{"id":3620,"date":"2017-01-01T23:37:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T14:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2017-07-31T18:55:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T09:55:02","slug":"jan-2017-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/jan-2017-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2017 Fitness Diary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My goal for the year is to weigh X kilograms by the end of 2017. That will require a monthly weight loss of 1.1 kilograms. That is an achievable goal if I increase treadmill minutes, exercise regularly, AND watch what I eat. Put like that, it sounds so easy! The exercise part won’t be a problem. And I do always watch what I eat, I just don’t “watch” what I eat. That’s the trick.<\/p>\n

Sunday, January 1:\u00a0<\/strong>A rest to start the year after a fun night performing music. My gym was closed anyway.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Monday,\u00a0January 2: <\/strong>Sixty and three treadmill minutes to begin the year. (Cumulative Total: 63)<\/p>\n

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Tuesday,\u00a0January 3:<\/strong> Twenty-one treadmill minutes over two short sessions separated by a wee weights session: back, lats, biceps, and calves to a lesser extent.\u00a0(Cumulative Total: 84)<\/p>\n


\nWednesday, January 4:\u00a0<\/strong>Twenty-seven treadmill minutes and then 12 more after a short Facebook break. (Cumulative Total: 123)<\/p>\n

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Thursday,\u00a0January 5: <\/strong>Sad to report to the other person who reads this besides me that I won’t be making it to the gym today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, January 6: <\/strong>Thirty-one treadmill minutes and then, after a wee reading break, 11 more. I had envisaged more, but time was not on my side. (Cumulative Total: 165)<\/p>\n

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Saturday, January 7:\u00a0<\/strong>Thirteen warmup treadmill minutes before weights: chest, shoulders, traps, triceps, calves, and core. Finally, 16 more treadmill minutes to end an impressive workout. (Cumulative Total: 194)<\/p>\n

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Sunday, January 8:<\/strong> Twenty-eight treadmill minutes while watching Penny Dreadful. And then another 13 after a short break. (Cumulative Total: 235)<\/p>\n

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Monday,\u00a0January 9: <\/strong>Twenty-three and nine treadmill minutes. (Cumulative Total: 267)<\/p>\n

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Tuesday,\u00a0January 10:\u00a0<\/strong>Weights to begin: back, lats, biceps, calves, lower back, thighs, and hamstrings, although the hamstring workout was cut short by a cramp that I initially thought was a muscle tear. Then after some stretching because of that cramp, a short 12-minute treadmill session. That was another I-don’t-want-t0-be-here workout. (Cumulative Total: 279)<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, January 11: <\/strong>Forty-two sweaty treadmill minutes. (Cumulative Total: 321)<\/p>\n

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Thursday,\u00a0January 12:<\/strong> I can’t call today a rest day as I left home at 8 am and was busy until I returned at 10:30 pm, but alas, I still have to classify today as a zero exercise day. Odd then that I woke up in the middle of the night with a killer calf cramp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, January 13: <\/strong>Another 42 treadmill minutes to end a very busy working week. (Cumulative Total: 363)<\/p>\n

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Saturday, January 14:\u00a0<\/strong>Weights first: chest, shoulders, triceps, traps, and a little calves. Then, I hopped on of my favorite treadmills and used it for 38 minutes. I used the same treadmill I used yesterday which I’m sure is calibrated differently from the several I usually use. A short leg stretch ended the workout.\u00a0 (Cumulative Total: 401)<\/p>\n

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Sunday, January 15: <\/strong>I decided to give myself a deserved and guilt-free day off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday,\u00a0January 16:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Too busy and too tired to exercise today. I must make sure that doesn’t happen too often. If sleep comes early tonight, I just may consider an early morning workout tomorrow…<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday,\u00a0January 17: <\/strong>Sadly, no time for the gym again today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, January 18: <\/strong>A short 23-minute treadmill session which I was grateful for during this my busiest week of the year.\u00a0 (Cumulative Total: 424)<\/p>\n

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Thursday,\u00a0January 19: <\/strong>No time again due to work and band practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, January 20:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>No time again due to the last day of classes and the usual post-camp food and extras.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, January 21:<\/strong> Back to work with a very short 13-minute cardio warmup ahead of a weights session: biceps, calves, thighs, hamstrings, lower back, and to a lesser extent lats and back. (Cumulative Total: 437)<\/p>\n

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Sunday, January 22: <\/strong>To meet this month’s treadmill goal of 750 minutes, so from today, I need to spend\u00a035 minutes a day on one of my trusty treadmills. I knocked over 27 of those minutes and then treated my shoulders and traps to a grueling workout. After \u00a0a short reading break, I completed 21 more minutes putting me slightly ahead of schedule. (Cumulative Total: 485)<\/p>\n

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Monday,\u00a0January 23: <\/strong>I added another 44 to my running total of treadmill minutes.\u00a0(Cumulative Total: 529)<\/p>\n

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Tuesday,\u00a0January 24:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>No exercise and a lot of junk food. Total disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, January 25: <\/strong>A stiff neck stopped me from exercising today. Alas and drats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday,\u00a0January 26: <\/strong>Seventy treadmill minutes over three sessions. (Cumulative Total: 599)<\/p>\n

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Friday, January 27: <\/strong>Forty-one and 13 treadmill minutes. (Cumulative Total: 653)<\/p>\n

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Saturday, January 28: <\/strong>Every gym in the country is closed today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, January, 29: <\/strong>Twenty two and 27 treadmill minutes in a different gym as my gym was sadly closed. It was a nice change though to workout in a different environment.(Cumulative Total: 702)<\/p>\n

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Monday, January 30:<\/strong> A 22-minute treadmill session was followed by a wee weights session: back, lats, biceps, lower back, calves, thighs, and hamstrings. And that was followed by a 14-minute treadmill session which was followed by a 7-minute uphill jog. (Cumulative Total: 745)<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, January 31: <\/strong>Eighteen\u00a0minutes of cardio was followed by a chest, shoulders, traps, and triceps workout. And thus, my work here is done.<\/p>\n

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Total Cardio Sessions (Goal >19):<\/strong>\u00a020 (Success!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Total Treadmill Minutes (Goal: >750):<\/strong>\u00a0763 (Success!)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Days Without Exercise\u00a0(Goal: <10):<\/strong>\u00a011 (Failure!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This was my first time to set the above goals for myself. I wish I had started doing that ages ago as it really helped me to increase my cardio training and overall to keep track of days exercised and days missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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