| okaySo i know its been quite a number of days since i last updated but.. thanksgiving.. + black friday shopping should say enough. I didn't stuff myself silly and I actually did quite a lot of walking around Friday and Saturday shopping.
Anyway i am in Southlake Tx right now for training and i did do some research and found out my hotel had not only a gym but also internet in the rooms! so i packed three days worth of gym clothes ( i know will be stinky when i get home) and also sneakers. Last night i was too tired but then nicely reminded that only fat people use the excuse they are tired as to why they didn't work out so today I had to go. Luckily I found a work out buddy to go with and we both stepped it up on the elliptical. The tiny gym itself was really nice actually and every machine (all 6 of them) had its own tv. and lots of mats and those sit up balls etc. I did a good 30 min and worked up a sweat and burned just under 300 calories! Yay that'll go to the Sprite i drank on the airplane ride down here. Just goes to show how hard it is to burn off those empty calories =(.
anyway I don't know if i'll be able to go tomorrow. tomorrow is tv night.
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| IIII decided to try something new today. I went for the treadmill. Now i know running isn't really something new persay but I am always hesitant about the treadmill and the things I've seen and imagined with people falling off the end. I did a good 1.5 mi running and another .5 mi speed walking. Good for a start I think. And I got a nice sweat going =P I almost fell twice but luckily was able to either step to the side or completely off without ripping the earphones that were plugged into the tv out of my ears. I think I will be better next time. That machine though doesn't count calories =( so boo.
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| two in a rowWell today i went and worked out again!
So proud. I went around 7 pm and it was packed. I ended up using an elliptical in the corner with a tv which i thought was a score until i realized every time the machine changed levels it sounded like a full on construction crew.
anyway i worked out for 40 min again and watched wheel of fortune and jeopardy. and then.. that's about it.. i need to get a lock..
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| Work out IIKenny if you are going to read atleast give me some eprops.
Anyways its been a busy past two weeks and although that's no excuse that's the way it was. in the mean time while i wasn't working out i...
gave a presentation in front of my whole branch and won second place for presentation style and seminar giving skills (who would have thunk?!) and got 100 bucks gift certificate yay.
I also.. walked around a lot although it doesn't count as working out.. at least I wasn't sitting on my butt.
So today i went to the gym. I ran there. I still don't have a lock so don't have a place to lock my winter clothes while i wear my work out clothes. I did elliptical for 40 min and burned.. about 300 calories? so little. it was for about 3.63 something for the distance. I'm not sure what the measurement for distance (mi or km?) is on the elliptical machine. And then i ran home. haha its cold out.
im also trying to figure out a way to get rid of the armpit fat. I know that is one of girls biggest woe's i think pushups are good.. but my arms so weak right now. I will work on it and let you know.
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| Work out blogOkay so I think I'm going to start keeping a working out journal.
On my way home from work to go home and change I saw this guy wearing a Red Sox sweatshirt. He was not bad looking and he was smiling pretty happily. I kept walking home and changed and on my way to the gym I saw him again, but this time with his arm around this short, sort of manly looking.. oh wait his arm was around another guy. DOH.
So now the real gym journal starts. I signed up for Fitcorp which is right inside the Mall so its very convenient and luckily once I'm in the mall it's not too cold. I've been going maybe 2-3 times a week so far for the last 2 weeks and doing about 30 min on the elliptical. Today I realized I wasn't really doing anything prior times b/c i never got my heart rate up and never sweat. So today I tried to get my heart rate up around 150, I was only able to have it around 130 for about 20 min and after that 20 min i was dying! I did a 5 min cool down and decided to go onto the bike. I realized there's two different kinds of bikes and I think I used the wrong one for the style of biking i did but I hope nobody noticed. Thankfully the Fitcorp also has magazines so I was able to just pedal relaxingly and read a magazine for a good 10 min.
total work out- 35 min + the mini jog there and back = total about 42 min
lessons learned- don't try to read a magazine while using the cardio program which checks your heart rate every two seconds. two different bike machines for two different ways to bike.
also RED SOX parade today was awesome! wish i brought my camera =(
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