WooHoo! I got over being sick. That is a relief. This morning for cardio I decided to change things up and start on the recumbent bike for 20 minutes. After that I went to the lower body elliptical machine for 35 minutes. This felt good to do though I did not sweat as much as when I am on the treadmill. The bike felt more like my leg muscles were being worked out instead of a cardio workout, but it is still something I need to add into the mix every couple weeks just for some change.
My meals today were all repeats of stuff I have had since starting to eat well. Fruit veggies and protein. I am completely comfortable with my meal choices now. At some point I will really need to evaluate my diet to see what I can do to get more protein into me during the day. I am working otu plenty, maybe even too much, but I am ok with losing some muscle with the majority of fat I have on my body. If I see myself getting weaker in my workouts I will make some adjustments then.
My afternoon workout started with some exercises to shock my body. I did pushups, sitouts (think wrestling and hitting a switch from the bottom position), situps and jogging in place for 5 or 6 minutes. My heart was racing and I was breathing hard. My buddy wanted jump rope but the gym did not have any jumpropes for us. I am not sure how my ankle would take to it but I would try and if it did not work out I would jog in place for the duration. After that we moved to Lat pull downs ans chin up pull downs, weighted rows, then leg presses and leg extensions. Before we knew it 45 minutes had passed and it was time to go. I had done some reading today about a program called 5×5. It includes exercises I never do like pullups (I can’t do one), squats (never tried them) and dead lifts (tried them a couple of times but never added them to my routine). I am intrigued by this workout system and may try it once I hit a plateau or start to lose strength in multiple current workout exercises. With the workout done it was time to head home for dinner.
I enjoyed an apple on the drive home and then cooked up some top sirloin cubes to go with some stir fry veggies I also made fresh tonight. I had cabbage, onion, pepper, carrots pineapple chunks, and portobello mushrooms. I used the canned juice from the pineapple as the sauce for the stir fry. It was good and I will have the second half of it tomorrow for lunch. Tomorrow is the last weigh-in for the week. I hope to see continued success.
