chradsimad's Journal

This is my week off from strength training (at least until Thursday or Friday) so my goal is to slaughter the cardio minutes which is a big switch up for me. I've been toying between 151-153 for the last 5 weeks and I think I need a body shock to get me moving consistently in the right direction again...SOOOO....my goal is at least 4 cardio workouts of 60+ minutes in the fat burning - cardio zone before Saturday. I did my first 90 minutes last night (65 TM, 26 bike) and will be back at it tonight and tomorrow as I watch the biggest loser (I'm excited this is on two night this week as it's a great workout companion), I may rest Thursday and then have cardio again Friday.

I know the theories that too much sustained cardio can hinder your weight loss, so this is only a one week switch up for me, typically I only do one night of sustained cardio a week and 2-3 nights of cardio intervals for only 30-45 minutes.

Saturday I'll be starting a new strength phase and returning to my more reasonable cardio workouts.

MON - 91 min
TUE - 80 min
WED - 62 min
THU - strength (75 min)
FRI -
SAT -
SUN -

My Weight Chart:
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Well today marks my one year anniversary on Weight Watchers. It's a little bitter sweet.

Bitter b/c I STILL haven't even reached my halfway point, and it's not like I had a ton to lose to begin with. I blamed this on my hicc-up in like Aug/Sept 08...but that was just 7lbs and I've been working consistently on plan again since October (4 months) and have yet to lose 10lbs since coming back on plan....so my body really is just SLOW and I'm OK with that now. There's something about my body that likes this 151-153 point, it's where I got hung up in August, so I just gotta stick w/ it until my body decides to let go. Last time I got stuck here I didn't give it time to break the plateau before going beserk, this time I know I'm doing everything right so whatever. I guess it doesn't matter if it takes me another year to drop the remaining 20 lbs since it's for life.

And SWEET because I've stuck with this pretty darn consistently for a year and am comfortable in the lifestyle now. I'm very confident that once I do finally hit goal I'll be able to stay there. And in the end that's the important part of this journey, not how long it takes, but how long it lasts.