Time to try something new!
AM:
15 min jog
45 min elliptical machine
I have been thinking of changing things up for my afternoon workouts. I have been alternating between cardio and weight lifting days. It has gotten to me to where I am but I have plateaued. So I am going to try lifting every afternoon with 20 minutes of higher intensity cardio. I will only do 1 exercise for 15 sets or 2 exercises for 8 sets each. I will work a particular exercise more intensely than I have been doing and will lift every day so my muscles will be constantly working through related exercises. For instance today I did 8 sets of assisted pull-ups (back/shoulders/arms) and dumbbell over head presses (legs/arms/back/shoulders) starting each repetition with the dumbbells on the ground. This took me 30 minutes to do. I then got on the elliptical stepper for 20 minutes and started at the max level and worked from level 20 down to level 16. It felt good. I will know if this is a good thing after 2 weeks.
Dinner tonight was something cool. I made Mexican lasagna! It is a variation on a nacho platter. I took a lasagna pan, put a can of fire roasted tomatoes in the bottom, added a layer of tortilla chips (I crumbled some up to fill the gaps between the chips), then shredded cheese, sour cream and sliced Avocado, then another layer of chips, ground turkey, black beans, and another can of fire roasted tomatoes, then another layer of chips, and finally more shredded cheese and some crushed tortilla chips. It was really good! I seasoned the ground turkey with a taco meat seasoning pack. We had it with some shredded lettuce on the side.
Today was a great day. I feel good
