80 Minutes of Cardio - Hell Yeah!

Last WI: 212.8/At Home WI: 214.0

THURSDAY

Well, here we are, another Thursday. And I've got to WI again. I believe I've minimized the damage of the week, but I'm definitely not expecting a loss. I maintain or less than 1lb gain will be ok.

Yesterday I had a plan. And I followed it, with only one slight modification. I ended up not going to the gym after work. Mostly because I was starving. I missed my "snack" I had planned on before leaving work because things got crazy. So by the time I got home I was really hungry. I cut up some broccoli and had some low fat dip (3pts) with LOTS of fresh broccoli (0pts) It was delicious and enough to get me through till the boys got home. I cooked them some grilled chicken and tomatoes and corn. I had one chicken breast (4pts), some tomatoes (0) and no corn a salad with low fat dressing (2pts). So - I had reached my 20 pts for the day and still felt good. About an hour after dinner, I got the motivation to go to the gym. And I rocked it!

I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. I had a little bit of my asthma acting up and had to stop 1.5 miles in to take a hit off my inhaler, but after that I was good. After my 4 miles, I did 40 minutes on the elliptical, really pushing and sweating a TON. Over all the machines tell me I burned 1250 calories. I counted 12 APs. If the 1250 is accurate, that's about what I ate that day in calories, so yesterday was a 0 net day calories wise.

Now, I know that's not a good idea to do on any regular basis, but for me it was a "recovery" day. I had a leader once that told me that if it was easier for you, you could calculate your points on a weekly basis. Which means I get 28 x 7 + 35 pts each week. Or 231. So, I get in between 196 and 231 points each week, I'm doing ok. Don't worry. I'm CERTAIN I got in over 231 points this week, even backing out the APs I earned (which was only 4 on Sunday and 12 yesterday). So, I'm not worried about "not eating enough" this week. Besides, tonight, as usual, I will be going out and drinking and certainly eating enough to cover for yesterday.

So - today's WI will be interesting. I still haven't figured out the WW scale yet. Last week, my at home scale showed 213.4 right before I left for my meeting an the WW scale showed me at 212.8. Usually, however, my at home scale is very close to the WW scale, if not lower. Who knows. This morning I showed 214 without clothes. So I'm expecting about 214.6 at home with clothes. What that will equate to on the WW scale - beats me. I'm hoping no more than 213.8. I can handle a 1 lb gain. I don't want it. I hate it. I've had 6 weeks of losses and don't want to kill the streak. But I'll take it. I deserve it this week.

I had a huge brief due today in the Supreme Court of Georgia. I just finished it, printed it, copied it, and put it in the envelope to take to the post office to ship it off certified. I'm so pleased with myself. I've had to kick butt this week getting the darn thing done, but I think the product is good. I'm pleased with my arguments, and confident the court will rule in our favor. The exciting news is that I'm going to get to argue before the Supreme Court on this case in the coming months. Something I haven't gotten to do in a while, and something that is always very exhilarating.

Well, with that, I'm off to the post office then home to rest before WI. I'm done drinking/eating until the 5:00 pm WI, so here's hoping for a maintian! :-)