I rocked today. I know, so modest, but seriously, I did. Today was my day off, so I got to sleep in and really catch up, I haven’t been sleeping much lately, so that was a really nice start to the day. Then I had plenty of time to do the workout and eat well, instead of having to just fit it in around all the other stuff I’ve got going on. Anyway, to the workout.
Today way Plyo, the ridiculously high intensity, cardio workout. I did the same thing that I did yesterday, I really tried to pace myself and not over do it like I always tried to do before. When I needed to, I modified the moved, and made sure not to do anything to hurt myself. I’ve been having a lot of trouble with my left ankle lately, and I did get an ankle support to wear when working out, but I still didn’t want to test it really, better safe than sorry and all that. I started a bit slower at the beginning, still got my heart rate up, but I didn’t want to burn out by the end. I also ran in place sometimes when there was a move that I either couldn’t do, or was way to high intensity at this point for me. And guess what?! According to my heart rate monitor, I burned 784 calories! Woot! It really feels worth all that work when you a number like that.
Diet going well still. I actually asked a friend of mine to be a kind of accountability partner when it comes to what I eat. I think it will really help me stick to it if I have to tell her when I mess up. I know, and she knows, that i definitely don’t want to have to say, “So, I just ate a whole pizza…whoops” and I’m hoping that it will work. And what else did I do today? Oh yeah, I worked out…again. My mom wanted to help with this whole motivating to keep up with the getting healthier and working out. So she said that if I work out at a gym at least twice a week, she would pay for the membership. So today was my first day working out there. I spent about a 1/2 hour on the elliptical, and awesome, according to the machine, I burned another 380 calories! I know that’s kind of a lot for one day, and I probably should not do that again. I’m going to definitely get a protein heavy meal/snack right now, definitely looking forward to that one, so…..I’m gonna go do that! ; )
