It’s all up to me

I hate it when I write a great posting and then get an error message when I try to post.  Oh well, I’ll do the condensed version the 2nd time around.

I’m wiped today and I fear that I’m overdoing it.  But the compulsive freak in me is afraid to scale things back.  A month or so ago I would have been thrilled to burn 600 calories during a workout but now that I’m using the treadclimber and regularly buring more than 1000 calories a day it’s hard to “settle” for anything less.  The reason I think I’m overdoing it is b/c I was honestly afraid I was going to pass out during my workout tonight.  Since my intensity was so high yesterday I decided to lower the intensity and increase the duration, so I set the machine for a steady 3.5 mph for 70 minutes.  About halfway through I had to drop it to 3.3.  And luckily, I had a little bag of almonds in my bag so I munched on those on the way home.

I wonder, though, how much of it was mental.  I was playing on a website today that calculated my daily caloric needs and in order to maintain my weight I need to eat over 3100 calories.  Considering the fact that I eat about 1500 and burn about 1000 during workouts my body might be revolting.  But being the control freak that I am, I’m afraid to loosen the strings even a little bit b/c I’m afraid that I can’t simply add an extra 250 calories to fuel my body.  HELP!!!  I also know that taking a day off from exercise might be good for me but I tend to spiral out of control when that happens. 

Progress toward workout goal:  63/250