Mon 5 Dec 2005
I’ve been pooped lately. I wish I’d noted whether I’m just pooped these few days (so I can blame it on PMS or mental stress), or whether I’ve been like this for a few weeks (which I’d have to blame on my recent weight gain and drop in the intensity of exercise).
At lunch today, I did 25 minutes on the treadmill — a 2-mile run plus a walking 1-lap cooldown — and 25 minutes on the elliptical trainer. Before you give me any kudos for this, lemme say that I had planned on doing 40 minutes straight on the treadmill, which would give me a 4-mile run. But I couldn’t do it. My conditioning has melted to crap, and being out of battery on my MP3 player didn’t help.
This is gonna be my new think-of-it-this-way: I will lose 15 pounds in a specific, preset number of days, and all I have to do is put in my 40 minutes at the gym daily. Any day I take off will be added to the number of calendar days until I reach my target weight. Simple formula. I’m gonna call it 90 gym days. The more gym days I put in, the quicker I can cross off calendar days in reaching my goal. There, I think I’ve now convinced myself that it’s easy.
What happened to the days when every other day, I’d do 40 minutes of weights at lunch, then 40 minutes of cardio after work, and run 3-5 miles on the days in-between, plus one long 6-12 mile run on one weekend day and a 2-hour weight-training workout on the other weekend day? Man, I had no life.
I’m sure you won’t have a problem with getting back into shape :). My friend was telling me how most ppl “let themselves go” when the enter a relationship, but if you and Mr. W are running together, than that’s obviously not happening.
And since you’re so very knowlegeable about working out…do you think you sweat more when you get into good shape or does it take more intensity to make you sweat?
Oh, and if you’re still in the market for a new mp3 player, Dell Home has a good deal on the Creative Muvo 512Mb.
1. Dell Home Price : $120.47
2. Coupon Price : -45% | Code : 16WHP$M?9M441R ( Exp : 12/12 6am )
Actually, I’ve always been battling my weight. My body builds muscle quickly, but is extremely reluctant to burn fat. It takes me 4-5 times more effort and about that much more time to burn what normal people burn. I’d probably survive pretty well on a deserted island. My thyroid goes up and down and tends to border on hypothyroidism. Plus, it doesn’t help that I’d been anorexic in the past. Basically, my body just likes to pack on the cushioning.
When I’m in better shape, I definitely sweat more and more easily, but I’m not winded as easily. When I was in bad shape, I was cold more often (bad circulation) and would rarely sweat.
Thanks for the tips on MP3s! Wow, 45% is a huge discount.