Day 4

First of all, a big welcome to any of my Facebook crew who is checking this out, including the majority of my family and friends! For more background on The Project, start here:

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and then check out my introductory post on this blog.

Now, Day 4:

Another successful day on the "Half Diet"

Breakfast:


(This is actually the same photo as Day 3; I basically at the same things. And Sunday brunch will have to get the smack-down another weekend).

Lunch/Dinner:



And, pre- and post-hike, a couple handfuls of nuts (crudely humorous comments will be greatly appreciated--and, because I'm trying to keep things somewhat family-friendly, quickly deleted):



The same muscles were sore today--nevertheless, as mentioned above, I decided to go through with my regular weekend hike at Rock Creek Park, along with one of my roommates. Given the soreness, we did a somewhat less ambitious route than I might have otherwise attempted; the total was about 3 miles. (And no, we didn't find any dead bodies.) The hunger on the way back was pretty intense, and we passed quite a few food establishments (I think at one point I was actually counting). Fortunately, I didn't fall off the wagon and hit any "drive-thrus."

The Day 4 workout following the hike was more of a challenge for my current chest strength--which is good, since that's one of my weak spots, and an area I've targeted for some serious progress.

I'm finding that the work-outs are a definite departure from my typical weekly, gym-oriented schedule, which consisted of 2-3 hour-long, all-out assaults on my muscles--at least for a few weeks at a time, until I get busy with work, classes, and/or social life, and take a "break." Similarly, they are lower-impact yet more frequent than my runs (1-3 times per week, 3-5 miles at a time).

Day-to-day, I'm starting to feel more like I've been bailing hay, and a lot less like I've just been "hitting the gym."