Wow! I must say I'm proud of myself! I've worked everyday this week and still managed to get in SOME exercise even if it isn't as hard core or long as I would like it to be. Today I worked a double at work meaning I was at work from 11:30-2:30 and then 4:30 -10:30. I of course didn't wake up early enough to work out before and then I was exhausted in between and so I took a little nap in between shifts. I decided that since it was so late when I got home that I would just run two miles on the elliptical. However, once on, I felt guilty for not being as committed to getting a good work out since starting work. So instead of 2 miles, I ran 6! :) I was on for about an hour and I changed up the resistances every mile to try to make it feel more like a real run...I don't really trust treadmills and ellipticals to give me as good of a work out as actually running on the road, so I always add resistance and try to run for a little bit longer. You definitely have to push yourself on that thing, literally! So I think I got an ok work out considering I worked all day long. The machine told me I burned about 1005 calories, but those things don't know nothing! (Even though I wish I burned 1005 calories!!) I'm guessing I burned anywhere from 600-800. So we'll say 700. Hurray!
mile 1- resistance 5
mile 2- resistance 5
mile 3- resistance 2
mile 4- resistance 4
mile 5- resistance 3
mile 6- resistance 1
Food: 1200
1/2 cup oats (160), 1/2 peanut butter, banana, and honey sandwich (175), strawberries (20), fried egg (75), roast with carrots and little potatoes (not really sure but guessing 370), cocoa (40) strawberries (20), omelet (150), 1.5 cup chex cereal with 1/2 cup skim milk and splenda (190)
Another tip when counting calories, always round up. If my daily total comes out to 1220 I'll probably round up to 1250 or so in case I miscalculated anything. If you really don't know the calorie count of something, then look it up because it's easy to assume something doesn't have a lot of calories but even salads from restaurants can pack in 2000 calories!!
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