November 25, 2006

I have completed my second week at the gym, yea! On Tuesday, I encountered a small setback. My foot began to hurt a lot that day so I decided to go swimming. From the first push off the wall my foot was in pain. It wasn't until the quarter mile mark or so that I was able to ignore the pain and keep on going.

I am slightly troubled as to why my foot hurt so much while swimming. It is the easiest exercise on my joints. Perhaps it is the result of my foot pushing against the water? I am swimming the breaststroke and I can imagine that I put a lot of effort on my lower body to push me forward. Regardless, I was confused.

I switched from mainly swimming to cycling and using the elliptical machine. Cycling provided some diversity to my rather mundane workout and I was excited to do it. The foot straps hurt my foot for the first few minutes but I got over the pain as a new pain set in: the bike seat. I cycled for about two days and switched to the elliptical machine. What a easy way to exercise but still see the rewards! The elliptical machine is probably one of my favorites now. (And I am not just saying that because each machine has an individual cable TV hook-up.)

Thanksgiving provided a lovely setback for me as well. I probably gained at least 2 or 3 pounds from eating. I swear I tried to stick to my vegetables. However, I went to the gym everyday this week except for Monday! So, it should come close to balancing itself off. But, I am expecting a net gain of a pound or so for this week. Also, I am moving my weigh-in day from Wednesday to Sunday. So, this week you will see that there are 2 days extra that I did not have to lose that extra holiday weight.

There you have my workout summary for the week. Below are what exercises I did each day, how many calories I burned as a result, and the time it took to complete the workout. I have broken the table into individual days so that I could fit more data.

My workout tables can be read after the jump.

Until next time, happy running.

RP

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Workout Totals

Weight Tracking

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