Getting my rear back in gear!!
Aug. 24th, 2010 07:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
losingitYeah...I stepped on the scale this morning, and let's just say it wasn't pretty. :( I knew I'd eaten more - and different - stuff than I've gotten used to, and I knew I hadn't done my exercising like I should have. So I shouldn't have been surprised, but...YEOUCH!
So this morning, first thing was a trip to Trader Joe's to get my frige and cabinets stocked with healthy foods!! I will probably end up making another trip in the next few days just because I have to carry everything, so two bags' worth is my limit, and they tend to get weighed down!! But I've got healthy foods again!! Woo!!!
Then I hit the gym!! Decided to "play" on the new cross-trainer machines they have. It's like an elliptical, but it changes up tilt, resistance, speed, and height, so you're constantly working different muscles. I opted for the "hill interval" program and went for 35 minutes. One big advantage with doing that is it's harder to actually change things while you're moving (it's obviously possible, but not as easy as just decreasing the speed on the treadmill...or at least not yet as I've never used the machine before), so once I was going, I was going. And I made it! Then got a good stretch in, which always feels good. Granted, my quads aren't necessarily so happy with me right now, but oh well. It's a good pain!
Tomorrow? Better eating and back to the gym!! Probably a run tomorrow. We shall see!
So this morning, first thing was a trip to Trader Joe's to get my frige and cabinets stocked with healthy foods!! I will probably end up making another trip in the next few days just because I have to carry everything, so two bags' worth is my limit, and they tend to get weighed down!! But I've got healthy foods again!! Woo!!!
Then I hit the gym!! Decided to "play" on the new cross-trainer machines they have. It's like an elliptical, but it changes up tilt, resistance, speed, and height, so you're constantly working different muscles. I opted for the "hill interval" program and went for 35 minutes. One big advantage with doing that is it's harder to actually change things while you're moving (it's obviously possible, but not as easy as just decreasing the speed on the treadmill...or at least not yet as I've never used the machine before), so once I was going, I was going. And I made it! Then got a good stretch in, which always feels good. Granted, my quads aren't necessarily so happy with me right now, but oh well. It's a good pain!
Tomorrow? Better eating and back to the gym!! Probably a run tomorrow. We shall see!
