Today is the last today of my vacation. I ran today and did push-ups yesterday. I skipped Tuesday because I was sick, so I’m going to run again on Saturday instead of taking that day off.

I’m going by time instead of distance on the running plan. I did 28 minutes on the treadmill, which only amounted to 1.9 miles. That seems terrible to me, but I guess I have to keep in mind that when I was on the cross-country team in high-school I only managed a 7 or 8 minute mile, and I was a skinny 17-year-old back then. Now, I’m a fat 42-year-old, so I guess maybe it’s not all that bad. I just have a long way to go.

I decided that when I finally get to 100 push-ups and running 5k a day, then my next goal might be to earn the Presidential Physical Fitness award. I’ll have to find out what the criteria are for it and then decide what it will take to work my way up to that.

Weight:285.0 pounds

Yesterday’s Exercise:Week 3 Day 2(again) of the hundrdedpushups.com plan. 5 sets (10,12,8,8,8). I needed four more push-ups in the last set to actually finish the prescribed work-out. Maybe next week, I’ll finally be able to do it.

Exercise:Week 6 Day 2 (again) of the couch-to-5k plan.

Just enjoying my vacation. I did push-ups today, and I put away the Christmas decorations, but not much else happened.

Weight:?? pounds

Exercise:Week 3 Day 1 (again) of the hundrdedpushups.com plan. 5 sets (10,12,7,7,8)

Yesterday’s water:Two 20-ounce bottles of tap water.

Yesterday’s WW points:heck, I don’t know

Since I didn’t run at all last week, I decided to repeat week 6 of the running plan instead of just starting at week 7 where I left off. I did this mostly because I had trouble finishing the last day of week 6 the first time.

I think we’re just about out of Christmas leftovers so I should be able to get back on my diet soon. I’m very frustrated with it right now. I’ve been exercising nearly every day for 7 weeks and I’ve got no weight loss to show for it.

As I do more and more running, I’m hoping I will reach a tipping point and the weight will start to come off.

Weight:282.0 pounds

Exercise:Week 6 Day 1 of the Couch-to-5k plan.

Yesterday’s water:One 20-ounce bottle of tap water.

Yesterday’s WW points:3,000,000 😉 (still eating Christmas leftovers)

Christmas is over, so it’s time to get back to exercising and eating right. I haven’t run at all this week, so I’m just going to start again on Monday where I left off. I only skipped one day of push-ups, but I’m going to repeat week 3 again next week because I still couldn’t finish any of the workouts, but I am getting closer.

Weight:284.0 pounds

Exercise:Week 3 Day 3 of the hundredpushups.com plan again. 5 sets (11,13,9,9,5).

Yesterday’s water:Zero 1-liters of tap water.

Yesterday’s WW points:5,000,000 (hey it was Christmas day)

I skipped blogging for a couple of days. On Saturday, I took Ollie for a one-hour walk in the woods for exercise. On Sunday, I should have been running, but I took the day off. Now, I’m going to be doing my running on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and I’ll do the dog-walking on Sundays.

As you can see by the weight below, I’m doing terrible on my diet. I don’t expect it to get any better until Christmas is over, but I can try to keep it from getting worse.

Weight:286.0 pounds

Exercise:Week 3 Day 1 of the hundredpushups.com plan again. 5 sets (10,12,7,7,5).

Yesterday’s water:Zero 1-liters of tap water.

Yesterday’s WW points:??

I still can’t finish any of the workouts in week 3 of the push-up plan, so it looks like I’ll be repeating it next week.

It might be easier if I weighed less, so maybe I should try a little harder to stick to my diet.

Weight:281.5 pounds

Exercise:Week 3 Day 3 of the hundredpushups.com plan. 5 sets (11,13,9,4,7).

Yesterday’s water:One 1-liter of tap water.

Yesterday’s WW points:??

I was supposed to do a 5-minute warm-up walk today followed by a 25-minute run, but I had to slow down and walk several times. I’m guessing maybe that the problem is that I waited until I got home from work today to go running, and I’m just tired from climbing the stairs at work repeatedly.

Weight:281.0 pounds

Exercise:Week 6 Day 3 of the couch-to-5k plan.

Yesterday’s water:Zero 20-ounce bottles of tap water.

Yesterday’s WW points:??

I fell off the diet wagon again yesterday. I really thought the hardest part of this fitness plan would be the running, but that’s the easiest. The dieting is the hardest part.

Weight:282.0 pounds

Exercise:Week 3 Day 2 of the hundredpushups.com plan. 5 sets(10,12,8,7,1)

Yesterday’s water:One 20-ounce bottles of tap water.

Yesterday’s WW points:??

I did my running workout today. I managed a couple of miles in 28 minutes. The treadmill in the garage is cold but it’s better than running outdoors in the snow.

Weight:285.0 pounds

Exercise:Week 6 Day 2 of the couch-to-5k plan

Yesterday’s water:Two 20-ounce bottles of tap water.

Yesterday’s WW points:37 (37 food points – 1 activity point)