Well, I did get in the pool this morning (hooray). I decided to see how close I could come to equaling the calories I burn on the treadmill. So for 30 mins solid I swam laps (a combination of fast and slower front crawl, breaststroke, and one lap of really bad butterfly) with a few mins of treading water. I don’t seem to pedal fast enough on my treading water to keep my heart rate up, so it’s laps for me I suppose. I managed the first 30 mins, but after a short rest I tried it again, but gave up at the 15 min mark. So I suppose I’ll do some treadmill work in the mornings and follow it with some laps. I made up the other 15 mins with some walk/jog intervals on the treadmill.  In the afternoon I did a 15-min warm-up on the treadmill, followed by:

Where there is a single number that confirms that I did the number of reps called for. Where there are two numbers the first is the amount of weight I used, followed by reps.

And I followed with another 15 mins on the treadmill. And then I had a nice leisurely swim. Just fun swimming for about 15 mins, not laps. After a lot of thought and bouncing some ideas off someone on a fitness board I also hang out on I’ve decided to add 200 cals a day to my food intake. I’m finding myself a little draggy and spending the weekend recovering from the week of exercise. She suggested I either drop 200-300 cals of cardio a day or add the same in food, so for the next couple of weeks I’m going to add the extra calories. As the weather warms up I know I’m going to want to do more outside. That just isn’t going to work if I’m too pooped to do it.

The only poor thing today was that I couldn’t bump up the weight on the pullovers. I actually dropped one of the dumbbells in the second set, twice. So I figured adding more weight on the next set just wasn’t going to work. As the next level is 3 set of 8 reps I’ll try working on that next week.  So tomorrow’s plan is to start digging a trench to start transplanting the berry bushes.  Oh joy, digging in the dirt.

From the HRM today:

Water: 20 cups

Food: 2796 (33% fat, 35% carbs, 32% protein)

Breakfast: egg/egg white omelet, cracked wheat oatmeal bread, jam, grapefruit (450)

AM Snack: almonds (164)

Lunch: 2 whole wheat tortillas, mustard, smoked turkey, cheese, apple (528)

PM Snack: soy nuts, protein shake, fruit salad (465)

Dinner: hamburgers (2), bbq onions, broccoli, butter, salad w/dressing (828)

Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad, biscotti (392)