Starting weight this morning. 166, ugh.
Well got my ass in gear and actually made it to the gym during my lunch break today. I did day one of my couch to 5k program which consisted of 5 min warm up, 20 minutes alternating between 1 minute running and 1:30 minutes walking, followed by a 5 minute cool down. I got up to about 6 mph for the running portions. I haven't been running in awhile so it wasn't the easiest thing, but I managed. I can already feel my quads and abs burning a bit.
After that I did a little strength routine consisting of 3 rounds of the following:
- incline bench press, 8 reps
- bent over row, 8 reps
-single arms kettle bell swings, 5 reps each arm
-burpees (also called squat thrusts) for 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off for 2 minutes.
Well, using 10 lb weights I didn't have any issues with the weight parts. The burpees kind of killed me and I ended up only doing 1 minute of the intervals. I forgot how much they take out of you. I'm striving to work up to doing the full 2 minutes without dying.
After work I met up with my friend at Anytime fitness and walked for another 30 minutes, did 5 minutes on the stair climber, and then did some lower back and oblique work on the back extension bench. I will probably feel it tomorrow.
Eating wise I actually staying within my calories. I did go over but the exercising helped to bring it back under. I still ended up snacking a little at work, need to cut that down a bit. I grabbed two small tootsie rolls from a bowl and didn't realize it was a total of 100 cals. Eek.
Now I'm just sitting down to watch Despicable Me and have one of my favorite snacks - Celery topped with mustard. yum!
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