Day 859 Today is brought to you by the number thirty

Does anyone remember that "old sesame street show" where they had numbers be sponsors of the telecasts? I do and today is being sponsored by the # 30. Today is the thirtieth consecutive day I have done two things 1) worked at least 8 hours 2) done a 60 minute cardiovascular workout where I have burned over 1300 calories in an hour. In fact, in the last 41 days I have worked and worked out in that fashion in 40 of the days.

So how do I feel? I feel awesome . Today,I beat yesterday's total by burning 4 more calories with in the hour. Yep, I stepped it up by burning 1406 calories in 60 minutes.Now, is this a success story? I think yes, because after all the only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

My goal is to reach 33 consecutive days. I would really like to keep going but, my Sunday job is closed for July 4Th.

Day 858 - It is great when "the flow" comes back!

I know I have talked about the flow before. The flow is a special feeling I get when the work out comes easy and leaves me with a feeling of flowing. Things just seem to mesh.To offer more insight of this feeling pretend you are running then of a sudden you are flying. Wouldn't that be something? Nothing really changes just the resistance and your strength is renewed. You are no longer an object pushing you are just an object moving. I hope you understand my thoughts because if you do I believe it can have a tremendous impact on your motivation to want to get on a good work out program. Perhaps you to can get into the flow I am referring to.

Burned a good 1402 today in area 1 and after it was over today I breathed a sigh and said "that was an easy work out today." Regardless of the fact that I burned 127 calories in the last 5 minutes!

Day 857- In an effort to accomplish some goals we must be willing to tear everything down

I was reminded by that thought when I thought about a simple phrase. That simple phrase was boot camp. What is boot camp? I am sure anyone can give you their own meaning of boot camp. My version I am sure will be different than others. When i think of boot camp I do not think of a physical place. My view is strictly from a mental aspect of it.The intention of boot camp is to allow someone to learn and begin practices of another way of life. The way of life I am referring to is a life of accomplishing a goal that allows one to review and determine just what they want to become. A boot camp mentality is usually a huge challenge for most people. I like anyone else will resist change. A boot camp mentality in order for it to be successful has to have massive change. So much so that a revolution in your life has got to take place. Whenever a revolution occurs we can expect a lot activities to take place. There will be some if not a lot of revolt. Your mind is going to be asked to look at things differently. There will be a paradigm shift. There will be a huge revolt there. Your body if your boot camp is set for it will fight very hard to keep everything the same.

I Will continue this discussion later.----

Waking up at 5am allowed me to be on the machine at 530 am. I burned 1381 in the hour.

Day 856 A sleep in Sunday

My energy was high and my spirits were up as I slept until 630 am. It felt so awesome to just take the liberty of resting in bed for about a half hour while got ready to go to the gym. I was on the machine at 755.Man, how good is that? That is 3 hours later than I usually get on the machine.

My choice of area today was the hot box where in the hour I burned 1380. I used a different machine but I felt awesome while burning the calories.

Here is a question.Witihin the last 30 days, how times have you fully exerted yourself for an entire hour or longer?
Now, if it has been longer than 30 days since, when was the last time you fully exerted yourself for an entire hour?
That is a loaded question because it reveals what kind of physical condition you are in. Asking that question also sheds light on what kind of if any workout program you are on. When you decide on your answer you more than likely have got to look back at your last 30 days of activity.

It is funny there are several large muscles in the human body the heart being one of the largest. Now, it what stand to reason that using it like any muscle is very important to your overall health.

Day 855- I have usually burned about 200 calories by now.

Today is ? Duh, Saturday. Okay what happens on Saturday. Well, based on the last 855/7= 122 or so Saturdays I workout and then go to work. I believe there may be 2 exceptions. The two exceptions were where I just worked out and did not go to work. The routine is set where I start working out around 7 am. I am now on a break. But then again a break is all relative to a period of time from one activity to the next. I still woke up today at 525 am.

Folks during this journey of the last 855 days I have discovered that, the power of a routine, the power of muscle memory and the power of mind conditioning is truly amazing. The bond that has been built is so powerful that it still astonishes me everyday. I know this may sound very obvious but we are all as human beings creates of habit. We all take comfort at some level of repeating the same action over and over. Why? I am not sure but I do feel our minds feel very comfortable when we do something we are good at.

As the time grows near to my usual 7 am work out I will take a break from this post and go to workout. It will be interesting to note if one, I workout in a different area hot,warm or cool and two, if my calorie burn goes up within the hour.

Day 855 and Day 26 are in plain sight here they are and with the good Lord willing here I go!

The answer to question one was yes. The answer to question two was yes. I burned 1414 today in area 1 the cooler section of the gym the one area where there is definitely more circulation than area 2 and little circulation than area 3. I nailed it! I enjoyed the good pace and the fact that it was not as humid today as in the past few days. I also felt better with a little more of a break between workouts. Having started the workout an hour later I felt much stronger.

Let me see, this is day 26 of the 33RD day of the march to the fourth of jew lie!( excuse the southern dwang).
We are 26/33 =79 % of the way there!

Remember, people usually repeat an action they are good at. People are usually good at actions they like to do.
Simple question so what are you good at and what do you like to do? And, the most important question, what is it doing for you? And, the utmost important question are you totally happy with that?

To quote the untouchables- "And thereth endth the lesson" -

Day 854 Fatigue makes .... out of us all

Cowards! Fatigue makes cowards out us all. Do you see the correlation folks? Have you ever asked, why do I feel tired? There is usually a simple answer. But not always the correct one. I suppose we can say that about anything. Coward comes from the word courage and courage has to do with heart.Now heart in this case has to do with will. Of course will have all to do with determination. So it makes sense to me that if you are tired you will probably have less determination than if you were not tired. I feel if I am going to tired I have to be really tired because I know I am in shape.

People need to get in shape! Get moving and get used to moving if not they will just become cowards!

Speaking of cowards, I burned 15 more calories in the hour than yesterday. Using the hot box (best known as area 2) - I beat yesterday by burning 1385.

Day 853- With a little faith and belief we can achieve

The challenge was definitely there.What with the humidity and all and with playing in the area 2 zone ie hot!
Big positive to that is it is very easy to get loose.We choose our mindset we focus on what we choose. I made a mistake on my settings on the machine. However, I did burn at a better pace than my first five minutes.

I burned 1370 in the hour. I also burned 1290 in the last 55 minutes after I adjusted the settings.