a history of me

This afternoon I dramatically increased my workout efforts. It started yesterday when I spoke to Ben and Mike separately about exercising. Their advice made me realize that I am not working out hard enough. Indeed, I haven't been sore at all since I began and that's a sign that I'm probably not building any muscles which will help me burn fat.

The kicker was this afternoon's daily weigh-in in the locker room. I've weighed myself every day and it's shown me that I am definitely losing weight even though I don't see the slightest difference in my appearance. Normally I am a little lighter each day but for the past three days the scale has barely moved. I know that I've bent a few dietary rules recently but given my efforts I was very disappointed to see no movement on the scale for so long. The scale may not be super reliable but with my friends' advice fresh in my mind I knew it was time to step up.

I used the "elliptical" machine first, then I did a bunch of weight machine stuff (including some leg work that I had been neglecting) before using the elliptical machine again. It felt really good when it was over. Unless I come up overly sore, I can do this everyday. That'll make a difference. I don't have all summer here.