Thought is would be worthwhile to mention that I did my weekly long run for Robie Creek half marathon training.  As usual, I followed the Boise River along the greenbelt.  I am tapering off on the distance now.  Last week was a 2:30 run while yesterday’s was a shorter 1:45 run.

What else is different is that at the half way point, I then turned up the speed for the next 3 miles, clocking in at 7:36, 7:24, and 6:58 for those three miles.  Yes, I was tired after this run, but not nearly as much as the previous long distance runs that I have done on prior weeks.  My training efforts have been limited to three runs a week for the last three weeks; one week day run and then two runs on the weekend.  We are in the middle of painting the inside of our home with the intention of putting it on the market for sale soon.

Also should mention that the latest thirty day challenge is going to be a tough one - 50 push ups per day.  April 1st’s push ups weren’t too bad.  I did five sets of ten push ups.  This morning I could only do five sets of 4 push ups, my muscles are sore today.  I’m going to have to put in the remaining push ups later tonight.

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What has happened in the four months since I made an effort to lose weight? I’ll tell you what’s happened, I have lost 16 pounds. 4 pounds a month, 1 pound a week on average.

I didn’t think it would go that way. My thinking was more along the lines that I would lose most of the weight I wanted to in the first few months (maybe I am still in the first few months?), then the weight loss would slow down. Hasn’t happened yet.

I set a goal of losing 23 pounds (hence, the name of this site), in 13 months. By the end of December 2007, I wanted to weigh 23 pounds less than what I weighed at the end of November 2006. If my four pounds per month rate keeps up, it looks like I will hit my target before the summer of 2007.

What have a I done to make this weight loss goal a reality? Not much recently. For the past few weeks, my wife and I have been painting the house we are selling. This has detracted from getting much if any exercise for me during the work week. I come home from work, eat dinner, and then head out for a few hours with a paint brush or roller in my hands.

What I have done consistently is to keep going with my 30 day goals. The first 30 day goal was to not eat anything after dinner. This goal is probably the one that has had the biggest impact on my weight loss goal. Two reasons I think this, one, it is the goal I have stuck to the longest - more than 120 days and two, think of how much less food I am consuming by restricting a certain time of the day to not eating. I think that going to bed with a full stomach is not a good idea. No medical proof from me since I am not a medical professional.

This past month I didn’t miss a day of doing 100 sit ups. And for this month, April, I am doing 50 push ups per day. Today’s pushups along with sit ups were tough. I did ten pushups, followed by 25 situps and repeated that sequence. Then I added the last 10 pushups at the very end. I was getting shaky arms by the last couple of sets of pushups. By the end of the month, I should be able to do 50 pushups without taking a break.

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