Doubling Up

I'm so awesome.

I've just returned from the Y from my SECOND workout of the day!! I did 40 minutes this morning (20 Elliptical, 20 Treadmill) very good workout. Just in the last hour I did 20 minutes on the Elliptical and then did another 10 minutes on the Arc Trainer (see here)

The kids are out of school now so I thought I would bring them to the "youth room" for the first time, as I plan on bringing them there lots this summer. They enjoyed their time there. Yay! In fact, they will very likely NAG me to go there. :D

The double workout thing I think is a GREAT thing - as long as I don't overdo it. Today I've done 70 minutes of cardio and that is just GREAT for losing weight! Next week I'll be in Florida, there's a Y 6.5 miles from where we're staying but the hours are M-F 8-4, kinda lame... but I intend on taking advantage of it 3 times while I'm there. I think the place we're staying at has equipment, but I'm not holding my breath for it being of the quality I'm used to. I really dislike cheap, low-end equipment.

5-21-08

I got to the Y this afternoon. My goal was to do 20 minutes EACH of the Elliptical Trainer and Treadmill.

But I thought the first 30 seconds on the ET were going to kill me. God! Why was it so hard? I remembered to wear my heart rate monitor (HRM) this time and wowee!! I was upto 150 as I got started! I have no idea what my problem was. I lasted for 10 minutes, I decided that was good enough. I went really slow, I really wanted my heart rate to come down to 135-140... I was just starting out!!! Jeeze! It's not that 150 is an impossible workout, but it'll be a shorter workout and I was aiming for a longer workout this time around.

The gym was low-key and quiet, so I had my pick of machines, and I went to the recumbent bicycle. I knew with my HRM I wouldn't have to put my hands on the handle bars and I could then read with my hands being free. Yay! Seemed like it should have been a good plan but my STUPID pda kept shutting off. Made no sense, it was charged up to 49% which is not a low battery. So I got mad at it and just plugged my headphones into the tv console and then promptly ignored CNN.

So I was on the sitdown bike for 20 minutes, then I went over to this Cross-trainer thing... kind of a modified ET. HR was around 148 and I managed to keep it up that high for 10 minutes on that thing.

Grand total: 40 minutes on machines...

HRM summary: 43 minutes and 142 average heart rate. I'm pleased.

Moving More

Yay!!!!!!!! Two days in a row, I did the same workout that I did yesterday. 15 minutes on the elliptical and 15 minutes on the treadmill. and I worked hard on both.

I love my Heart Rate monitor for the feature of keeping track of my heart rate during a workout... and of course on Monday I forgot to turn the watch part of it on to keep track (duh) and today I forgot to put the monitor part that goes around your chest on! Damn! I realized that as I was climbing on to the elliptical trainer. I will otherwise keep track of my average heart rate during my work outs, something in the low 140's will be good.

I thought I had my headphones in my van, but they weren't there... so I relied on the closed captioning on the tvs to entertain me, and all the news channels were talking about was Ted Kennedy's brain tumor. But I still managed to do what I wanted to do.

I've eaten well, well kind of okay for the past two days. Last night we had pizza for dinner, but with a spinach salad and the pizza had LOTS of veggies on it. I had leftovers for lunch today. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE has been good for me. really.

I've started drinking Special K20 Water - its protein water that has 5 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber in every packet, which you add to bottled water. I got the pink lemonade and I like it. I think it will help me. I had two yesterday.

I'd like for my plan to be to do 20 minutes each of the ET and the Treadmill, that would add up to 40 minutes, and ideally for weight loss I'll be doing 45-60 minutes of cardio 5 times a week.

Back at the Y

Yay!

I did a total of 30 minutes of cardio. 15 on an elliptical trainer, then 15 on the treadmill, walking at 3.4 mph and on an incline that varied from 1-4

I tried listening to a book "on tape" from Audible.com but I think I need to get used to the idea of listening to a book.

My stupid desktop computer is down and that is the only computer in the house that lets my PDA talk to Rhapsody, my mp3 player and music service respectively. Good music is best for working out to. But we'll see.

I'm even going to try and go again tonight after the kids go to bed.

New Start #3,954

Well, I'm starting AGAIN. A real goal, mostly a real plan...

To lose 30lbs by the end of the year. And my reward will be laser hair removal. Wooo-hoo! I really want this and the only way I'm going to allow myself to get this, IF I lose the weight!!! Get fit and toned!

It's not totally about the scale, its about being fit and having a body that shows that. I want clothes to fit better. I want to sit down and not have this serious pouch of fat hanging on my lower stomach. Ugh... it just has to be gone. And and I want to be nice and toned, to look damned good in a tank top, with a reasonably flat tummy.

I'm starting at 180.. and I'll be aiming for 150... I have 32 weeks to accomplish this and I know I can do it.

New Goal

This is a new goal I've had rolling around in my head for a while... and that is...

TO LOOK GOOD IN A YOGA TOP.

When I find a pic I will post it.

How am I going to get there? Eat less and move more. And how am I going to do that? ughhhh.... the agony! My goal this week will be 30 minutes of cardio 4x.... maybe 5x. No freakin' excuses!!!! and no junk food this week.

If I hold myself to these goals I will treat myself with something to be determined.

I'm shaking hands with myself here. It's officially a deal.