day to do my own PT. I was a pushup and situp guy during lunch every day and my DI loved me for it. This, however, will be a good marker to see how my back will take more of this and see if my joints can handle this type of workouts again. I loved to run when I used to do it, but ever since my car wreck in 1995 the doctor told me to stop and so I did. My goal is to get to the point of being able to do a half marathon. That may not be realistic for my back, but I am going to give it a good go.

Tomorrow is The Challenge so I did 122 pushups last time. I am going to shoot for 150 this go around. I love pushing and seeing where I can get to. It will be the last time to do this one until round 2, so I have to feel it tomorrow. I hope I can make myself cry and the bonus is burpee rest day tomorrow haha.