So today was Day 2 of Week 11and a focus on cardio. The goal was to only burn 340 calories with my choice of cardio. When I started out I was pumped and ready to burn some calories, being an overachiever I decided I was going to burn 1000 calories! Realizing this was a lofty goal and would require over an hour of running on the treadmill I set up my Netflix to play some episodes of Biggest Loser and started running.
As I pushed onward toward my goal I got close to my required 340 calories and as I looked at my other running stats I realized that I was also coming up on the 5k mark (3 miles) having a desire to shave time off of my last run I ramped up my speed and barreled to the 3 mile mark. I ended up beating my prior time by over 1:35! But I kept pressing on racing toward my goal of 1000 calories! I finally hit 700 calories and hit the "Pause" button to take a breather. Now the "Pause" gives you 1 minute before the treadmill resets itself. As I caught my breath and took a drink of water, I got side tracked by The Biggest Loser...when I looked back at my treadmill stats my "Pause" time had ran out and the treadmill had reset. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I started to restart my run but felt disappointed that I wouldn't have a stat of 1000 calories to snap a pic of, so I decided to stop. 700 calories and a defeated 5k time...it was a good run!
Tomorrow on day 3 is the actual 5k day....maybe I'll try and beat my time today again!
I also made a commitment to myself today to stop weighing myself everyday! It gets maddening when I don't see the scale move everyday so I decided that I am only going to get on the scale on Monday, the actual weigh-in day. It will be a surprise for us all!!
That's all I have for now. My legs feel like they are going to fall off and my body is beat! Bring on tomorrow! Have a great week and I wish you all the best in succeeding at your goals!
Keith
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