Good Start To The Week

I started well this morning, 25 minutes on treadmill for 3.07km and 366.6 calories. I backed that up with another session of 25 minutes for 3.23km and 391.3 calories. I then went on a machine I haven't tried before which was like a cross trainer, but without the handles that your arms move back and forth. I think it was called a crossramp machine - it is one of those precor elliptical training machines. I was surprised at how tough it was, and played around with the buttons to see what changes they made. It was a good workout and I may use it a bit more, although my hamstrings are a bit tight after using it. It does seem to targe them well, however after pump yesterday I didn't really need that on the hamstring. They were sore last night.

Anyways, on the crossramp machine I got through 15 minutes for 1.89km and 240 calories. Unfortunately my mathematic skills are not what they should be and I had hoped that this would get me across my new goal of 1000 calories of aerobic exercise every day. I think the total is in fact 997.9 calories. Bummer, but I guess with the walk to and from the gym that would take me over the 1000 mark. However tomorrow I will make sure that I do the whole lot. I also did a total of 8.19km this morning which isn't too bad really. I feel good about it, that is for sure. After the cardio workout I did some situps on the Swiss Ball and a couple of the instructors that were roving around the gym mentioned to me that they had noticed how much weight I have lost. Always feels good hearing people say that, but I must say I find it hard to take a compliment like that. Not sure why, I always feel obliged to say something like "Yeah mate, but there is still a lot more to lose" or something like that. Not sure why, and it seems like a negative response. I suppose I should say something like "Yeah thanks for mentioning it, that really helps. It has been a lot of hard work, but I feel much better for it".

I wont be in the gym for the second workout today. After the pump class I need a bit of recovery time, and also I think some stretching at home will be enough to keep me going for today. Tomorrow will be the first two workouts in one day under the new regime and I have the rest of today to fine tune the workout that I will be doing in the afternoon. I was thinking this morning about the changes that I am making to the workouts that I am doing and I am feeling pretty positive about it all.

My partner and I have finished our budget and the trainer will have to go due to financial constraints. It is a shame that we couldn't juggle things to allow me to keep going but it just wont fit in and so my new plan takes on added significance now that I can't rely on the trainer to keep me going to the gym and keep me training hard. Now I will have to do that myself, but I feel that the time is right to make this move, and it may even help me to be in charge of my entire workout, anything that goes wrong will be down to me exclusively! I will call her later on today, and I am hoping that she understands and that she will still see me at the spin classes that I am hoping to keep going to.

Well, I will post my new cardio spreadsheet soon, and I will also post my timetable for working out, and my workout plans once I have them. I will be doing a couple of run throughs before I sort out the correct weight levels and what have you, but I have a pretty good idea of where I am at, although it was hard to pay attention with the trainer as I was always so tired while working out I just had to concentrate on what I was doing to get through it. I think I will keep some of the cardio and weight mix she gave me, but I must remember that towards the end her workouts were so tough I couldn't do them and a cardio workout as I had been able to do at the start of my time with her.

A new challenge on the horizon, and one that I am looking forward to actually. This will be a good experiment - a bit like the one I went on this weekend. I decided to shun all caffeine this weekend, and I think I have suffered a little because of it. I have had headaches - fortunately they could be treated with panadol, and felt a little jittery at times, but this morning I feel fine. Four days without coffee! It wont last, but I just wanted to see what it was like....and I think drinking coffee is better and easier! Love the stuff, and it wont do me as much harm as what I used to drink in large quantities I am sure!