Gym -- Week 6 recap
Monday -- Training session with Julie today. We repeated last Monday's exercises, some with a little change. The weights were upped on a few, the bar was added to the step-ups (see pic on right), and minor adjustments made on others. It was great. It always feels good after a workout. I didn't walk on the treadmill or ride the recumbent bike beforehand this time; I waited until after. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill, using the Couch 2 5K app, which was great with having my heart rate go back and forth from 104 at the lowest to 117 at the highest. I then did 30 minutes on the recumbent bike, taking Julie's advice and using the random hill setting. I'd never done it before because I thought it would be too hard. I'm so glad I listen to Julie's advice. It was doable, and I'll do it again.Tuesday -- Today I had two appointments, spread out, so I didn't get any kind of exercising done. Back to the gym tomorrow morning.
Thursday -- OMG you're not going to believe today! I had some professional development for work, so was at the school I work at bright and early. Guess what I did?! I walked up and down the stairs (there are 21 stairs on the staircase I walked) -- twice! Can you believe it?! Also, I wanted to gauge how I would do going to the gym after work when school starts back up, so I went after the professional development. I only managed 35 minutes on the bike (C25K 2.0-2.4mph 30 mins; 2.2mph 5 mins) and 20 minutes on the bike (random hill program). Usually on my non strength training days I do an hour on each. I learned from this that I am much better getting my workout in first thing in the morning. I won't be able to do that when school starts back up (I have to be at work at 7:40am), but going after work for a short amount of time is better than not going at all. I'm still working on my stamina; it will come in time.
Friday -- Rest day.
Saturday -- Unintentional rest day. Low tire on the van so didn't get to the gym in the morning. By the time I got all my chores and errands done, I was done. Back at it bright and early tomorrow morning.
Sunday -- After not sleeping well, and being woken up at 5am by a dog wanting his breakfast, I really didn't want to go today. After I fed the dog at 5:00, I considered staying up and getting to the gym when they open, which on Sundays is 7:00am. I opted to sleep a few more hours and finally got up after 8am. Sluggish today, but having already taken two days off, I pushed myself to go. When I started this, I told myself that I would treat it as my summer job ... so just like going to work on days you really don't feel up to it, I went to the gym. I got in 60 minutes on the recumbent bike (no hills today) and 50 minutes on the treadmill, at a steady 2.2mph. Feeling good!
Monday morning weigh-in shows a 3.5lb loss, 8.5lbs overall. I'm taking this 3.5 pounds as over two weeks, as last week was treatment week and I've always seen a slight weight gain during those weeks. 8.5lbs in six weeks. Not too shabby! I seriously need to keep this up! My weight goal is to be under 200 pounds. I haven't been under 200 pounds since before I was pregnant with my almost 22 year old. I'm 12 pounds away from that!
Non-scale victories
-- I helped carry the groceries in from the car!
-- I walked up and down the stairs at work -- twice!
-- Someone said to me, "...and it looks like you're slimming down, too."
-- I can cross my legs ... not for any length of time, but it's a start!
-- It's easier for me to tie my shoes now; that means my belly must have gotten a bit smaller. 😂
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