Just came in from a couple days out of town. I took my Saturday pic late this evening. While out of town, I stayed at a hotel that had a great gym — filled with a brand new Precor equipment. There were “cardio-theater” machines with personal viewing tvs attached and a rack of Precor dumbbells that looked totally unused. I did 15 hard minutes on the cross-trainer elliptical one night and 20 minutes on a recumbent bike plus upper body strength training the next morning. Despite the personal challenge I’ve set to get Slimmer 4 Summer, my eating has been a little whack. I always start off okay eating for the early part of the day, dissolving into garbage in the afternoons/evenings.
Anyway… exercise is now my best fitness friend, since I’m not yet back to being on a good eating plan. I had such a feeling of accomplishment getting up to 15 minutes on the elliptical. I’ve always hated it as it is so hard for me. I looked at the time display obsessively, counting up every single torturous second. I thought I’d only go five minutes and then switch to the treadmill or just pack it in for the night. But once I made it to five, I then made 7, then ten, and finally 15 minutes. Not a huge accomplishment for others but a mega-accomplishment for me since I’ve never made more than 5. I felt a nice full body intensity and even broke a good sweat.
I’m off to bed. Tomorrow (later today really), I’ll check back in with my plan for the next few weeks. My short-term goal will be regaining control of my eating as I continue to incorporate daily exercise.
Posted on March 8th, 2009 by fat2fit
Filed under: Miscellaneous Musings
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