I didn’t post my schedule today because it’s going to be the same the rest of the week, essentially, and I don’t need to rigorously stick to it so it’s kind of pointless in my mind to continually post something like that.  As for food, I forgot, oops?  Some days are better than others for remembering things…

P.M. Workout:

RWRunStreak Day 24 — 1.05 miles @ 13 minutes

Stationary bike level 5 rolling hills course — 7.25 miles @ 30 minutes

Treadmill Round 2 — 1.25 miles @ 17 minutes

For a planned quiet day tons actually happened.  Yesterday a friend tagged a post of me on Facebook inquiring about mfp and wanting to lose weight, which we got into a whole conversation about and continued it today.  Another friend who I was suppose to run a race with (me the 10K portion, him the 5K portion) messaged me today asking how my working out is going.  We got into a conversation and I find out he’s a certified personal trainer and all that, we’re going to be meeting up for coffee tomorrow just to talk some (well, him coffee, me recovery fruit shake post-workout).  So that’ll be nice.  And the friend that got me into running messaged me today telling me she couldn’t participate in a 5K I invited her to in July (free 5K in Citrus County for those interested!  Message me and I’ll shoot you the specifics).  We got to talking about weight loss, running, and all the lovely things behind it all.

And today while I was running on the treadmill I realized something.  I no longer have to drag myself to the gym, no more excuses or procrastinating, if I don’t go at one time I’ll go at another.  But best of all?  Running is no longer something I do to get in shape, it is a part of who I am.  And dare I even say it, I love running.  To come to such a conclusion, despite being far away from my ideal weight is something I could never imagine.  I don’t even see running as a workout but a way to clear my mind.  It’s never “I’m going to the gym to get a workout in by running”, it’s “I’m going to the gym to run and get a workout in.”  Amazing how my attitude has changed.

Also, I’ll spare you the scale rant because it’s the same old same old.  Same scale numbers, same body measurements, no change whatsoever in over a year.  I’m eating at probably the healthiest I can under current living circumstances, working out pretty darn hard and amazing, spending ample time with weight lifting and strength training, and just am completely over no physical change beyond my resting heart rate.  I’m making a doc appointment to see what can be done but I’m not getting my hopes up.  A year long plateau is positive but not at my weight.  You win some you lose some, right?

Winner winner chicken dinner!  Alright, so tonight I had turkey meat instead of chicken.  But my schedule was followed with the minor exception of switching gym time with job applications and thesis because of an ill-planned out snack that I knew would not bode well with a direct workout afterwards (I learned my lesson last time with cucumbers and running!).  And, after the events of said workout it was a good thing that I didn’t go right after consuming cucumbers.

So apparently the regular gaggle of daily workout people under the age of 30 decided that I was the “most inspirational” person of the week and paid for me to have a trainer for two hours today.  Umm, say whaaaa?  I did a whole bunch of weights (that I didn’t write down, but my body is sore so I know it happened) and then the trainer stuck me on cardio.  Two of the boys from the daily crew decided that they were going to join along in the cardio session for kicks and laughs…yeah I think they regret that now.  I tried to keep track of everything but that didn’t happen.  I do, however, know that each of the three puke buckets that the trainer had put aside had, um, well, bodily fluids in them after the 3rd cardio circuit. 

Workout

Weights — bench pressed 60 pounds; some arm lifts that I have no clue what they were with 30 pound weights; leg press with 150 pound weight; bicep curls with 20 pound weights; crunches with ankle weights at 10 pounds and a 20 pound weight on my stomach

Cardio Circuit 1 — some unknown amount of time on reclining bike; level 10 on elliptical for 5 minutes, treadmill at 6.5 mph for 5 minutes (got to have the treadmill fan on!!!!)

Cardio Circuit 2 — rowing machine at level 10 with 5.0 mph rowing speed for 5 minutes (my arms, oh my arms), upright stationary bike level 10 resistance for 5 minutes, treadmill at 6.5 mph with 5 incline for 5 minutes

Cardio Circuit 3 —

1 mile running non-stop at 6.5 mph with 5 incline (RWRunStreak Day 19 mile — 1.01 miles @ 13 minutes even)

Reverse elliptical — 0.25 miles @ 5 minutes

Stair Climber — 0.67 miles @ 15 minutes

And lastly….where the oh so glorious puke bucket made an appearance….

Upright bike, rolling hills course, level 10 with tension set at 20 — 6.86 miles @ 30 minutes

I have to say, out of the 3 of us on cardio I held out the longest with the puke bucket.  Apparently both of the guys that joined me don’t really do a whole lot of incline running and one stopped midway and his lunch came up.  The other finally gave it up on the stair climber because the trainer set his step rate up really high since he bragged about how he takes the stairs at work every morning.  

Somehow I survived long enough in the locker room for this photo:

And now I recover right — protein shake, fruits, compression sleeves, ice, resting, and tons of delicious protein filled foods for dinner.  And the exciting frozen grapes for snack because it is so hot!