leopardrayne's Journal

Day One
Jul 01 2009 23:06

Day 1:

Overall:  I planned out everything I wanted to do today, and it went a little awkward only because it got over 90 degrees before 1 p.m., and at that point I was just ready to give it up.  I sweated so heavily that one would think I poured roughly a cup of water over my pits and around my neck, down my back.  I had made it to the gym, but if I did anything at the gym I would nearly pass out trying to walk back to the apartment.  Tomorrow will be better.

Cardio Focus: I walked roughly 90 minutes, at 3 - 3.5 miles per hour, holding a bookbag with a large 8x9, 300-page paperback and a 9-pound Gateway laptop; a canvas shopping bag with two bottles of water and the lunch I decided not to eat (more in the nutrition focus) and my purse.  Probably, total weight, 20 - 25 pounds.

Strength/Flexibility Focus:  Niente.

Nutrition Focus:  Food diary, completed by the calorie-count database.  I ended up with 1464 Calories, and if I counted everything right, I ended up with a 950 deficit.  I'm happy with that.  But it was not my intent.  All I wanted to do today was to record what I was eating.  And luckily I came up with a good defecit.  I'm still a little hungry and may have a hundred-calorie-pack.

I brought my lunch with me to school (see cardio focus).  It consisted of a ham and mozzarella sandwich on whole wheat bread, a lettuce wrap with 1/2 slice of ham and 1/2 slice of cheese in each roll of romaine lettuce, 50 blueberries and 4 strawberries, and two bottles of water.  If I had worked with that, I would have had roughly a 400-calorie lunch.  Instead of eating my lunch, I went to Thai Garden, which is near campus, and had a Pad Thai, which, if I picked a decent equivalent on CC, came up to about 550 Calories.

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Goals for Day 2 (July 2, 2009)

Cardio Focus:  The Exercise Plan on CC says "Active Rest".  I don't mind this as Day 2 of my cardio.  I will be on my feet at work from 5 p.m. to as late as 10 (restaurant closes at 9 but then I have sidework to do), without a break.  This will be roughly 800 or more burned Calories.  I set it to "bartending" on CC because I run a register, stock up (carrying up to 50 lb at a time), and get drinks.  Is that not what a bartender does?  I will be driving to and from class, and stopping at the gym around 1 p.m. to work with some of the equipme

Strength/Flexibility Focus:  I am going to experiment with a few of the machines in the gym.  I've used many of them before, and I think that if I take it slowly, I will be able to retone the muscles I had let slip.  I will worry much less about my legs than other parts of my body, because I do plenty of walking.  I want to be able to function at work, as well.  I absolutely have to leave the gym by 1:45 so I can nap before work.

As for flexibility, I will stretch as soon as I get back to my apartment.  I might stretch before class and before work, if I have the time.  That way I can gain some flexibility. I remember a fitness assessment that concluded that I was in poor shape specifically because of my lack of flexibility.

Nutrition Focus:  I will calculate my BMR and eat exactly to my BMR.  I believe it's around 1550.