Day 7: Weigh-in 175.2
I don't know if I'm going to mentally 'count' .2 pounds... because really it only translates to 3.2 ounces. I find that to make myself feel better and to keep from losing steam I round down. So for me today was another 175 day. Since today is Monday that marks the start of Week 2 (I started this on a Tuesday, but I'll just call that a short week so it's easier to keep track of) and that means I'm slowly starting to lose time. Luckily I achieved half a month's goal in just one week, so I'm not behind. I could even tentatively say I'm ahead of schedule, but I won't do that. That would ultimately just lead to slacking.
This morning started out pretty nicely. I wasn't coughing, only had to blow my nose once or twice, and I actually felt pretty good. For breakfast I had a yogurt and I split a pear with my kiddo. Lunch was an LC and a coke. Dinner tonight will be a bowl of she-crab soup from Harris Teeter.
Considering it's been over a week since I've worked out, today really need to be a gym day. Unfortunately, my friend had taken my truck in to work with her to get it inspected and I forgot to take the car seat out. That meant I didn't get to the Y until 4pm...and it was crowded. I got the last treadmill to available, and did 2 miles. I did the first mile and a half in 17 minutes and walked/jogged the next half mile which made my time just under 24 minutes. It's a pretty bad time I know, but I've never been a speed runner. If I can get my mile and a half under 15 minutes, I'll be more than pleased with myself.
By the time I got off the treadmill, the place had been flooded with people who had just gotten off work. and I tried my best to finish my usual routine, but it would have taken me an hour longer because it was so crowded. I usually do 3 circuits on the machines, working my legs, abs, back, arms and chest. I have sort of a different routine that most people in there. I like to do 10-15 reps of one exercise on the heaviest weight I can manage, and then move on to the next exercise. I will do this for all the machines I plan to use and then repeat until I've done all machines 3 times. Most people will use several different machines, but they will do their reps, rest a minute, and then do more reps. They repeat that 3 times and then move on to the next machine, doing just one lap around the gym.
I don't like this method for a few reasons. The first is that it means one person is sitting on a machine for almost 5 minutes, meaning someone else has to either skip that machine or wait. Waiting can mean letting your pulse go back down, which I don't like to do. If you do skip it, chances are you'll miss them getting off and someone else will probably get on it. This throws my circuit off all the time.
The second reason is that I find spacing out the machines allows me to get more out of the workout. For example, I can do good 10 leg lifts using 50lbs, move on to other machines, then come back two more times and do 10 more good lifts at 50 lbs. If I were sitting there doing all three times at once I wouldn't be able to do them at 50 lbs without compromising form, so I'd have to go down to 30 lbs. It makes more sense to me to be able to do reps at a higher weight using good form, than to do the same amount of reps using a lower weight and/or bad form.
Anyway, it was too crowded to do it my way, so I had to leave halfway through the second circuit. I'm glad I finally made it to the gym, but I don't feel as satisfied as I normally do. Wednesday I'll be able to go in earlier so I should miss the crowd and get in a full set.
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