What did you eat today? 10/01

Happy October!

B: Coffee w/Cream (0 carbs)
S: Atkin's Shake (1 carb)
L: Shrimp salad (3 carbs)
D: Zucchini Lasagna (4 carbs)
S: Whip cream w/protein pudding (3 carbs)

Carbs: 11

*15 minutes fast walking

There's our smiling little kitty cat!

kinda rushed today:

1 egg
2 pieces of bacon

coffee
coffee
water
water

Not sure what's for dinner... I've got a huge pan of sausage peppers and onions in there that I'm packing up for Andrew and there's a buttload....  we might just have some of that.

Exercise:
45 minutes of cardio this morning
1 hour of cardio at 4:30
Andrew at 5:30

I think all the running around I did this morning helps too.. even the shopping and all the cooking and cleaning and laundry and washing dishes blah blah blah.  

CW:  211 and change.  Got my first round of blood tests in the works and scheduled my first PT.. just gotta find out where to go for a dexascan!

Lori my love, how long did it take you to do an hour of Cardio?  I'm still having a hard time with 15 minutes.  Granted, I'm walking really fast, but still...

On the bike it took me about 3 months... took another 3 months to even try the treadmill..and then it was 15 minutes for about 2 weeks..   then I got up to 30 minutes....   45...  and after about 2 months of the treadmill I could do an hour pretty easily and even do the eliptical before and after.

I think consistency is the key... let your body adjust.. and don't be afraid to pu**** past the limits every so often.  That's when my increases came.. when I pushed past what I thought were my limits.

What REALLY REALLY helps me is the music I have on.  Also, after about 40 minutes the endorphins kick in and I really start to like the sweat!  LOL  Sick.. I know...  but the wetter and drippier I am.. the wetter and drippier I wanna get! LOL

Yea Lori is right. I remember when I started on the arc trainer machine HA 2 minutes tops...well last night I just upped it from 30 minutes to 40 minutes. You just have to push your self and keep adding on :) And music DEFINITELY helps. Without the iPod I would be hmm...lost...the music keeps me going. And on that Arc Machine I sweat worse than a man..it is DISGUSTING just pouring down my face and neck...lol.

anyways!!!

B: Coffee with cream and sugar
L: Half of a turkey & ham sandwich on wheat...other half went to the dog. A small serving of cheddar harvest sun chips
D: Nothing

Tonight is Cardio Kickboxing which Wed. are much harder than Mondays...this guy kicks my ass...well my lowers abs seriously after tonight I wont beable to suck in to make myself look thinner until monday...they hurt so bad...the first time I went to a wed. class and a day after I thought I had a medical problem with my abdomen...he really works it! lol

Look at this.. another one who likes to be wet and drippier! 

By the time I hit the weights, can shake my head like a wet dog.  My towel is SOAKED by the time I leave.

Baby... I just noticed you said "really fast".. could you slow down and go further....  then increase speed when you get used to the distance?  That's what I did..  got used to the distance... then increased the incline and the speed.. after a while I added distance.. then was able to increase speed and incline again... just a thought..

I could do that.  I just thought it would be good to kinda "wog" a bit.  It's not even that fast but my legs are short, so it's pretty fast for me. 

hhahhaha.. I think wogging is probably the best!  I guess I had to start off slower because of my knees.  I do interval...  3 minute warm up... then a 2 minute push....  then 3 minute recovery and repeat for an hour.  I notice that although I'm only on a hour, I burn more calories and go further..... and I CAN stay on the hour because I'm taking those 3 minute recoveries at a slower speed and lower incline..

That's a good suggestion... I should try that on Friday when I play again.