new goals, bleh

i've been putting it off for nearly a month now, and after several false starts plus at least one good workout, I'm ready to verbalize and post my new goals.

it's obvious to me that I'm now too fat. I'm 235 or so, and were I at 8% body fat, perhaps I wouldn't feel crappy, but I'm certainly not 8% body fat, and I do feel crappy. Specifically, I realized/admitted yesterday that some of the indigestion/breathing related problems are simply gut-related-bad-posture-induced difficulties.

I've looked into the velocity diet and it really, really intrigues me, especially the part where Dan John says his cholesterol numbers were vastly improved, but hte idea of loading up on supplements for 28 days really deters me. I gave up the supplement-eating part of my life, though it's creeping back, I think. Still, if I don't venture far beyond fish oil, vitamins, and protein powder, I think I'm okay. It's once I start taking "fat burners" or "workout surge" stuff that I begin to worry.

anyhow, so I need to lose some weight. I've decided I'll do Draper's tuna and water diet, starting next Monday, because I've been meaning to try it for 10 years now, and because it's only 3 days so how bad could it be, and because I'm already feeling rather crummy so I won't notice much feeling more crummy, and because the whole point of it is that afterwards, you've flexed some discipline (not as much as it takes to do the V-diet, but it's cheaper, also higher in good stuff like omega 3 and mercury) and transition into a cleaner diet, which i am definitely both ready for and capable of doing.

I'm still not as strong as I'd like to be. My bench press is just starting to show some progress, my overhead press still sucks, and my deadlift, as much progress as I've made, still isn't 2x my weight.

today I did a set of 5 deadlifts at 365. it was pretty easy, as those things go. in my original set of recent goals, i wanted 5x315 to be easy. so that's nice. i've also been slowly learning new exercises, namely the overhead squat and the power snatch. i'd like to learn the olympic versions of the clean and the snatch.

anyhow, on with the goals and deadlines:

by my birthday in november:

body weight of 220lbs
deadlift 5RM of 405
bench press 5RM of 250lbs
olympic snatch 135lbs in excellent form
olympic clean 175lbs in excellent form
eating that is nice and clean but doesn't drive me nuts from boredom, isolation, or supplementation

after that I suppose i can take stock and reevaluate my goals. i used to say that 210 was an easy and comfortable weight for me to be, but i suspect 220 is similar as long as i'm lifting heavy.

i've got all kinds of things i'd like to try, like pavel's 40 day plan, more complexes, sets of 8 (heh, i've got so stuck into sets of 3 and 5 that 8 tires me out), and, someday, cycling again. but above all, i need to get the weight back down to where it's not pissing me off any more.