I guess I forgot to post Thursday! I had a pretty rough day. Sleep and I did not get a long, and so, my Thursday workout suffered a bit. I ended up only running for 5 minutes (.5 miles, though!), and weight lifting for about 35. It was a decent workout, though I wish now I had pushed harder. I ended up eating a lot of crap. May have helped my emotional state, but I know that wasn't good for my health!
Today, I woke up anticipating going to Columbus, but I realized with all the snow, sleet, etc. that was coming out of the sky, I was staying home. Due to weather hazards, all programs at my gym were canceled, though the gym itself was still open. This mean that yet again, I missed a zumba class. Instead, I went to the gym with a friend/neighbor. I ran 3 miles on the track and then biked with him for about half an hour. I wonder how many calories I'm really burning when I run. NM tells me it's lower than my HRM says. Apparently, depending on how far I'm running and how fast, my BPM can get up to the high 170s. Peaked today at 183! Yikes! I'm not really sure if that's a good or bad thing! I tried to get in some "deep belly breaths," as Kim calls them, but I often have trouble breathing through my nose in the stuffy air of the rec center.
I had a balanced day of food so far, but tonight should be a smorgasborg of crazy foods because Dee is having a game night party at her place. Should be fun! I thought about bringing some of my many board games along, but I figured it'd be more fun to just play whatever they've got. :-)
I'll also need to shovel out my car today--yuck! All that snow!
~Court
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Monday Morning, Monday Morning
Last night, a friend invited me to the tough spin class for tonight, but I'm going out for coffee with another friend. I went to the gym this morning, instead, though I think next week I'll do the spinning class on Monday.
Got to the gym a little later than intended, but not a problem. I walked the track once (1/6th of a mile), and then hopped on an elliptical. I'm trying to give my shins a rest while still doing high impact cardio. I elliptical-ed for 30 minutes and did some intense intervals while working on it. I've heard recently that peaking your heart rate can help you burn more calories, so I am trying to add in some intervals here and there.
Finished up and walked the track again, then hopped on a bike and set the program for random hills, level 5. This seemed a bit too easy at first, and for about 15 minutes, my heart rate didn't get above 133. I figured that was ok, though, and kept going. A nice, elder woman sat on the bike next to me, and I just had to comment on her adorable Valentine's Day heart vest. Very cute! We struck up a conversation, and before I knew it, I had been riding for 25 minutes and my heart rate was up to 150+! She finished her workout, and I focused my attention, pedaling fast and hard for the last 5 minutes.
I cooled down for 2 minutes, then walked to the water fountain and stopped the HRM. 1hr 6 minutes and 898 calories burned! Holy Batman! I'm not sure that I can trust 898, but I sure do feel hungry right now. I didn't bring much for lunch today, as I wasn't really thinking. I did have an apple and a piece of chocolate. Now, I'm about to heat up my veggie burger. Around 5:30pm I'm doing coffee with a friend, and will hope to be home and making dinner by 7:00pm: a healthy green dinner of whole grain pasta, peas, broccoli, diced tomatoes, and parmesan cheese. For snacks tonight, I can have special valentine's day cupcakes and then frozen blueberries with peanut butter. YUM! I might even have something else....I'm not sure what, though. I'll still have about 300 calories of discretionary calories to eat, so we'll see!
What a great day at the gym, though! The chat was nice. I wouldn't like to do it every day, but once in a while is really fine. :-)
~Court
Got to the gym a little later than intended, but not a problem. I walked the track once (1/6th of a mile), and then hopped on an elliptical. I'm trying to give my shins a rest while still doing high impact cardio. I elliptical-ed for 30 minutes and did some intense intervals while working on it. I've heard recently that peaking your heart rate can help you burn more calories, so I am trying to add in some intervals here and there.
Finished up and walked the track again, then hopped on a bike and set the program for random hills, level 5. This seemed a bit too easy at first, and for about 15 minutes, my heart rate didn't get above 133. I figured that was ok, though, and kept going. A nice, elder woman sat on the bike next to me, and I just had to comment on her adorable Valentine's Day heart vest. Very cute! We struck up a conversation, and before I knew it, I had been riding for 25 minutes and my heart rate was up to 150+! She finished her workout, and I focused my attention, pedaling fast and hard for the last 5 minutes.
I cooled down for 2 minutes, then walked to the water fountain and stopped the HRM. 1hr 6 minutes and 898 calories burned! Holy Batman! I'm not sure that I can trust 898, but I sure do feel hungry right now. I didn't bring much for lunch today, as I wasn't really thinking. I did have an apple and a piece of chocolate. Now, I'm about to heat up my veggie burger. Around 5:30pm I'm doing coffee with a friend, and will hope to be home and making dinner by 7:00pm: a healthy green dinner of whole grain pasta, peas, broccoli, diced tomatoes, and parmesan cheese. For snacks tonight, I can have special valentine's day cupcakes and then frozen blueberries with peanut butter. YUM! I might even have something else....I'm not sure what, though. I'll still have about 300 calories of discretionary calories to eat, so we'll see!
What a great day at the gym, though! The chat was nice. I wouldn't like to do it every day, but once in a while is really fine. :-)
~Court
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