Tuesday, 2/16/2010

Man, it feels like a Monday.  The first day to myself, after 5 days at home with the kids.  It was great having them home, but I like a nice quite day to be all lazy and SPEND THREE HOURS AT THE GYM!  Oh man, yeah, I totally rocked it out at the gym today.  Now I'm behind on all the other stuff I need to do (groceries, laundry, kids, karate class with kids, etc), but I think it was worth it after very domestic for the past few days.

My goal for this week is to edge below 260.0.  My last official weigh in was 263.2.  This morning I was 263.6.  It's Tuesday, so I basically have 4 days to get a 12,500 Calorie deficit.  Diet, at best, can give me 5k (more likely to get 4, 000-4,500).  I basically need 8000 Calories of burn this week.  I'm only working on Thursday, I have Tuesday workout and Friday workouts with trainers. Math, math, math, math, math . . . 

Meal #1
Coffee - 75
PB&J - 400 (I at this while mostly asleep at 3AM, and I really wish I hadn't)

Meal #2
Jimmy Johns #12, same ole - 425 (no chips this time)

Meal #3
7 oz Chicken, baked
3/4 cup cooked pasta with 1 oz. parmesan cheese


Snack
PB&J (See, this is why I usually do not buy peanut butter. . . .) 400

Exercise -
Hold on to your butts people - 2620 ! ! ! I found a GREAT GREAT GREAT trick.  Have a normal workout with the trainers.  Get that heart rate up for an hour.  Then . . . walk.  A lot. play with that speed and incline to keep the heart rate near your zone.  For me, the trainers get me to a max of 170-175, but I'm usually in the 150s.  After the workout when I'm on the treadmill I try to keep the heart rate in the 140s.  When it hits 150, I slow down or lower the incline, when it hits 130, I raise it back up.  That's it.  I just kept walking.  I never went above 3.7 mph, never set the incline about 7 percent.  I warmed up on the treadmill for about 30 minutes before my workout, relaxed for about 15 minutes, worked out with Tom for an hour, relaxed for about 10 minutes, then did about 90 minutes on the treadmill walking.  I was in that fat-burning zone just about the whole time.

This week's goal 8k.
Toady 2,620.
Remaining for 3 more days - 5,380.
I must average 1,800 per day of burn.
Oh man, this is going to be really tough.