27 Weeks

27 Weeks -
Baby's Length: 9.25-9.50 in.
Baby's Weight: 2-2.25 lbs.
Baby's Size: Sock Monkey

Yeah, there's our precious sock monkey baby.  Kind of a nonsensical item to compare to.  I liked a half gallon of milk better.  27 weeks is also a head of cauliflower.  So, there ya go.  

Feeling good.  Starting my new healthy lifestyle today, we'll see what it does to my energy and weight by next week I guess.  Feeling really well though.  I've started a new exercise regimen too based on the Smarter Science of Slim book.  Chapter 28 (page 209) he talks about how much more effective deep exercise is.  "Deep-Exercise More Muscle Fibers to Burn More body Fat".  Instead of shallow exercises over long time, exercise your muscles deeply during less time.

So, for exercising today, instead of doing 100 pushups, I'm going 6 eccentric push ups.  What is an eccentric push up, you ask?  He explains on page 239, It's basically a really slow push up, and the part I loved is that on the pushing up you can go on your knees.  On the lower down you hold yourself at the bottom position for 10 seconds.  Then on your knees and go up, repeat.  Once you have lowered yourself six times, for ten seconds each time without resting in between, you are done.  

He has pretty simple illustrations showing the exercises and shows how to do several different exercises for different muscle groups at home or at the gym.