Day 11: Weigh-in 176.4
Well, considering my little tiff yesterday I'm glad to see the number go down and not up. True to my word though I have moved past it and I started out today with a good attitude. I also made myself keep drinking water, which honestly might be harder for me than working out.
I had my usual Special K shake before heading to the Y for my workout. My trainer hadn't called to set up a session yet, so I stretched my workout out so it lasted until he got to work at 1 to talk to him. This turned out to be a good thing, because I ended up adding an extra exercise to my routine, and extra reps to the exercises I had already been doing. I even spent a little extra time on the treadmill. I got the full 2 miles in today then walked a little more after that.
I've been keeping track of my heart rate, and I'm not exactly happy with it. When I'm running it gets as high as 186 beats per minute, or 31 beats every 10 seconds. That's not necessarily unhealthy, but it's higher than I would like. When I'm going through my circuits, it hovers around 156 bpm or 26 beats every 10 seconds. It's going to take some conditioning, but my target heart rate is about 150 bpm while running, and even lower than that while doing my circuit.
I hit up Wendy's on the way home for another small chili because it was calling out to me. When I got home I double checked the nutritional information and discovered that it contained 18 grams of protein. Not bad for fast food! It had 220 calories, but considering it was my lunch I also didn't think that was too shabby... especially for 99 cents. It's got a little spice to it and fills me up, so it may be a regular part of my post workout diet.
Dinner tonight is going to be pizza and wings with some family and friends, but I'm going to try not to go overboard. Tomorrow is supposed to be really nice out, sunny with a temp in the 50's, so I'm planning on taking the dogs out for a good long hike. Should be good.
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