exerciseenk
I could be wrong, but the 4-7 oreos I just ate just might cancel out the 16 miles biking today. darnmabbit. But I have a new thing to be obsessive about which is cardio kickboxing at teh Y. It is an hour and it is hard. The first time I sweated way more than I have in a long time. I don't sweat a lot anyway, due to temperature control issues, but this was a whole lot. So my schedule is weird, usually different working days each week, but this class is M-F at 11 TR and 12 MWF, so lots of chances to go. Also the other nearby Y has it at other times. I have so far gone TWICE only, and after the first one last Wednesday I had work, and then sleep, and so it was Thursday night at work I was so sore and in pain, mostly calves and core/belly. People at work are getting used to me being sore. Second time was yesterday. I held up better, but was still quite tired. Got in a full weights whatever, set, routine, something, after so that was good. Today I am not in too much pain, though my legs are sore all around. But I did also the biking today. I was thinking of going today, but realized I wanted to go downtown and practice! so I biked instead and will call that cardio, especially as my pace was good both there and back, 17-20mph. Actually I don't think my cardio working out is so deficient, but for some reason I have this squishy belly I am being bugged by a lot, so maybe something will come of learning to bounce on my calves for an hour at a time. So far it is fine on my knees, a problem area of potential painfulness, and my ankles are no problems. I am being careful.
So this is how much I work out and goals:
*1* Overall, I do biking at least 2x/week if only 8 miles. Will try to increase and continue through the winter, but it's hard to bike to work (even only 4 miles each way) on the third 12 hours shift in a row. Harder on the fourth. Has a lot to do with the nocturnal aspect of my work. Won't do it in the rain or snow, but this is a desert and the weather is an issue rarely.
*2* Weights I try to do at least 2x/week. I seem to get muscles fast and would rather not bulk up like a dude. However, I like being strong, as it really helps at work, so this is still an issue. Do I want to be buff, or do I want to be smaller? Right now it is hard to find woven shirts that fit my shoulders and aren't huge around the belly. It is also hard to find pants that fit my muscular legs and relatively narrow waist/hips. THIS IS ANNOYING. I'm not saying I am all svelte and such, but when I find stuff that fits right I always buy it (there are some great walking shorts at Target right now, 12 fits like a dream and so I got a pair in orange). Continuing to increase how much I can do on bench, butterfly, and lat pull down are some decent goals, though might lead to still bigger shoulders. I'd really like to be able to do pull-ups, and if I only weighed 80lbs I could do it right now. So that is another goal.
*3* This cardio kickboxing class is super fun and I can probably make myself continue to go. The next-day pains ease in about 2 days, and today's aren't too bad except the legs atm. It doesn't actually have any self-defense aspect which I would also enjoy, though I'm learning how to kick without falling over and punch a lot against no resistance. There is another class, kickboxing boot camp, at the downtown Y but it is for the serious boxers.
*4* Sometimes I do my yoga tape. It is an hour. It kills. It is not beginner's yoga. Pilates is harder, but I don't have a tape of that. The one I did have WAS beginner's.
Really not sure what other areas I need to work on for a complete routine. Swimming, I guess, but I REALLY bulk up with that. Running is kinda out as the knees are bad. I can do it on level surfaces that don't have uneven patches to screw me up, but then those surfaces are hard on the knees also. Probably running on a rubber track would be ok.
A goal had been to get enough endurance to do ultimate frisbees in a decent manner without hurting myself but that just doesn't seem very likely. I could do it now, wrt endurance, but I don't feel like I could avoid further injuries. Part of the weights goal had been to strengthen stuff around the knees but I haven't seen much out of that.
I guess if I want to lose my belly I need to eat more carefully but I definitely refuse to diet. Not eating what I want/when would be a bad situation as I tend to need a lot more carbs/protein than other people. I have poor blood sugar control at times, and if it gets low and I eat just simple carbs I get a high and a LOW, which is stupid, and I can get a headache at that point also. This requires snacking with carbs and protein. Apparently it's undiagnosed hypoglycemia, as that is what my sister Rose says it is as she has it also. Undiagnosed is the key as we think it's not too important to actually get a diagnosis. A good sugar saver is peanut M&Ms. If I'm hitting the wall due to overtraining (pretty dang rare, only done it like three times) it's all about juice/candy because that's a different issue. Once I'm ok again I can think about eating real food. So I do "eat to live." At the same time, I love tasty foods and hate when I go to a restaurant and my food turns out yucky. So I tend to stick to restaurants I know. And I "live to eat," I eat when not hungry. Oh no. Going to hell. I could stop doing that, but it's so tasty.
Another oddity is the calorie deficit with being more active and not adjusting the diet. Who knows how much more I need. Apparently today I needed about 4-6 extra Oreos and a pack of M&Ms. Granted, I didn't eat lunch. Maybe if I had, I could've avoided the sweets. But my breakfast and dinner were very good, oatmeal and curry.
Maybe I should count this in terms of chocolate: Today I did well with chocolate. I had it twice. One source was not so great, milk chocolate in candy shells. The other source was pretty good chocolate but came with nasty shortening/sugar junk that I had to eat lest I feel guilty about wasting food. I could've eaten better chocolate as I even walked past the good chocolate store downtown, but I didn't stop. I thought it might melt before I could get it home to share.
AND it's my hubs's birthday. He is old. If you know him, call him.
ok, 28 isn't that old.
Make that definitely call him if you have his cell number because chances are he doesn't have yours anymore as he sortof killed his phone last week and wasn't able to recover numbers off it. :( I didn't have all the ones he uses for WoW and for his college chums and such.