Feel the Burn, Baby
111 today, and it feels so good. Unless my scale is lying to me, which would be cruel and unusual.
I was a little bad yesterday. My discipline failed me in the form of a orange mango smoothie at Starbucks and some raw cookie dough (equal to one cookie.) But to make up for it I upped my cardio workout from 30 minutes to 60. I did my serious interval training for 30 minutes and then a lighter interval training for the last 30. The lighter version of my training is just running to the beats of songs--slow at first and then blasting it for the chorus. Also, I use a lighter and more consistent resistance. Hey, whatever keeps me working out.
Getting to the 30 minute mark is always the hardest for me. I start to get bored and can't believe I might be working out for 45-60 minutes. Then suddenly when I hit 30+ minutes I don't want to get off. My body gets into it and feels amazing. Then it's just like, "okay, 3 songs from now I'll be about 12 minutes closer to the end, that's not so bad."
The Elliptical claims I burned 700 calories, but I feel that my Elliptical (which is from like 5 years ago) severely overestimates my calorie burn. Plus, it doesn't take into account interval training and how that changes what's going on inside of your body. But it's nice to think that I burned something close to that.
Today is my super workout day--Arms, legs, butt, abs, then at least 20-30 minutes of cardio. Plus I have work which means I won't be eating for about 5 hours (no break for shifts less than 5 1/2 hours.) I'm at the point in my addiction to exercise that I get excited about leaving work so I can do it.
Another great change to make: switch to dark chocolate--work your way up to the darkest you can go. I'm at 90 right now, and I HATED it with a fiery passion the first time I tried it, and now I can't get enough. Ease your way into it <3 But seriously it's so much better than eating an Oreo (or 5).