Week Eight

After 8 weeks of my routine I currently weigh in at 214.0 lbs. I've noticed that I tend to go up one week and then down enough the next week to lose weight over the two weeks combined. Having a lack of money these last few weeks has really aided my eating habits, kind of. It eliminated some eating out and beers but it also resulted in me buying 78 cent Totinos frozen pizzas at Super Wal-Mart. The pizzas have like 740 calories in them total. This is significantly less than other pizzas but they are also smaller and less filling. I have found it is easier for me just to eat them and eat the whole thing rather than try to limit myself with the larger pizzas. Working every night has also helped me not snack. After 8 weeks I had hoped to be significantly less than 214.0 lbs but it is still a weight loss of 4.6 pounds, a little over a half pound a week. I think I am going to set a new goal on Calorie Count of 210.0 lbs rather than 200 lbs just to keep focused.
Today Luke and I maxed out on bench press.
Here are the sets I did in order.
205 lbs - 2 reps
205 lbs- 2 reps =211 lb Max
185 lbs- 5 reps =204 lb Max
165 lbs- 8 reps=204 lb Max

Obviously if I would have done reps at 185 or 165 first I coudl have had a higher max but I think doing more weight tests my strength more than my endurance. Next time I max out I will do 205 lbs again, judging my growth by my increase from 2 reps.

After 8 weeks
Start 218.6 lbs
Now 214.0 lbs
Loss 4.6 lbs

Bench Max: 211 lbs