Today I got the the gym shortly before 1PM, finished off my SlimFast and hit the NuStep TRS 4000 Recumbent Cross Trainer. This piece of exercise equipment has been a real boon for my bad back. Since my back was giving me trouble yesterday, I started out light, but wasn't even breaking a sweat after 20 minutes. I felt fine, so I picked up the pace.
By setting mini-goals "Burn just 50 more calories" and keeping mindful of what my body was telling me, I had the best workout yet, burning up a tad over 750 calories in 90 minutes. I'm pretty surprised and this just reinforces the wisdom of listening to my body and skipping a workout when my back is telling me to.
I hopped on the scale and it told me I upticked a pound to 326. Given that my weigh can fluctuate nearly 10 pounds within a day, I'm not concerned. It'll drop and experience tells me that just before a sharp weight drop I have a slight uptick in weight. I don't know the physiological reason for it, but have observed it time and again.
Slow and steady wins the race. Since I have the slow part down-pat, as long as I keep up the steady everything will be cool.
