It felt geat to sleep in today. I was up later than normal but it did not matter, I got more than 7.5 hours of sleep! It showed at the gym this morning too. I was able to jog 2 miles straight and did it in 25:30. I then walked the remaining 4:30 at 3.2 mph. I moved to a lower body elliptical machine. This one at Bally’s is more intense than the one at work. Better elliptical strides and higher ellevation changes with range of motion. I did another 30 minutes and called it quits. I was still soaked in sweat when I got home.
I think science should come up with a sweat index to tie into other forms of measuring exercise effort. That would be something. I should apply to the National Science Foundation and see if I can get some grant money for this important work. Yep, years later I can refine it to include smell! OK back to reality. It was a good workout.
I was pretty hungry when I got home but decided to shower first since I did stink and felt funky. My weekend breakfasts always seem to be outside my normal stuff since I have the time to cook it fresh and enjoy it. I decided to chop some onion, green pepper, feta cheese, and Turkey sausage crumbles and add them all to a pan.
I scrambled 3 whole eggs and poured them into the pan as well. I can’t call it an omlet since there were more veggies and stuff than there were eggs, but you get the idea. I squirted some ketchup on the side once I plated my meal. This all totalled 441 calories. Not bad.
I relaxed until after lunch then ran some errands. I got most of what I needed to do taken care of then joined the family to help with some other stuff. It was 6 pm when I finally got home and decided I wanted to do some lifting before I ate dinner. It was meant to be a light workout and I only did 25 minutes.
Squats
70-7,7
90-5
110-5
Overhead press from the ground
70-8,8,8
overhead press from chest
70-12,12
bent over rows
70-10
90-10,10
I felt my muscles worked some but it was not too intense. That was fine since this was a bonus workout. I am not trying to get a full one in. If I was I would have gone to the gym. I got inside and my wife had returned with dinner. Subway sandwiches. It is the weekend, and we did not feel like cooking or going out. I had a chicken breast foot long with lettuce, tomato, green pepper, black olives and hot pepper topped with vinegar. It hit the spot. No chips or soda! I feel good and ended up coming in at 1,720 calories for the day. That is lower than my daily calorie goal, but I did not have a hard afternoon workout so this seems like an ok amount to have eaten. I usually tend to weigh heavy on Mondays letting me know the lighter workouts are not burning as much calories for me as I may have though. Weight fluxuations are fine as long as the total weight is trending down.
A friend of mine is looking to try and follow what I have been doing here. He is going to look at the diet side of things and see where he can tighten up. I have emailed him some information and suggestions and I hope to here from him soon that he is underway with losing weight too. Another day is complete, and I feel
