Weekend Gym Rat

Hmm, a great weekend!

Simply because I managed to fit in some 2.5 hours in the gym over Sat and Sun. Biggest accomplishment by far.

Weights for half hour, cardio for 40min! 20 on the eliptical and another 25 on the treadmill- A full 5km on the latter too! NOT too bad.

Sunday was good too. 4km on run and working on the pectorals and shoulders. Fantastic! And muscle mass is feeling bigger. So despite the weight gain to 93kg, this is because of the muscle gain as the spare tyre seem to be smaller. If I can keep this up, I could get back on the weight losing process again.

Still have to address the input side of the scale though, shouldn't have had dinner last night. But I did, and it was more than I bargained for. Oh well, cut back today on lunch, have to! Otherwise all the work over the weekend would be wasted.

Biggest worry really is the knee, conflicting information out there (as usual), some saying that too much running will bust the cartilege and others pooh-poohing the idea. One thing is for sure though, there's some low level soreness on the inside left knee. So got to monitor that and do the knee strengthening exercises.

Feeling Great!

Wow, today is a good day! Cos I get be a gym rat! Spent over an hour in the gym first thing in the morning at 9am. What was even better was being able to run 5km on the treadmill. Feeling great! Gym was quiet at this time, so managed to grab a run before the hordes came in.

Haha, but honestly, need to have greater frequency if I am to shed some kilos. Cannot believe that I am now at 93kg. I really have to address the other side of the equation- the eating side. So, from this week on, I am consciously going to be very careful of what I put into my mouth! Fingers crossed.

Just glad I pump in a 5km circuit and started slowly at 7.4km/h before gradually pumping it up to about 8.3. So overall, I was on the treadmill for over 40mins!. Which frankly, at this point in my state of conditioning, I surprise myself! Managed also to get in some weights. Spent at least 60% of that time in the athletic zone, at over 160 bps! If the Polar heart-rate monitor can be believed, this bumped up the caloric count to over a thousand! Regardless of the figures, it sure feels good to be able to do just that.

As a result of the great workout this am, could eat lunch without any guilt. Went to a German restaurant selling weiners and stuff and had a pork weiner with pork chop combo, with a side of potatoes and a stewed vegetable that tasted just like 'mui choy'.


The rest of the day was a bore, especially with heading over the in-laws and trying to find something meaningful to do, but of course couldn't. Harmony, just keep that in mind! Should have brought the Mac to blog, and not have to do this only now, in-between all the household chores and trying to stay positive in spite of the few hours left of this weekend! Haizz...

Think for the rest of the night will lie low as well. The significant other is spoiling for a fight, no prizes for guessing what time of the month this is! Sometimes, I try to be accommodating, try to go whatever I can- but to no avail. If someone is spoiling for a fight, no compromises can work.

In a paradoxical way, I am hoping the day will end, but at the same time, hoping for this would mean the onset of another work-week. AND that is something I am not looking forward to!