Tuesday, July 29, 2003

I am a sensitive thing.

Marie and Calvin are watching "Final Destination II". I don't do well with those movies, being of a very sensitive and fragile nature. Nightmares, you know.

So! I took the opportunity to work out - lower body weight training, tonight. While two days doesn't exactly equal a trend, I am encouraged by the fact that I've gotten up every day this week (heh - it's Tuesday) and worked out before breakfast. And I've done weight training every evening after dinner.

We're enjoying a spectactular thunder storm right now, so I guess I better shut the computer down before it gets fried.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Back in the saddle again.

The past week plus since being home from Maine, I have been blessed with what turned out to be (per the doctor's appointment I finally made for myself yesterday) a case of bronchitis. So, I've been left with a lot of time to *think* about what I'd like to do to get back on track toward my fitness goals, but not a lot of the whole *doing* it thing.

Caloric goal: -1300 per day
I've actually been pretty successful at this, going overboard only twice in the two weeks that I've been tracking. Once again I'm counting the calories over at FitDay, and you can see a summary of my diet and exercise per day (if you're *that* interested in it) by following the link on the sidebar to the left. I'm trying to strike a balance between carbs (40% of total calories), and protein (40%), and shooting for less than 40 grams of fat per day (or 20% of total calories if I can do it).

Exercise goal:
Monday - 30 min cardio and upper body weights, abs
Tuesday - 30 min cardio and lower body weights, abs
Wednesday - 30 min cardio and upper body weights, abs
Thursday - 30 min cardio and lower body weights, abs
Friday - 30+ min cardio
Saturday - yoga
Sunday - rest
My "plan" (feh, we'll see how successful I am at *this*) is to do my cardio before work, and then do the weight training in the evening. Since I've never been good at getting up before the LAST POSSIBLE SECOND in the morning, I have my doubts about this one. But I'll give it a go.

Vitamins/Supplements
A good multi, flaxseed oil, vitamin C, L-Carnitine, and chromium. Getting back to the basics, but I may add more stuff (Vitamin E, selenium, calcium, evening primrose, Vitamin D) if I find the need.

So, I'm back, and getting on the roll again for updating this Blog and my website. Check both for new stuff!

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