The midsemester slump

Oh well. I am changing it up this week because I needed to revamp my approach. The last 2 weeks I ate no carbs and honestly I think I got depressed. This week few carbs more exercise and maybe I can break through the damn scale.

Spinning may be a waste of my time

Knowledge may be power.

One martini = 230 calories
Spinning full out sweating from my hair heart rate up for 55 minutes burned = 233 calories.

Saturday night I may have had more than one of those martinis and barely made a dent with my workout.

REALLY?? How much does that suck? Wearing this armband is interesting. Running in the park pushing a stroller while Rowan rides a bike burns way more calories than spinning to nowhere.

Nutrition is key and figuring out the best way to fuel my body while keeping my calories to 1200 has been tricky.

Last week there was good news and bad news on the fitness front.
I lost only about 1/2 a pound.
But I also lost 2 inches off my waist.

This week I am eating less and trying to workout more but my legs are fried.

My cheerleaders

So this is the end of my first week on "the program". I am supposed to workout 6 times a week. Three with Michelle and three on my own. I am also supposed to wear this dotfit device that tracks how many calories I burn and I am also supposed to log how much I eat every day. http://www.dotfit.com/program/default.aspx That is the website for the device.

The final DVDs will be one circuit training for 60 minutes and one total cardio. So Sunday mornings we do over 60 minutes of cardio and then twice a week I do the circuit workout. I still have good stamina so I can do the cardio, but the circuit is kicking my butt. I was literally dripping sweat off my nose and elbows last night. Very pretty.

The people motivating me are 1) My friend Michelle 2) My friend Giusy 3) My husband who changed his work schedule so he goes in before the sun gets up so he can be home to watch the kids so I can do class at night 4) my kids 5) this class and 6) the thought of the people watching a DVD with me bouncing around looking good.

Giusy e-mails me how many calories she burned a day. It keeps me inspired and Michelle has known me a long long time so I get yelled at in her class to jump higher, lift more, blast my legs all the time. It helps.

Oh and this week. I worked out 6 times. On average I burned 450-500 calories during each workout. I am eating between 1300-1500 calories a day. No sugar, no white carbs.

The plan is working.