Now I am really back, like back to the future back.
It was good to see the scale today. I hope tomorrow may be so kind. I was up early and to the gym early and got an extra 15 minutes of exercise in. Yes! I jogged a mile then walked 2 minutes to make my total time 15 minutes there. I went to the Stair master next for 25 minutes, the upper and lower body bike for 15 minutes and then did some bonus time on the lower body elliptical machine. 1 hour and 15 minutes total time in the AM!
My afternoon workout was decent too. I walked on the treadmill at 15% incline starting at 2.5 mph and bumping it up ever few minutes. My sweat and breathing was close to when I jog, I would say 70% of the effort, and it felt good to walk today. I have lifted the last 2 days and planned on just cardio but that changed once I was there. My buddy left the gym early yesterday so he wanted to do some more lifting today.
Leg extensions (there were tough today)
110-10
130-10
150-10,10
Bench press
135-10
185-8
225-2,2
185-8
Leg presses
270-20,20,20
Triceps cable curls
150-15,12,10,8,8
100-25
EZ-Bar curls (my left elbow was bothering me above the elbow near the triceps since yesterday and the curls were uncomfortable to do today)
50-10,8,10,10
That was a complete weight workout for a day I planned to just do cardio. My muscles feel pumped up!
Eating today was all standard stuff. Dinner was a new creation though. I chopped up some chicken breast, green olives, red peppers, and portobello mushrooms, cooked them together, added some ricotta cheese and some grated Parmesan cheese and served over a bed of lettuce. It was a hit! The meal started with a Mexican flare but was changed to a more Italian seasoned meal since I will be cooking ground turkey tomorrow and will be adding peach salsa and black beans. Yum! I almost forgot, today’s calories for the day were 2,253 calories.
I also got some sad news. My grandma passed away today. She will always be with me in my heart and mind. I was lucky enough to see her last weekend. Gaining and re-losing the 5 pounds really seems like a petty thing to have been thinking about now. She did not look too good when I saw her last, but there was talk of her going home before her health took a turn for the worst. Grandma we love you!
