The Chances

How a 250+ Pound Couch Potato Got Healthy

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Today was the potluck at work, and I was doing so well. I had a salad, and made a sandwich using sprouted flax seed bread brought from home.

Then... towards the end of the day... weakness set in. I ate not one, not two, but THREE cookies. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Today's workout:

Warmup, 3 sets of 5 reps, w/45lb bar
* Overhead Squat
* Squat
* Good Morning
* Barbell Lunge
* Romanian Deadlift
* Bent-Over Row

Workout, 2-exercise circuits
* Neutral-Grip Incline Press, 1 set of 10, 1 set of 5 @ 40lbs, 1 set of 5, 1 set of 7 @ 35lbs
* Chin-Ups, 2 sets of 2, 1 set of 1
* Bent-Arm Lateral Raise & Rotation, 3 sets of 10 @ 20lbs
* Swiss Ball Side Flexion, 3 sets of 10
25 minutes, 186 calories burned

Afterwards I jogged 2.5 miles in record time, 24:28... yet according to the HRM, I burned a bit less calories than yesterday at 288. My guess it was because yesterday I had to push harder to make 25 minutes even towards the end.

Anyway, total calories burned in today's workout: 474