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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Light day

Definitely sore from yesterday's efforts. Nighttime recovery and joint promotion worked like a charm. Today's plan for a 4 mile walk were dashed by cold, dreary weather. So, I dusted off ye olde exercise bike and did a brisk 5 miles. Enough to work the body and get a little sweat on.

No purchases yesterday, but I did successfully get into a size 18 jeans and 18/20 shirts without any grunting, huffing, puffing, etc. Tight, true, but wearable in public. Size 12 is getting ever closer!

Note on eating/food: have done course correction in last few days to ensure smaller meals truly are small (at or under 300 calories at a time), and generally staying under 1500 for the day. Not all meals are at the 300 mark, so I'm somewhere between 1200 and 1500. Will see how that along with exercise spirit does over the next few weeks.

Good day to all. A.

2 comments:

Jon Alford said...

Em and I might have to go shopping with you for the 12s. Nice job.
Regarding the calories, remember that as you add muscle and reduce fat you will need "good" calories to fuel the exercise. Don't completely starve yourself. Listen to your body and adjust but you might have to actually add a few to the 1500 as you increase your level of exercise.

Angela said...

I will totally take you both up on that. There's a jean store in your town I've never been in, assuming the didn't have my size. They are definitely on the list. Point noted on calories. Trying to have lots of protein and veggies on hand.