Well, this is a first for me.  I weighed-in at exactly the same weight as I did last week.  Down to the same tenth of a pound.  It’s crazy.  So my loss/gain for the week is 0.0, but it’s better than gaining!  I’m blaming it on the stairclimbing and other added strength training I’ve been doing this past week.  I decided it was time to amp things up.

However, I’m noticing a disturbing trend.  If you look at my Progress Chart, and look and compare from week 98 down and then from week 105 down, you might notice the disturbing pattern that I am starting to notice.  Two 2 pound losses in a row, then two maintains, and it’s now my mission to keep that from becoming another three pound gain next week.  But, if you’ll also notice, I lost track of my flex points from week 102 to 104.  I’m going to try to break that pattern, as well.

So this week is all about breaking the pattern.

I took a break from the Wii Fit on Sunday and Monday, however, I did climb the steps at work both last night and tonight.  On both days, I climbed from the 13th floor to the 24th floor and then back down to the 3rd (as far as I can go).  I then rode the elevator back up, of course.

I timed myself tonight and it only took me five minutes to reach the top, and that was with stopping a couple of times (just for a few seconds) to catch my breath.  There are 24 steps (not counting landings) per floor.  So that’s about 264 steps at 52 steps a minute.  Not too shabby, I don’t think.  Overall, to get up and back down, it took about 12 minutes (total 504 steps, at 42 steps per minute, assuming I’m not way off on my calculations).

I become completely out of breath going up, but it’s my legs that feel it the most when I’m coming back down.  I do feel a sense of accomplishment when I’m done, though.  Especially when I realize that I’m done and haven’t yet suffered a heart attack.