Not So Bad

I did it, I made it back to the gym!  Yes I know it was only once so far, but I like celebrating all milestones - big or small.  I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 min on the treadmill.  I wore my heart rate monitor and I burned 626 calories :)  Not bad for my first time back in awhile.  I will tell you though, my body feels it today!  I was playing around with the incline on the treadmill.  I was playing a game in my head.  When I got tired and had to hold on to the rails I would raise the incline.  I figured if I was holding on, I needed to increase something, so incline it was.  I did something similar on the elliptical.  I did the "weight loss" program  and the machine I was on had both moving and non-moving arms.  For the program I did, it was 4 minutes on a lower level and 4 minutes on a higher level and that went back and forth for the entire 30 minutes.  So for the lower level I kept my arms still and on the higher level I used the moving arms.  I liked the variety because it kept me from getting bored and I feel like I got a better workout.

When I got home, I wanted to make sure I had a healthy dinner.  I didn't want to cancel out the workout I just did by eating junk.  I made us salmon with a spice rub on the George Foreman grill, broccoli and quinoa.    When I was on the 17 Day Diet they recommended drinking green tea with every meal.  I was fairly successful on that diet, so I've decided to incorporate things from that into my lifestyle, so I'm adding green tea here and there (hence the ND cup!)