{"id":293,"date":"2011-11-06T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=293"},"modified":"2011-11-11T10:25:46","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T15:25:46","slug":"day-7070-the-countdown-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Day 1\/70 &#8211; the countdown begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unless my math skills have deteriorated even more than my muscles have, 10 weeks equals 70 days. The YAYOG intro program is 10 weeks long. I&#8217;m going to go at it with as much intensity as I can muster, and\u2014with luck\u2014record my progress here.<\/p>\n<p>A few of my preconceptions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ll make slow progress, not dramatic progress. \u00a0After all, I&#8217;ve been sedentary for 13 years except for a couple of earlier attempts at losing weight that I didn&#8217;t stick with for more than three months.<\/li>\n<li>Food (overeating) is going to be my biggest problem (sadly, I confirmed this last night when I ate 5 slices of pizza, when two or three would have been plenty).<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m worried about injury, but this program is supposed to minimize the chance of that.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m going to want to quit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not really sure how to measure progress. Later today I&#8217;ll try to post a list of my goals, but I&#8217;m going to have to refine them as I read more of Mark&#8217;s book. I certainly hope to lose the excess flab around my stomach, but see &#8220;food&#8221; above&#8230; The reality will probably be that I&#8217;ll get stronger but look the same there. No six-pack for me&#8230; \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless my math skills have deteriorated even more than my muscles have, 10 weeks equals 70 days. The YAYOG intro program is 10 weeks long. I&#8217;m going to go at it with as much intensity as I can muster, and\u2014with luck\u2014record my progress here. A few of my preconceptions: I&#8217;ll make slow progress, not dramatic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=293\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day 1\/70 &#8211; the countdown begins&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-4J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":421,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=421","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":0},"title":"Day 70\/70: On Target?","author":"Jorah","date":"January 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday was the final day of my 10-week \"You Are Your Own Gym\" fitness program. When I started out back in early November, 2011, I set down my goals. Today it's time to see how I did. Weight:\u00a0I hit my 'near' goal of being below 183.5, as my scale registered\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=30"},"img":{"alt_text":"10-week progress","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madstone.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_6884-231x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":954,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=954","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":1},"title":"Lion Brand Cable Hat &#8211; Making Progress","author":"Jorah","date":"January 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I started work on my cable hat right after my earlier post, and I feel as if I'm making some real progress. I need to go do some other work, so I snapped some photos of the UFO to record my very first cables.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Knitting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Knitting","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=85"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":995,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=995","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":2},"title":"A Thank-You Card for Krystal","author":"Jorah","date":"November 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A dual-purpose post. The Lesser Purpose is to update you on the progress of the second Frog Princess mitt. As you will see, I'm a good way along the arm. I'm not stressing about the pace of work this time, and since it is the most interesting thing I have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Knitting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Knitting","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=85"},"img":{"alt_text":"Thank You, Krystal!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madstone.net\/images\/knitting\/IMG_3330.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madstone.net\/images\/knitting\/IMG_3330.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madstone.net\/images\/knitting\/IMG_3330.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1225,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1225","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":3},"title":"Feeling Overshadowed","author":"Jorah","date":"December 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I responded to the question \u201cHow does one stop feeling bad and overshadowed by everyone else?\u201d \u201cIf you are learning something difficult, try not to compare your progress with that of other students. It doesn't help you, and only fosters a false pride or a false discouragement.\u201d I wrote that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Philosophizing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Philosophizing","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=59"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":401,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=401","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":4},"title":"Day 40\/70: Push","author":"Jorah","date":"December 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Jorah\u00a0earned 191 points for: Plank: 150 sec\u00a0(+52 pts) plank-a-day Decline Push-Up: 6 reps\u00a0(+9 pts) I do NOT want to work out today... Declines done off of a large stability ball, w 3-sec holds at bottom. 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