210 and beyond!

I reached 210 lbs last Friday. That was the next target on my list. I then had a couple of small cheat meals over the weekend that saw my weight bounce back to 211, which is okay as long as you get back with the program the next day. I'm at 208.5 as of this morning, so all is on track. My next target is 200 lbs. and I "should" be there around the third week of October if all goes according to the way it has so far.

I'm still doing the week 3-6 routine using 12 lb dumbbells. I have upped the number of crunch reps from 30 to 40 and I only do the bicycle style sit-ups now. I found the traditional crunches started hurting my back even though I wasn't putting my hands behind my neck and pulling on it. I still split the squat presses and squat lifts into 2 sets of 15 repetitions each. It's fine as long as you only take a 15-30 second break between sets like you should do for all the exercises. Push ups are still the most challenging part of the workout for me but I am able to do 30 with pretty good form. I have my hands on the second step, feet together and arms about double shoulder width apart. I try to keep my butt level. You can feel your ab muscles twitch if you're doing this properly.

So it's 25 lbs down with at least 15 more to go..........