Changes are afoot!!!

I was feeding the kitties before gym time this morning and reflecting on how odd it felt not to have stood on the scale first thing in the morning, when I thought of the phrase “No Weigh May” and laughed and thought “I should not weigh in all month, haha!” Then I thought “Wait, I really shouldn’t weigh in all month!!!” So yeah, welcome to No Weigh May! I haven’t decided if I’ll still do measurements for the sprint kick off, but I don’t have to worry about that until Saturday so I’ll figure it out then.

The other thing is workouts – I technically have two weeks left on Magnus’ program, but I haven’t been doing all the workouts. It’s 4 workouts a week and I’ve only been doing 3. I debated if I should start it over and make it No Weigh May/Magnus Month, but I couldn’t make up my mind – I was doing the treadmill warmup, and I literally changed between week 1, day 1 and week 3, day 1 at least 3 times. Then 5 minutes in I was like – my legs are fatigued, my ankle is hurting, I have to run sprints after this treadmill walk – fuck this. I jumped off, went to the benches, and did Centr Power day 1 which is a chest day. It felt SO GOOD. And I was pleased to see I had not really gone done in weight – I did the chest press with 25 lbs, down from my high of 30, but I prooooobably could have done 30 and definitely will next week. And my triceps were mighty durning the rope pulls! Overall I felt so much better after doing that workout. It’s not that Magnus’ workout is bad – it’s excellent for what it is. I might do it again in the future. But I just miss feeling strong and slinging some real weight around, so back to Centr it is.

I know the reason I have not made any progress is the pattern I’ve developed on the weekends. Like I was saying yesterday, I work so hard M-F I’m worn out and just want to sleep Sat & Sun, especially without taking Vyvanse. And since it’s the weekend it means I make worse food choices, plus I don’t have the Vyvanse to inhibit any binging, and I end up undoing all the good I worked for the last 5 days. I haven’t lost weight since 2020, in fact I’ve slowly, steadily gained. The last time I remember having a lot of weight loss success was during 75 Hard, and I know the reason for that was it’s 7 days a week, no rest days, no exceptions. But I definitely was not working out as hard during that time period as I am now, and backing off on the workouts seems like the wrong approach (especially because it was during the pandemic, I had no real weights at home, and was only doing cardio. Definitely don’t want to do that again!)
So, I have to figure out a way to make the weekends more productive, but still give myself space to rest. I’m thinking about making it a rule that I get up at 7 (so still more sleep than during the week), hit the pool at the gym, then the barn. Then if I sleep all day after that, I don’t care so much because at least I’ve been productive. But man, there is something so nice about getting to lie in bed for 3-4 extra hours.