Workout partner

Yesterday was the weekly cardio day at the gym. For good measure, I mixed in a few ab exercises as we're getting closer to the Big Day.

Can I just say, I have killer abs. I have strengthened them quite a bit in the last few months and I can feel a big difference. The only problem is that I have a layer of flab over my rock hard abs. Darn it. It's getting there... gotta keep working!

The treadmill I love was out of order yesterday, so I went into the "cardio room" at my gym. It's a large room with a bunch of differnt cardio machines in it. At the front of the room, there is a wall of TVs, each one showing a differnt channel. At each machine, you can plug in your headphones and watch whatever channel you like. It kind of rocks. Everyone in there is "plugged in," so upon walking into the room, it's eerily quiet. And it smells.

Of course, I didn't have my headphones with me, so I had to make my mind work by convincing my body I can do this! That, in itself, is quite a workout, y'all. Randy was at the gym with me lifting weights and he challenged me to be sweatier than he was.

Challenge accepted.

I got on a treadmill and began my incline workout. In a room that size with all those people behind me, I am painfully aware of any jiggle happening... I know most of you can sympathize. But, if my body was perfect, I wouldn't be there, right? That kept me going.

Note the sweat through the shirt!

4 minutes, incline 3, running at 4.3 pace.
30 sec. of sprinting, incline 3, 5.3 pace.
3 minutes, incline 5, running at 4.3 pace.
30 sec sprint, incline 5, 5.3 pace.
2 minutes, incline 7, 4.3 pace.
30 sec. sprinting, incline 7, 5.3 pace.

That is a a workout, you guys. After that final 30 seconds, I walked at a quick pace at about 3 to cool down a bit. Then every 30 seconds, I decreased the incline and increased the speed until I got to 20 minutes. Whew! I officially sweat through my shirt, which as you all know by now is my definition of athleticism.

I went to check on Randy to see where he was with his workout. He still had 20 minutes. We drove seperately so I could have left, but if I'm going to push myself, he's a good motivator. So, I jumped on the eliptical and started at level 4. Every 2 minutes, I increased the level. I got to sixteen minutes which is level 11. If I did that every single day, do you understand how tight my backside would be? It worked thighs, hips and my butt and I. Was. Soreeee. Randy joined me at the end so while he finished up, I got to stretch my legs a little. There's really nothing better than a nice stretch when your legs ache.

At home, my sister had baked pork, spinach salad and steamed broccoli ready to go. Delish! It was great to not only get a super healthy meal, but to have it waiting for me when I got home! Thank you, Sister!

I weighed myself at home again this morning and it was the same as it was yesterday, so either that scale is busted or I did  a pretty stellar job this last 3 days. My weigh in should go well tonight with the trainer!