Day Sixty-Seven

I made it to the gym just before four a.m.  There were only like four other people there, which was perfect for going back and forth between weights and the elliptical.  I knew I would be making this up as I went along, guided by the principle of alternating.  I haven't weight-lifted for so long that I started with that.  I did sets until the song I was listening to on my iPod ended, and then I went over to the elliptical.  I immediately started sweating.  It's been too long.  I ran on that until the song ended, and then, because I was in the middle of a minute, paused the iPod and intensely finished the last minute, to get my interval training in.  Then I went back and did a few more sets of weight-lifting, and so forth.  Each song this morning was just over three minutes long, so the fourth minute was intensely done, and then I started over after the next weight-lifting interval.

Even though there were only four people there, that didn't stop someone from interfering with my weight bench.  When I went back, someone had put away the various weights I had left out and was using the bench himself.  I quietly just got out my weights again and used another bench.  This would be a nightmare, though, with a lot of people around.

Things I liked: getting my workout done early, burning more calories throughout the day (one of the promises--we'll see if it seems to be true later), having fewer people to navigate around at the gym, traffic being lighter, the weight-lifting seeming easier and less arduous since I didn't have to do so many sets all together.

Things I didn't like: having to get up so very early, going back and forth, watching the same numbers go by on the elliptical as I had to start it over each time, not having a good way to increase the resistance on the elliptical because I was constantly starting over, not getting that dehydrated weight at the end, not being able to go back to sleep even though I had time.

The morning was hard.  I had had my cocoa shortly before eight last night, so I couldn't eat until noon.  This intermittent fasting may be harder than not eating sugar.  I finally realized that I could have a fruit tea, as that is just water and flavoring with no calories.  It would not upset what I am trying to do.  So, that is how I got through the end of the morning.

I didn't cook last night, so, again, I had nothing to take to work for lunch.  I stopped on my way to a meeting outside the office to get a hamburger.  Just a plain hamburger with mustard, no ketchup.  The bun wasn't great for me, but it wasn't sugar.  And it was the first thing I ate today. 

Someone brought in banana bread to work, and a coworker forgot and offered and showed me some. 

If the tweaks I am making are going to work, I figure I should see something within a couple of weeks.  If I don't, I might stop making the effort.

By the time I got home from work, though, I was starting to feel sicker.  I made dinner and cleaned up from it, with a little help from my kids, got ready for bed, did my seven sets of abs (I started sweating right away then, too), and will be going to bed as soon as I finish this.  I had thought about going to the pool by morning, but I am not sure now that would be wise.  I don't want to get sicker.  I have been up since about three, though.  It's definitely time for bed.