Before starting this contest, my schedule consisted of 5 days working out (Monday-Friday) and resting on Saturday/Sunday. My trainer told me to step it up a day for this contest and workout on a 6th day. This wasn't too much of a hardship because although I almost always go to the gym to get my workouts in, I have an elliptical trainer at home that I can use if necessary. (I don't use it because it's old and the ergonomics of the machine aren't what I would describe as female-friendly. The glide path of the petals doesn't work for my legs and I end up swaying a lot on the machine rather than having a smooth up and down motion with my body.) I wasn't sure what weekend day I wanted to make my 6th day but had thought about doing it on Saturday. However, I had a facial and I wasn't supposed to sweat after the treatment for the rest of the day, so that eliminated Saturday. That's OK, I guess. I can use the elliptical while I watch the Seahawks lose again on Sunday. But as you can tell from my Bodybugg numbers below, when I don't workout the burn numbers are pretty sad-looking.
Day 6 - Rest
Bodybugg program reports 1957 calories burned and 1516 calories consumed for a deficit of 441 calories.
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I was working out on Friday and my trainer walked by me with another one of his clients and asked me if I had the nutrition paperwork. At first I thought he had been expecting me to bring in my food logs. I rolled my eyes and said "What nutrition?" because nutrition (aka eating) has always been the main problem for me. I've always viewed working out as a means to offset my enjoyment of food. And for the most part that has worked. I don't really gain weight, even when I eat what I want, as long as I keep exercising. That's why the "cheat day" can morph into a "cheat weekend". But I'm almost as far as I can go in terms of time spent at the gym, unless I want to become a professional athlete (maybe if I was younger). So nutrition becomes more important if I want to see real results. Not what I really want to do, but if I know that working out maintains me even when I indulge, I suppose it's OK to suffer for another 7 weeks to get to my goal and then go back to doing what I want. Hmmm, I don't think I've mentioned my "goals" in any previous post. I'll have to remember to get back to that one.
Day 5 Workout (Cardio + Weight-Training)
- 20 minutes on treadmill (3 minutes brisk walk at 4.0 incline; 3 minutes walk at 12.0 incline; run 10 minutes; 4 minutes brisk walk at 0.0 incline)
- 45 minutes circuit training (4 exercises that consisted of lifting/throwing heavy medicine balls 10 times for each exercise; 2 minutes jumping rope; 50 jumping jacks; repeat all 3 times)
- 35 minutes on elliptical trainer (HR between 145 and 168*)
*Couldn't get my heart rate up to 170+ like normal; I'd only had a bowl of Special K and a latte in the morning (which only totals up to about 400 calories) so I'm thinking I just didn't have enough energy from food to bust it out like I usually do.
Bodybugg program reports 2766 calories burned and 1597 calories consumed for a deficit of 1169 calories.
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