I talked about this on my team thread on tracker, but wanted to touch on it here. I think I'm developing a *small* addiction to CARDIO! Now, let me explain this a bit more. I do NOT love cardio. Who does? If you do, I am jealous. What I mean by the addiction to cardio, is that I am becoming addicted to the HIGH I get afterwards. I've been cranking out hour long cardio sessions that have left me drenched in sweat and feeling better than ever. I almost always take Sundays off from working out, but this past Sunday I just couldn't wait to get in there and burn some calories. I went to the gym for 1 hour and 15min on the elliptical, followed by stretching and some pull-ups. Yesterday morning I was back at 5am for another hour followed by bi's and shoulders. Tonight I'm taking the 60min strength class that incorporates both cardio and weights. If I'm not crawling out of there, I'll head upstairs for some addt'l cardio. ***This will be a rare occasion if I do, b/c normally I'm praying for the clock to hit 7pm so the class can END!
On the eating front, things are good. Not great, but good. I will start there. For the most part, my meals are great and very clean. The only part of the day that gets me is if I don't go to the gym after work and I just go home (these would be days that I go to the gym at 5am). I get soooo hungry and don't want to wait for dinner, so I start sneaking through the cupboards. That's when I get myself into trouble. I need to just find a healthy meal to eat at that time so I'm not counting the time until dinner, while constantly checking out all the naughty foods I know I shouldn't eat. It's like suddenly chicken and veggies totally gross me out. I need to get over that. Also, I really need to start planning meals out for the rest of the family. If this stuff is getting old to me, I can only imagine how sick they are of chicken and ground turkey. This part will be much easier once I'm not working FT. For those of you that cook big meals for dinner while working FT and going to the gym daily, I salute you, you are my heroes. :)
Only 2 more days of work after today. It's really hard to want to get anything done while I'm here....
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Well, if you could please send some of those addiction vibes my way I would sure appreciate it! I love cardio, but can't seem to get back in it since last week!!
LOL - glad you are on fire girl, and I am with you on the hungry snacking/eating chicken again??/planning food again?? It does get exhausting I tell ya.
Yes, that is an awful lot of cardio! You do plan to cut back a bit, right? I am so sick of veggies and chicken I could die right now and I have a long way to go. I am glad your eating is better and you are really kicking it in at the gym. What about your weights?
I always have a 3pm meal right when the bell rings at school and that way I am good until we eat again at 6pm. I would be in trouble if I did not eat that 3pm meal that is for sure.
Addiction to cardio, huh? Send some this way willya? I do my cardio like a good little girl and yes, I do like the feeling I get after it's all said and done.
Planning is all you need to get those eats cleaned up. It can be done!
I agree - please send whatever you're using to get you addicted to cardio my way! You are becoming a cardio queen! :) I was thinking to myself the other day (jokingly!!) "No wonder why everyone loses weight on Tony's meal plans. You get so dang sick of eating chicken and vegetables that you just stop eating!" LOL...again, I'm kidding! Just made me think of that when you mentioned chicken and veggies.
Hey there! We talk so often that I barely stop by here anymore, but here I am. I think I'm rubbing off on you with the cardio. If only you would rub off on me with the eating. Ugh! Damn sugar lately.
Cardio does wake up and rejuvinate a lot of people. When my kids were little, they did better in school and were better behaived when they spent an hour at swim team practice. Makes sense.
Hi Melissa! I just read your post on my blog and I wanted to email you but realized I dont have an address. It's kind of nice to not feel so alone with this bingeing thing, right? It still sucks though and today I really do feel like crap. I don't know if it's from the bingeing because I got back on track yesterday but something is going on!! Anyway, I hope you're ok. Email me any time!
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