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Maybe you could spend time with the family. Your young kids likely go to bed around 7 or 8 but you could play board games/cards or read bed time stories. I play guitar once my daughter goes to bed. It keeps me busy, takes my mid off of my job, and winds me down. You will figure this out. Good luck.Otis said:
Correct - everybody responds differently to positive and negative reinforcement. Everybody has different strengths working for them - and different weaknesses they're battling against. @bostonfred is 100% correct in his assessment - when Otis wants to #### up he comes in here and phrases his intended #### up in a particular way in hopes that others will encourage it so he can justify it. Positive encouragement in such an instance enables his particular weakness whereas in the case with others in here it has the opposite effect.
i drink so much fizzy water that i am pretty sure i am single handedly keeping the industry alive i mean i probably drink 3 to 4 cans from seven to 10 every night i love that stuff and it has nothing in it im not even sure its real take that to the bank brohans
I plateaued for several days while eating 1000 or more calories under maintenance every day. Water weight, poop, all kinds of stuff gets in the way.
so that bought me an extra minute. Made it through ok but the whole time I'm thinking "how the hell am I going to complete 40 in the next set. 
. Set 5 - I was able to complete the 40 but I literally paused after each of the last 15 pushups (although stayed in plank). I managed to do them all without hitting the ground.
Awesome stuff GB. A good suggestion — I’ve always done well on keto. Simplifies things for me. And it’s clear that carbs are where I have problems. Make have to give this a whirl again.
Did the same set today, but before my run. That was definitely the mistake last time. I felt much better today. Did the 29, 33, 29 and 29 sets without much trouble although I probably took more rest than you, even with your kid timeout. Got to 30 without stopping... but when i stopped I stopped glad on my chest for almost ten seconds. So... pretty similar to where you're at. I do feel a bit better than last time. Will probably do week 5 day 1 Monday. The good news is that that's the last of the big set days, and then it switches to 8 sets of 25ish, and one big set of like 50 at the end.Week 4, Day 3 of pushup challenge - 29, 33, 29, 29, 40. Set 1 - I felt completely fine and eased through it with perfect form. Set 2 - I got through it was feeling a little tired towards the end. Set 3 - I struggled with this one. Had to pause a couple times near the end (but stayed in plank position). Set 4 - My son interrupted me after the first pushup
On a side note, I actually didn't realize there was supposed to be an exhaustion test after week 2. I just jumped straight to column 3. I will definitely take the exhaustion test this time around.
Today is a rest day for me and then off to hour long body combat tomorrow morning.
I was thinking about this a lot today. I definitely have been preachy, and I try to be supportive but maybe I need to step back a bit.
I hope you didn’t cheat. Not meant to be judgmental at all but I think I speak for many of us when I say that you’re one of the inspirational people in this thread and one of the main reasons I’m motivated to push myself. I mean I started yoga, MFP, exercise challenge and an insane pushup challenge because of you.
I’m in the best shape of my life primarily because of you.
I'm with you on the simplicity. I love meat, and basically eat it every day now. So I don't even feel like I'm on a diet. My wife gets kind of mad because she's doing Jenny Craig and has to eat all this ####. She has said a few times - I can't believe you're losing weight the way you are eating. I just give her the
and eat another steak and drink another whiskey.
This is so so true. I’m very much like you in that I need simplicity and clean rules because as we’ve seen, given flexibility and room for judgment, I’ll eventually erode good habits and be smashing Twinkies on the regular. I’m the kind of guy who does much better with clear rules, but also simple to implement rules. Much as I’d like to start counting calories I just know myself and I won’t do it. So someone like me is much better off installing guide rails — if I can’t eat many carbs, I can’t get into trouble, because I’m not gonna get fat on cheeses and deli meats and nuts. So for me the rule is “avoid carbs (other than fruit and vegetables).” If I do that one thing, I can still drink some alcohol, still have steaks and restaurants, still snack, but I’ll end up losing weight.I'm with you on the simplicity. I love meat, and basically eat it every day now. So I don't even feel like I'm on a diet. My wife gets kind of mad because she's doing Jenny Craig and has to eat all this ####. She has said a few times - I can't believe you're losing weight the way you are eating. I just give her the
I actually hope you did cheat. Not because I want to see you fail, but because there’s no way in hell you having drinks last night could constitute failure given how well you’re doing.
Appreciate it GB. And I agree, what I'm doing is not sustainable. I am making a "hard push" - I'm not looking to sustain this. I will lose over 20 pounds in 65 days. Then I will go back to maintaining and exercising and body recomposition.
I’ve been eyeing the used pelotons that pop up on Facebook marketplace. Not sure I’m ready to make the jump but am considering to have an option other than rowing. Reorganized the utility space yesterday and think I’d have space. Decisions decisions.
Nice to see you back on it. LFGOtis said:
I started with abs, arms, and attitude last week. Intend to do it again Wednesday and will probably choose a different one next week. Thinking while the weather's still relatively nice I'll do this instead of strength training on the morning of days with more challenging runs scheduled.
Thanks for our the reminder - I was about to get on the treadmill quickly and remembered today was my pushup day. I decided to stick with the hard column on day 3 to compare with last time, and if i struggled, I could redo it or drop down a level next time.
That's pretty awesome. At this point, getting to 40 consecutive (even if it were on set 1) would be a big challenge for me. Meanwhile I was able to knock out 40 good form pushups easily during my initial test.
I highly recommend the Asensei app. I think the first 6 week program is a free trial. He’ll teach you proper form and slowly increase you through the distances and races.SouthJersey said:
Well done.bostonfred said:
Good work and I would probably do the same (focus on the diet first then bring the exercise back) if it were me.
