Chapter 2: Working Out and Diet - Week 1 (Part 3)

Thursday

I had a good workout today. I think I need to keep working out around 11 am. If I go later, I start running into meetings and other random things start to occur. I think 11 am is generally quiet because you have the beginnings of lunch. Anyways...

First up was the eliptical machines. They are a nice change of pace from running because I work up just as much sweat, but I don't get out of breath as easily. I use the pre-programmed fat burner workout. Basically you start off at an incline of 4ish for two intervals (an interval is two minutes when doing 30 minutes). Then you go up to an incline of 8ish for two intervals, down for two, up for three, down for two, etc. I've also been gradually increasing my resistance and am up to a seven.

Today was leg day when it came to weights. I need to find some better exercises for this. For a leg day there isn't a whole lot of leg. Anyways, I start off with squats. Using a standard bar, I do a set of 10 at 55 pounds on each side. Afterwards, I do two sets of 10 at 70 pounds. Once this exercise is done I start to feel a bit lost. I want to incorporate more leg exercises and more ab work. Today I did 50 crunches (although I think I was doing them wrong. My stomach should be killing me now). I then randomly visited machines until it was time to go. It wasn't that I had a bad work out, but it seemed like I lacked focus. Anyways, I guess I need to do some research on this.

The food today was standard. Yesterday I made tacos and they were very good. I was also proud that I had left overs today. I still think I ate too much, but I'm making progress (last time I ate the whole batch). I'm glad that, for the most part, I like left overs. It's nice not to have to cook (although I need to start cooking more, my fiance has been doing the lioness' share of the work. Sorry dear!). I think I will cook next week. The question is what should I cook... Hmm.... This will take some thought. Anyways, I tried an experiment today that worked at well. I had a peanut butter and jelly burrito for lunch today! I used the tortillas I bought for tacos. It was good, but not as filling as a normal sandwich. I think I will switch back to the sandwiches. Only 30 more calories and I feel fuller. I think that is pretty much it for today. See ya tomorrow!

M.G. Farmer