Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Day 10. Does Assembling Ikea Furniture Count as a Workout?

I'm back! I went to the gym last night after work and FINALLY had the euphoria workout again, which is great because it's the thing that keeps me interested in going to the gym more than once a week. It took a little while - for the first 20 minutes on the treadmill I was just pushing through, but my body finally loosened up and remembered how much I actually LIKE working out and having that time when my mind focuses only on breathing and not cramping up. I pulled out another 25 minutes on the treadmill and then got on the elliptical for 10 minutes and ran my ass off to a couple of my favorite workout songs (Buckcherry's 'All Lit Up', for instance...) 475 calories - that first crap 20 minutes were pretty low calorie.

Today I did have half a pastry at work, but at least when we split it I took the small half. And THEN I had some dark chocolate covered edamame from Trader Joe's after work... damn it! AND my FINAL failing was having a bite of Andrea's Lumpy Bumpy Bar (also Trader Joe's... and delicious). And I just finished putting together an Ikea couch and crawling all over the floor, contorting into bizarre positions, and trying to force unwieldy pieces together. I'm thinking that's at least 400 calories. 

Gym plan for the rest of the week is to go Thursday and Friday evenings (yes, I'm the coolest) and then Saturday morning. This means I can't go to the Hanukah Happy Hour with Andrea's coworkers, which makes me a little sad. But my ass fitting in my suit pants feels more important!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I think it counts as a workout if you moved around a lot. Don't think of the snacking during your day as failures. We're not perfect and shouldn't have to be. You went to the gym and that rocks. So all in all it was a positive day. Habits take about 4 weeks to form. So keep going to the gym, keep taking the smaller half and soon it won't feel like a struggle, it will feel right.

Kendra said...

Ditto; just learning how to make better choices is huge, I feel like you should give yourself one chocolate treat a day; that way you aren't denying yourself the sweets.

4 weeks for a routine, this is day 11, ok, we can do this!