Weight update. LOL IT RYMEZ! v24

Finally, some good news to report. I'm down 2.6 pounds. Loss score is meaningless at the moment because I didn't track any of my measurements the last few weeks except for weight and waist size. Waist size has held steady, so I guess you could say I have a loss score of 2.6. *shrug*

My weight training has also taken a turn for the better. I changed things up quite a bit over the last few weeks. I've dropped shoulder press and calf raise, leaving me with three exercises - bench press, wide grip lat pull down, and squat. These three exercises work large muscle groups instead of smaller ones, giving me more fat-burning bang for my buck than I'd get from targeting smaller muscle groups. This also allows for more steady increases in those three lifts because I'm no longer working the muscles in other exercises. I'm starting to think that I stalled because I was overtraining my shoulders. Oh well, that's in the past.

I've also started doing cardio on my off nights again. It's probably not necessary, but it helps me sleep better, and I don't seem to be sore anymore as a result. Perhaps that's because I've become used to my new program, but it seems more likely that the additional cardio is helping to clean the junk that causes soreness out of my muscles. Worst case, it's more calories burned, so it's not exactly a bad thing.