As I mentioned last Thursday, we are taking the sit up challenge as outlined at 200 Sit Ups dot com. We challenged another couple from our church and we have now completed Day Two of Week One and I (for one) am sore. the basic premise is that you can do 200 good form sit ups in one sitting after 6 weeks on this program. There is an initial test (which we completed on Sunday) in order to find the optimum number of sit ups to start with and that number is broken up into 5 sets (with more sets being used in the later weeks as the number of sit ups increase). You need not even ask if I have a spreadsheet to track our progress. I was really sore yesterday and that soreness was only surpassed by the pain I experienced during sets 3, 4 and 5 this morning. I can proudly say however that I did complete the listed total number of sit ups (81) as did the wife (29). I really should have thrown the initial sit up test so I could be down there with the wife in numbers but I will press on despite the pain. If you read the website, you will see that these are really more akin to what I would call a crunch rather than a true sit up (perhaps twohundredcrunches.com was taken). We have the same problem doing sit ups as I did when I was doing (regular) sit ups a while back during my 4 months of weight loss, namely if you are on the floor, the doggies want to be with you. Here below are exhibits A and B...
Note the bone by my head in the first picture. Nina did better this morning than Oreo. Trust me, but that for the shock collar around her neck, she would be right in there on top of me as she was every time I tried doing sit ups in the past. There is something about me being on the floor that drives the pups wild. In case you are wondering, that is the daughter's pillow that we used to buffer the hard floor from our backs. It is about as tacky as our $25 chairs that you see in the above pics. They were a Texas garage sale find that made the trip back to Indiana with us. They will either soon be kindling or we will get some covers for them. They are Thomasville brand so they are well built but the pattern leaves something to be desired. Our $25 Goodwill couch looks much better but is not quite as comfortable.
One week into the haircut and I still like it. I have had a few second and third looks at work and at church but overall the comments are positive (although the pastor joked that he was tempted to offer me a visitor's packet this past Sunday morning). I am thinking that a weekly buzz to keep things in control might be the best method but I will need to talk the wife into helping me and she is one of the dissenters when it comes to liking the new doo. Well Nina is telling me with her big browns that it is time for the pack to bed down for the night.
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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