I had a computer virus that took a few days to get rid of, and an office Christmas party on Friday that kept me out too late. I've been reminded how important sleep is to my health and fitness routine. My body needs 8-9 hours of sleep to function with optimum energy. Otherwise I just can't keep pushing myself the way I want to. Say it with me, sleep is essential.
Today I worked out with my personal trainer and it was hard. I know, it's supposed to be hard. So I guess that's good. We are working hardest on the bench press. Today we warmed up on the eliptical, 8 minutes of intervals. I'm not especially good at this machine, it's a strange motion if you ask me, but I'm getting better at it, and I like that it never hurts my knee. Then we moved to bench press and I did 5 reps at 70 lbs, 6 reps at 65 lbs, 12 reps at 60 lbs, 14 reps at 55 lbs, and 20 reps at 45 lbs. It was seriously hard. Followed by 3 sets of 20: rows @ 45 lbs, and squats with an overhead shoulder press with 10 lb dumbbells. And 30 crunches to finish off. Oh, and I lost another .5 lb last week even with the Christmas party food! This makes me happy.
I was right on track with my diet also, ending the day with 1205 calories/23g fat/101g protein. I made up my new Chicken Pasta Primavera recipe on the fly and it was yummy! It needs more veggies though, I'll try adding a better variety next time. Also put together all my lunches for the week since I was busy yesterday buying Christmas gifts. Note to self: Sunday is for prepping for the work week. Tomorrow is my day of rest! I learned the hard way that when your personal trainer tells you to take a day of rest, you should just do it, instead of being stubborn and throwing in a day of cardio instead. Rest is good. So is sleep. The two combined are heavenly. :)
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