Groovybabe

My posts are getting very boring now, it’s all gym gym gym! So, I apologise d’advance but I went to the gym today! LOL!

It was good. I shock it up a bit today and did the random programme on the XT instead of the quick start option, and boy did I know it!! I’m not entirely sure what tempted me to do this considering the 10 minute bike ride beforehand felt so much harder today, and in the first few minutes of the XT I was like, ‘this is never going to last past five minutes’, lol! But I managed the whole 25 minutes. While on it I over heard a personal trainer telling a newbie that she should be doing at least 10 speed on the XT. This shocked me a bit because while the girl was not really overweight (could probs lose a stone I guess) 10 is quite hardcore. I do sometimes reach that but it feels like my legs are going at cartoon speed and its very hard to keep up long term. But anyway, that’s something I’ll ask my instructor next week.

Because I’ve booked in another review. I could probably go another couple of weeks until I have one, although I am 6 weeks in since the last one, because due to a week off it’s taking a bit longer to fill my card… but well we all know this past month has been a real struggle for me. If it wasn’t food tempting me, I was getting ill and then finding it hard to get back into the exercise. And while my exercise motivation is okay at the moment I could do with that extra bit of motivation so when I saw my instructor managing the desk today I thought I’d book her in. I didn’t say the reason why yet, I just booked myself in. She’s so enthusiastic about everything: life, weightloss, exercise that I think the meeting will do me the world of good. So I have my next review for next Thursday. I wanted to give myself a week to get that extra bit of weight off. She said, “I’m sure you’re going to shock me with your weightloss again this time!” to which I responded, “I hope so!” She then told me that she can see that I have “lost a lot of weight since the last review”. See what I mean! I need this woman in my life to keep me on track! After that, I got on the XT and worked extra hard thinking, I have to be good with my food and lose a bit more. I’ve already lost a stone since my last review, which is the amount she likes to see, and a bit more is not going to hurt! And I’ll get my measurements done too! I really need this meetup!

So anyway, after the XT I went on the treadmill and did 3x 2 minute joggs. The first one I did at 7.0, 3.0 incline but my heart rate when I finished was 156 so the next two times I did it at 6.8 which gave me a heart rate of 154 at the end lol. Just after the second run (I was having about 3 min walks inbetween) I really felt the endorphins come flooding in. I really need those, I get off on them - I rely on them and look forward to them! I dread the XT before a session but I actively look forward to the jogging every time. I can’t wait until I am jogging the whole time!

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