Didn’t workout today even though I managed to finish at work early. Today I was planning on working out the legs since I had worked upper body/arms on Friday and abs Saturday. Legs were sore from tippy-toeing for hours at the concert and I suspect they aren’t used to the running yet either.
To clarify, I plan on losing the five lbs. by the end of the year, not by the end of the month. I suspect I could lose five lbs. by the end of the month, but not in a healthy way. Like I said, my objective is to lean down and tone up, not to be a skinny kiddo.
To my commenters:
Stacy - Sweet find! I wish it would track the quality of my diet instead of relying on me to guess how great I ate, but it’s definitely a site I’ll probably use.
Not Important - Could you post a link to some articles on rest needed between sets? I’ve never had anyone tell me to wait a full minute before so that caught me off guard.
I’m a big fan of accountablity. I’m also a big fan of cookouts and pizza. As a post-grad twentysomething, I’ve found it difficult to create your own routine and stick to it. No longer do I have a class schedule, work schedule, and ways to cram social life and exercise and sleep in between. Besides my work schedule, I’m free to do whatever, whenever.
I signed up at LA Fitness in the late spring in attempts to get that “summer bod” and get that healthy, happy feeling. Haha, so I really didn’t want that “summer bod,” but always enjoy how great I feel once I get a workout schedule going.
But it didn’t stick. And neither did my diet of “no junk food and less eating out.” So, inspired my my friend Mandy’s recent post, I, too, will start to publicly keep track of my progress (hopefully it’ll be progress!) which will hopefully spark some accountability between me and her and whoever else reads this thing.
Target weight loss for September: Five lbs. would be great, but realistically, I am already pretty small with plenty of room to build back muscle strength so I would be happy with 3-5 lbs. loss.
Arms/upper body workout: 3 sets of 12 at each ’station,’ alternating between two stations at a time. 15-20 secs in between reps. I’ll list my usual arms/upper body workout when I get around to figuring out what the machines are called.
Cardio: Did not feel up to par at all today. Also, wanted to rush through workout due to plans tonight. Only 15 mins on elliptical at level 5 (one mile). My heart rate always spikes at 178-180 bpm which I don’t think is a great thing at all.
In efforts to clear my mind of all the muck that’s been stuck in it lately, I’ve changed up my days a little during my 3.5 day break. I turned both of my phones off Thursday, turning my personal one on occasions to check my voicemail. I turned into a little hermit, somewhat similar to the hermit I was a few years back in college while I was in a crazy transition.
Knowing I wouldn’t be bothered by others, I proceeded to listen to a lot of music and yes, I reverted back to my video game playing self. Yes, once upon a time, I was slightly addicted, skipping class to sit around and play these games… but I think as your regular college student, I used anything as a good excuse to skip class. This time, I know I’m nowhere close to be addicted, in fact, I somewhat feel like I’m forcing myself to play. I think it’s because I can space out and not think about diddly squat.
To compensate, I took my lazy butt to the gym. After months and months of saying I’d sign up, I finally drove down to LA fitness with the little seven day pass and walked out feeling quite tired, a little sweaty, and having $160 less in my bank account. I felt like the ol’ bait-and-switch had been pulled on me, but hey… gotta make money somehow, right? I had to trade my seven day pass to get some money knocked off my activation fee. But now that I’m paying money to run around and sweat in someone else’s facilities, I feel like I HAVE to work out every day or else I’m wasting money. So I think that’ll work out pretty well.
I got to hang out with a few Phi Lamb friends tonight and it was refreshing. I laughed ’til I cried, ate so much food that I’m sure I cancelled out any working out I’ll do all week, and just had some good clean fun. It was an excellent way to return to civilization after my mini-hiatus.
Anyway, besides avoiding the inevitable sleepytime, I think I meant to say, it’s good to have some time to yourself. I forget that too often.
