Today I really didn't have any steam left. I feel like I was exercising at about 2/3 power. I only managed an hour of a work-out instead of an hour and a half. I got about 530 calories today, which balances because on Monday I got about 570 which brings my grand-total for the week to about 2,500 calories. Very exciting. That's about 70% of the 3,500 I need to burn for a full pound of weight-loss. (not that it necessarily lines up to losing a pound... it of course depends on how many calories I eat... but I figure if I can have the goal of burning up about this much per week or more, I'll be doing great. I think I might need to re-think my plan. I might do much better if I really do just go every other day. I could probably get in over 700 each day that way, and maybe if I pair it with yoga at home on the "off" days, I might be able to sustain this longer. I feel totally and completely wiped out. I also want to add in lifting weights to help build muscle... and am feeling a little sketchy about how to do that. I've done it in the past, but I feel like I need a refresher course on how to do it. Maybe that would be worth getting a few sessions with a personal trainer. I want to maximize what I'm doing, and as it is I feel vaguely like I'm just not sure what to do with various options available to me.
Looking forward to my trip to Idaho this weekend. We're visiting the ID State Fair in Blackfoot, probably on Sun, and Heise Hot Springs, either Fri or Mon. I'm taking my daughter up to spend time with her dad and I'm taking my two Chinese students up to get a feel for this part of the country.
Yay, vacation! :)
Wish I could see you doll!
ReplyDeleteI found, working out in the past, that alternating by doing cardio every other day then something less strenuous like swimmi8ng on the "off" days really helped. I also made sure to alternate weight days. Every day I would do crunches, but I would do upper body work one day, then lower body work the next, to make certain my muscles were getting the rest they needed to recover.
You're inspiring me! I'm so happy for you! And I happen to KNOW you can do this! Super-Model Meglet! All the way!
I think that every-other day on the intense work-out is the only way I'll manage an intense work-out. Will maybe fill the other time with a yoga bellydancing work-out at home. That sounds really appealing to me, but I won't have the fun of counting how many calories I'm burning that way. :(
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