Aside from the bike commuting to work - it's 10 miles total - I took Wednesday and Thursday off from working out. My calves were really in so much pain and I just wanted them to heal. Today was lower-body work, which included more calf lifts and incline drills, so I'm glad I took it easy and rested. I even cut the cardio incline drill down back to 10 minutes.

I'm running later this afternoon so I'm not beating myself up over five minutes.

I was talking with some friends about miscalculating weight loss efforts - underestimating food intake, overestimating exercise output - and a look at my workout logs attests to that. I didn't do nearly as much cardio as I thought I was doing - perhaps I oughta actually pay attention to those logs and act on them sooner, huh? While I do believe the insane incline drills are what has pushed off some of this recent weight loss, along with bike commuting a couple of days a week, I've also gotten much stricter on myself with my meals, forcing myself to make really healthy choices when I'd rather take an easier route.

I miss the natural peanut butter with my afternoon apple, but I'd always rather have those extra calories somewhere else. My veggie subs don't really need cheese. Stuff like that. The things that aren't particularly bad choices whatsoever, but can add up. If I really wanted them, I'd have them, and just cut in other places.

In thyroid news, next week I go in for follow-up testing because I learned last week, when I originally intended on going, that my insurance had refused to pay for the testing back in January. It's since been resolved, but it meant that I've been off my thyroid medication for a week. Yesterday, after I operated on six hours of sleep - which is never good for me, even when I'm on my medication - I crashed. Felt that absence of the Synthroid HARD.

Tomorrow will be upper body work and kickboxing. Sunday will be running, maybe some yoga. I have a house to clean and work to do this weekend so the yoga may lose out!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Posted by Erin at 12:26 PM | filed under: Random