Hardmatch's blog

This is my third last posting before I head away for a vacation that, hopefully, won't undo any of the good I've been doing so far.

This past week was much of the same for me, though I was bumping things up slightly. Monday, Wednesday and Friday are more weight days. I concentrate on the cardio more on Tuesdays and Thursdays, though I do the treadmill and spinner every weekday and there's not a huge drop in the cardio I do when it's my weight day. I lifted a bit heavier this past week on the Nautilus. I won't tell you what I increased the weights to because I don't want any of the powerhouses reading this to roll their eyes in disgust. Suffice to say that I did increase the weights.

One machine that seems to really "kill me" is the elliptical machine. I know so many people who say they love the elliptical and can easily do 30+ minutes at a time. I can go forever on the treadmill or spinner but the elliptical is a monster for me. When I first started this, I was lucky to do 5 or 6 minutes on it. This past week saw me up to 20 minutes so things must be going in the right direction. Mind you, I was drenched in sweat and I'm sure people wandering in might have worried I was having a heart attack. There is one woman that I see using the elliptical every couple of mornings and she tries to burn anywhere from 1,000-1,500 calories on it in a session! I was quite proud of my 121 calories on it Thursday, thank you very much.

When I started this blog, I said I would weigh myself every Monday morning. Today's readings were 176.0 lbs and 31.5% body fat. The weight is down 2 lbs but the body fat % was up 1.5% points. I do weigh myself during the week, immediately after a workout, and my body fat % has been as low as 28.5% during this past week. I would then do something stupid afterwards like eat or drink so I'm sure that 28.5% would go up. You should admire my honesty that I continue to give you readings after the weekend and a couple of days of relative inactivity. 😉