07/08
5 am came too early this morning. I didn’t sleep well. My son texted me at midnight to tell me he would be home soon. I’m glad he did, but at the same time I was snoozing pretty hard.

I have sleep apnea so I have to wear the “darth vader” mask at night. It wasn’t cooperating too well and I tossed and turned a lot.

Anyway, drug myself out of bed and threw my gym clothes on and off I went. I forgot my IPod and my other stuff, but I survived.

I did my second week weigh in…I’m down 6 lbs! Yeah!!!!! I was pretty happy about that. My clothes do feel looser and I went down a size when I went to buy some gym clothes. I’m feeling pretty good right now!

Today, I did 10 minutes on the elliptical machine and then Otto and I hit the weights: Here was our morning work out:

Arnold Presses 89 lbs 5 sets of 10
In between sets I did the horizontal knees to chest for the abs- 60 of them (they suck!)

Giant Set
Front Dumbbell Deltoid raises
Lateral Dumbbell Deltoid Raises
Rear Dumbbell Deltoid Raises

5 sets of 10 on these with 8 lbs. Who know how heavy 8 little pounds could be!
After each set, I did incline abs on the #1 setting 30 reps of these babies (I think it was easier having a baby)

Lastly,
Upright Rows- 20lbs 5 sets of 10
In between sets..crunches—120 of them

Oh and I had to jog in place a lot too. I was stinking on the form on the read dumbbell raises. I was complaining about it to myself out loud…Otto said “what?” and I knew to shut up. I had a military flashback that if I complain, I have to do more…so I kept my mouth shut! J

I wanted to hurl on my way home, but I kept it down. Got cleaned up for work and off I went with my breakfast. I felt fine by the time I got work, other than my arms felt like rubber bands.

I was able to squeeze cardio in at work today too…so I did
10 min on the star stepper
30 min on treadmill with my heart rate at 160 or above
15 min cool down to get my heart rate back down

After work, it was 40 minutes on the Bike with Otto at my side cheering me on and pushing me…I biked about 13 miles. I was surprised!! Long cool down and then off to get home to grade more paper and deal with home stuff.



Eating
0730- Oatmeal-80 ( only ate ½ of it today)
8 oz OJ-100 cal

1030- 154 grams of Watermelon- 46 cal

1330- I made a salad with
1/3 cup raw spinach- 2 cal
¼ cup sliced carrots-13 cal
1/3 cup broccoli
28 grms of Cheese -100 cal
Balsamic vinegar-10

2000 – Protein shake with Almond Milk-204 cal
Cheese stick-100 cal
Hard boiled Egg-70 cal


I felt overall pretty good today. The work out was great although my hamstring was tight when I got off the bike. I’m sure I’ll be ok. I’m starting to like the new eating and starting to try new things. I hate vegetables. Most of them anyway, always have. When my parents would make me sit at the table until I ate my veggies, I’d fall asleep because I wouldn’t eat them…yes I am a stubborn one!