Thought I may feel tired after doing the first double cardio routine yesterday but it was actually quite the opposite. Felt great and had lots of energy.
Morning cardio was a smooth 60 minutes and the afternoon session should be at about 4-5pm.
As we get older most of us find our metabolism slowing down. Our body fat increases and body weight increases more easily. In contrast, it takes longer workouts and some will say even different workouts to get your metabolism going as it used to when I (we) was in my 20′s.
So I decided to try something a little different to see if I can crank up my metabolism and shed some of these stubborn body fat percentages.
I don’t mind doing cardio. I actually enjoy it. OK… there is a caveat with that statement. I enjoy doing it while I am watching TV. Yes, I said it. Watching TV. I have even set up a small 19" TV right in front of my elliptical trainer and put on either MSNBC or CNN and before I know it 60 minutes have gone by and about 700 fat burning calories are gone.
So this week I am going to do double cardio sessions. One in the morning at about 8-9am and the second one about 6-8 hours later before I have dinner.
I have noticed lately that my energy would taper off towards the end of the day and today after I did my afternoon cardio (another 60 minutes on the elliptical watching the DNC coverage) I noticed that my energy peaked and was I ready for the rest of the evening.
So we will see if this routine helps shed some of those few percentage points of body fat that I want to lose.
This one is a day or two late due to a busy weekend but I was still able to meet the goals set for this day.
This morning they announced the "Stars" that will be participating in the upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars". Not that I really care or even watch the show. I really don’t.
But one name stuck out so much that I almost choked on my morning coffee when I heard it.
Who is it? My favorite show killer of all time: Ted McGinley.
I am sure you know his face although you may not know his name. Regardless, Ted is the patron saint over at Jump the Shark or as they like to put it:
Ted is the patron saint of shark jumping. Chances are that if Ted is anywhere near your cast, consider the show on the downward spiral.
He is single handedly responsible for more shows being canceled within a season or two after joining the cast.
So, if this is the last or second to last season of DwtS then we will know who to blame and Ted’s spot as Jump the Shark patron saint will remain unchallenged.
Getting back to my daily routine and slowly working back up to my normal weights and sets.
Elliptical trainer for 60 minutes with my normal 75% target heart rate.
If you haven’t downloaded Tris for your iPhone you BETTER HURRY! It seems that Tris author Noah Witherspoon got the dreaded C&D letter from The Tetris® Company about his app. Not sure if they were pissed about the app or the name but either way Noah is pulling Tris from the App Store. So better go and get it quick.
I love Tris for two reasons: It was written by a regular Joe (Noah) who is just learning about iPhone coding and the other is the most important reason… its FREE.
This artwork just blew me away. Each and every piece (letter) is amazing.
Not sure why but I am just in the weirdest funk. I guess this pinched nerve is getting to me since I have no motivation to do anything. I know I need to workout but getting my ass to the gym is hard…and the gym is just downstairs.
I am also waiting to upgrade my HTPC (Home Theater PC) with some new toys but none of them are available or they have not been reviewed enough for me to pull the trigger and buy them sight unseen.
I think I am going to rest this weekend and try not eat too much junk food and see if I can get out of this funk. Maybe I should try the opposite… eat as much junk food as I can this weekend and see if that makes me feel better.
Sometimes you just need one thing to get you back on track but I haven’t figured out what that one thing is yet.
So the other day TMZ made a tongue-n-cheek post about how 16-year-old women’s gymnastics individual all-around Olympic silver medalist Shawn Johnson bared a striking resemblance to a that cute little mouse of long ago Topo Gigo.
They said:
Here’s tiny 16-year-old women’s gymnastics individual all-around Olympic silver medalist Shawn Johnson (left) — and “The Ed Sullivan Show’s” favorite soft foam Italian mouse Topo Gigio (right).
Only one of them is a puppet.
We’re just sayin’…
I guess people lost their ever loving mind about it.
Today TMZ posted some of the emails that they received about that post. Let’s just say that some people really need to get a clue and not take life so seriously.
Besides, Topo Gigo was almost an American Icon (even though he was a native Italian) during the time that he appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. If you don’t think that he was absolutely adorable then you need to search YouTube for some of the clips of his performances.
He was priceless…and so is Shawn Johnson.
It was a compliment people!!!!
So far so good.
I am going to redo Week 3 so I can catch up to the rest of my workouts.
Still babysitting the pinched nerve. Took it easy on weights and did an hour on the elliptical.
I can’t believe its been 10 years.
I tried working out on Monday and yesterday and I was in lots of pain. So I am going to take this week off to babysit these sore muscles and pinched nerve on my lower back/hip. At my age it is a good idea to listen to your body and not push it when it cries out for rest. I am not 20 any more when it was very easy to just push through the pain.
But now comes the hard part… Can I stick to my diet while I am not working out? I have to fight the temptation to finish off that half gallon of ice cream that is sitting in the freezer. Sticking to my diet will be a huge accomplishment.
I will still do the Hundred Pushups regime since that does not seem to bother my back but I am not sure I will be able to keep the goals for this week but I am going to try as hard as I can to reach each and every goal.