A little boxing demo

I try and mix up my workouts and a little heavy bag is always fun.

January Update

January has been a blur so far.  I have a few irons in the fire on the job front, but wont get into it just yet, but it's been very busy.  I have been going out to eat and drink in support of these opportunities. This leads to my next observation.  So as I have posted the Kickboxing hasn't led to any weight loss, so for January I have went back to lifting exclusively.  The results: lost 5 pounds in about 3 weeks.  I just respond better to anerobic exercise.  Cardio feels like it's doing a lot and in fact I know I was burning more calories with the kickboxing per session than lifting.  The numbers don't lie.  In the first week I felt like my clothes fit looser and the scale recorded the progress.  This presents a problem; I like the classes and get a lot from it.  That leads me to having to somewhere find the time to do both.  As I said before try a 3 kickbox and 2 lift splits.  Maybe switch it up with 3 lift 2 class weeks.  I'm going to try this starting in February.

Speaking of February I have the annual ski trip planned for the week of the 21st.  The GX needs some work as I always find this time of year, but having a reliable ride to get to the mountain is a must.  Next is the snowboard situation.  I need to check out my gear and see what shape I'm in before the trip and I plan on going next weekend.

Ok the playoffs are in full swing.  I like the Broncos and Seattle.  Although Sanfran coming out of the NFC would be a good accent on the terrible decision made to trade Boldin...

Diet update

A short one.  I stuck to that diet I started in the end of August pretty well.  I lost another 10 pounds and am making some muscle gains.   By pretty well I followed in for 5 weeks and even since then I have adapted my "regular" diet to limit carbs as much as possible and maximize protein.  I probably am not eating enough to really gain muscle as I find it hard to eat often as prescribed.  The foundation is set to keep getting fitter and I cant say enough about the diet.  Also I was worried about all the cholesterol I was eating from all the meat and fat and lack of fiber, but I had check up, as I was in the midst of the diet and my numbers were "excellent" (to quote the Dr's office). Also my lower blood pressure number was, earlier this year, a little high, but it went to the excellent region aswell.
Was it all diet?  I don't know, because I had been exercising regularly since the winter, but I stepped it up a bit.  I do 5 days was week in the gym. Some cardio (20-30 minutes) and mostly lifting.  My progressed is self enforcing and that is great.