So this morning I woke up super SORE! Knowing I needed to stay away from weights today, I decided to hop on the eliptical for the duration of my time at the gym. I decided that today I wasn't going to just pedal my life away, I was going to make it CHALLENGING! If all I can get in is 40 minutes of cardio, I better make it worth every minute and since the "weight loss" program on the eliptical is only 30 minutes and you can't adjust it, I went for the cross country option which allowed me to change my time and also my resistance. When I saw that the first increase only moved me up to a level 4 resistance I pumped it up to 10, which put my peak resistance through the whole program at....hold on folks....18!!!! THAT, my friends, is a challenge and boy oh boy did it burn. It burned my thighs, my bum, every inch of my leg it burned and guess what else it burned....CALORIES AND FAT! I incinerate a whopping 466 calories in 40 minutes. It was awesome and I feel awesome....sore, but awesome!
Tomorrow I'll be working out later than normal due to a meeting with my son's preschool teacher (apparently we missed the memo about conferences), but have adjusted my work schedule so I can still get a good long workout in. Back to weights tomorrow and then hoping to get SOMETHING done Sunday at least.
It's almost the weekend! Hang in there peeps!
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