Day 81

Swam 10 laps.

I wanted something that wouldn't leave me sore for Friday's bootcamp, but would jangle the muscles loose that I'd exercised on Wednesday.  Swimming seemed ideal.

It was a lot harder than i remembered!  I didn't hurt myself this time, though, and I didn't hate it.  Perhaps I can work it back into the rotation.

Day 80

Lifted heavy weights and did some elliptical.

Again focused on my core with crunches and dead lifts (155lbs!), but also hit arms (45 lb dumbbell chest press) and legs (squats holding 35lb dumbbells).

I tried another couple motions to get my sides and upper back -- we'll see if it makes me sore.

Then I hit the elliptical pretty hard for 10 mins to work out the kinks and stretched.

Day 79

Jogged 4.26 miles at 5.68mph.

That's a step back speed and distance-wise from my recent trend, which I attribute to trying an interval program today.  I asked for 'random' hills at level 5 (of 20) for 40 minutes (then 5 minutes of cool down).  It was harder than usual, but less boring.  Even so, I couldn't jog the whole time -- either because I was sore from Friday or just had poor will-power i walked for about 4 minutes in the middle.

Even so, I'm pleased with it -- i'll do it several more times and see if i can do better.

I gained 4 lbs over the weekend -- evidently sweet cereal, grilled cheese, pizza, and cookies aren't the way to keep weight off.