This is sort of a continuation of my April 2016 wrap up post, but in the midst of this rough period of my life, one thing that’s remained positive is my journey to healthiness. Today’s workout was led by a trainer that I’ve never met, and afterward he gave me a pat on the back and said, “you killed it man!” I noticed during the workout he kept a watch on me in the mirror and seemed to be surprised at what I was doing, that someone my size shouldn’t be able to do what I’m doing, and that’s a real testament to the work I’ve put in over the past year and change.

As you could see, today was a great day to….work out indoors, haha.

The workout was a strength day and a switch day, so low reps of higher weight while also bouncing between floor and cardio. I did 70 lb deadlifts, 35 lb goblet squats, actually rocked out the ab work, and did okay on cardio, burning over 1,000 calories for the 2nd consecutive workout.

I feel I’m starting to get my groove again, at least workout wise. My muscles are much less sore even after increasing weights, the achilles aches much less post-workout. I’m finally back to that “Wolverine’ing” stage where, at least athletically, my body has started working in my favor again and recovering much faster.

Performance wise, I’m actually really close to what I was doing when I was at my peak last year, only difference being that I’m 20 lbs up from what I was back then. So I can’t wait to start dropping the fat and really start to be able to show what I’m worth! I can feel my leg muscles have a different shape to them, in a good way!

I find it interesting that while a lot of my writing in this blog has been about staying positive in the weight loss journey, but in this case staying disciplined in the weight loss journey is really helping me stay positive in the other aspects of my life. It’s all tied together in what’s to hopefully become a better version of me in every aspect.