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Nov. 14th, 2007 03:05 amGot back from the gym at 10:30/10:40 or so tonight. And I can't get to sleep. Well, I prolly could if I tried, but since I'm not feeling tired, I haven't bothered to do so yet. This is bad, as it's the second or third day in a row I've been up past 3am with no nap, no nothing. I only really feel it in the mornings, but I'm definitely noticing that I'm more distracted than usual when trying to do work.
That's my story. Some of it's probably how I keep increasing my workout, so I'm revved up more than usual. How can you help it, though; when you're on the treadmill and you get up near your goal/stopping point, you look at how fast the calories are whipping by and you figure "Oh, only 2 more minutes and I can knock off 25 more," which turns into, erm 150. I've been very impressed lately at how well I'm progressing, fitness-wise--I still can't do the running thing (combination of the bad joints and crappy heart), but I can do power walking at high incline for longer and longer without a problem each time. This is win. The fact that--because before today, I hadn't gone since Saturday--I managed to actually gain weight over the last couple of days (like I had thought/dreaded), not win. It gets frustrating because I'm working really hard, and most of the time I get off the treadmill with nothing to show for it.
That's my story. Some of it's probably how I keep increasing my workout, so I'm revved up more than usual. How can you help it, though; when you're on the treadmill and you get up near your goal/stopping point, you look at how fast the calories are whipping by and you figure "Oh, only 2 more minutes and I can knock off 25 more," which turns into, erm 150. I've been very impressed lately at how well I'm progressing, fitness-wise--I still can't do the running thing (combination of the bad joints and crappy heart), but I can do power walking at high incline for longer and longer without a problem each time. This is win. The fact that--because before today, I hadn't gone since Saturday--I managed to actually gain weight over the last couple of days (like I had thought/dreaded), not win. It gets frustrating because I'm working really hard, and most of the time I get off the treadmill with nothing to show for it.