Day 2: First Workout and First Day Not Smoking

Well, I'm staying strong and have not yet had a cigarette today. It's been rough, but if every day feels like this (I know the cravings are going to get worse) I should be able to make it through no problem. I brought some of those Commit lozenges to work today just incase. I ended up eating 2, but left them on my desk so I'm gutting it out cold turkey tonight, probably the best way to do it.


As for the workout, today was cross training day (I've already missed the first few days of the program due to my late start) so I decided it would be fun to do playing card PT like back in my Army days. Well, it was something, but fun wouldn't be the word. I can't believe how weak I've become just from sitting around.

Here's a rundown of playing card PT for those of you who have never done it:

Equipment:

1 Deck of Playing Cards

Rules:

Shuffle the cards, lay them in a pile face down, and flip one over at a time. Do the corresponding exercise to the card you draw and repeat until the deck is finished or the time limit is reached.

Excercises according to cards (these can be changed to suit needs):

Spades = Regular Pushups
Clubs = Situps
Hearts = Lunges
Diamonds = Close Hand (Diamond) Pushups

The amount of repetitions is based on the number on the card.

In the event of face cards and Jokers being pulled:

Jack = 11 reps
Queen = 12 reps
King = 13 reps
Ace = 14 reps
Joker = 15 reps of the last exercise done

I decided to be a little hardcore and start off with my Perfect Pushups to go along with the cards. After pulling the Ace of Diamonds, the Ace of Spades, and then a Joker all in a row I quickly learned that I am nowhere near ready for the additional challenge the Perfect Pushups were providing. Maybe they'll come back out of the closet someday, but definitely not soon...I'm going to be hurting tomorrow.

All in all a good day, looking forward to that run tomorrow to get a feeling on where my cardio endurance is at. I also need to work on getting more (7-8 hrs) sleep and get a good meal plan in place. I'll keep you all posted and have a nice chart one I get that figured out.