Its Sunday today. When I woke up, I really wanted to go do my cardio. I felt better and well-rested. Still, I didn't want to push myself after the scare I had yesterday, so I wound up lounging in bed like a bum until almost noon. My dog had the time of his life being cuddled and pet. It probably was the best thing for me though, extra rest. I'm always worried that my exercise will become an addictive part of my obsessive compulsive disorder. I'm constantly watching out for red flags of addiction.
Our upcoming vacation is bringing a lot of good stress on the adult family members. My bf is practically holding his breath to see his parents and I'm really looking forward to seeing them as well. I'm a little worried about all of the temptation to eat fast food as well as not having access to gym equipment. I've planned a safe mile long walking route to do in the morning. I'm thinking about trying to jog it. I'm bringing my weights so that I can add extra mph to my walk, but of course I won't run with them. I'm stressed that we'll forget to bring something, that I'll accidentally tap into bill money since the bills arrive during the week were gone, that I won't get a chance to see all of my friends from back home...it's really stressful, which means I'm going harder at my machines than normally would. My stride is on overdrive because my mind is racing with lists and plans.
I'm not sure whether my hormonal changes, over-exercising, a passing bug, or stress has been causing me to wonk out of my routine. I took today off to recuperate. Tomorrow, the plan is to bump back my resistance level on the elliptical to 14 instead of 16 and try my hardest to just complete the routine itself. I'm not going to fight to increase my speed and calorie numbers as I usually would. Perhaps I have reached my plateau of exertion...at least for a while. I mean, every day does not have to be the hardest workout.
I'm thinking about logging the different preset workouts that are on my elliptical. I haven't found a guide for what they actually are. I'm sure others would find it useful to know what those workouts are and a clear outline of them would help me choose from day to day. I didn't do this before because some of them are 20 minutes long while others are 45 minutes and I didnt want to have inconsistent times in my workout log while I was trying to figure out what resistance levels I could handle. It probably would be good to list them all for myself as well as others who own the same machine.
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