Up at 4:59am. Alarm goes off and I’m up. Not too sleepy. Had a good night of sleep and went to sleep early.

Ran through my morning routine. Poured cold water in a glass added a teaspoon of vinegar. Turned on the electric kettle. Put decaf coffee into a filter. Drank the water. Went to the restroom, washed my face. Back to the kitchen. Poured the hot water over the coffee.

Put on my workout clothes. Drank my coffee. Out the door around 5:20. Got to the gym just a little after 5:30. Not bad. Definitely better this week. Most days I was at the gym by 5:30am.

Today is a weight lifting day. Chest, lats, shoulders. But I start by doing my sit ups. I left the mat down because no one else is in the gym. I love Friday workouts. Usually no one else is in the gym this early. I have the whole gym to myself. That means I can do some circuit training, quickly cycling through different sets of different exercises: chest, shoulders, lats. I sneak in some bicep curls just because.

When I need a rest, I do side bends and more sit ups. Sets of 10 at a time. I ended up doing about 6 or 7 sets today. I like that routine. I ended up doing way more of them by splitting them up like that, rather than trying to do them all at once. I think I’m going to keep doing that between sets.

After about an hour it was time for some cardio. So I did the elliptical at level 10 for 20 minutes. Not too hard and not to easy. Moderate. Got a nice light sweat going. Not drenched like yesterday.

Okay, time to head out. But first checked my weight. Not bad, 205. Not where I wanted it to be. But still moving in the right direction. Plus, I noticed recently that my clothes are starting to fit differently so I know I’m making progress.

Second week done and I got momentum. Feeling good.