Elyptical Maddness....

Hello friends! Happy Tuesday!

Man, I just got home from a great elyptical workout and I'm beat. My mom does this "total body workout" every day, and was told by her trainer that when working out on the elyptical machine, you should do circuit training, where you do 2 minutes at one resistence and incline, and 2 minutes at double that resistence and incline. And you rotate back and forth every two minutes for your entire workout. The rule is NO WORKING OUT ON #1!! You have to be at 2 or higher, which makes your double 4 or higher. I think the point is that your body never adjusts to one resistence level, and your constant changing keeps your heart rate up. So I did a 2/4. Except the last 4 minutes of my workout where I did 2/6. Whew that 6 is a tough one! I'm looking forward to working up to that though. I'm feeling good now! Today was an interesting day. I am STILL working on that wretched project at work, and I seriously need a vacation. The good news is I think I'll finish 2007 this week! Woo hoo!! It's the last week of the month at work too, so I have a busy week still ahead of me.

I had a bit of a block in the road today on my diet. Around 4:00 pm I was STARVING and I am not sure why. I did not have any fruit today around that time, maybe that's the trick. So I had to go steal some almonds from my boss's office (she'd already left for the day). The almonds held me over until I left around 5:00 pm. At which time I got in the car and grabbed a bag of my Weight Watchers 2 point snack Cheese Twists and downed that. I only live 10 minutes from work (with traffic, nice I know) so I was fine after the twists. Actually, when I got home I wasn't hungry at all anymore. I am still fine for the day though. I exercised, and I'll have to use a couple of those points, but that's OK. So here's my day:

Breakfast:
Kroger Brand Lite Cinnamon Raisin Bread = 1 pt.

Morning snack:
1/2 cup fat free vanilla yogurt w/ mixed frozen berries AND my NEW granola from Mix My Granola (SO GOOD!!!) - 3 pts.

Lunch:
Hot Dog: Oscar Meyer 98% FF Turkey Dog, Natures Own White Wheat Hotdog Bun, Weight Wactchers Cheese = 3 pts.
1 oz Light Pringles = 1 pt.

Afternoon snack:
Weight Watchers String Cheese = 1 pt.

Ravenous 4:00 pm snack:
Almonds - 4 pts. (ouch...but I worked out so I'm ok)


Ravenous 5:00 pm on the way home snack:
Weight Watchers Cheddar Twists - 2 pts.

30 minute Elyptical Circuit Workout - High Intensity - +4 pts.

Well folks, I'm off to eat some leftover 5 point spaghetti (see recipe in my previous blog below). I'll garnish with my 1 point garlic bread and for dessert I'll have a 1 point Dreyers All Natural Fruit Bar. Leaving me with +2 points for the day. I weigh in tomorrow so wish me luck!!

Until next time, happy life, happy eating!!

Sommer