Whitney Day 5

So I'm already at a stinkin' plateau. And one of the girls in the weight loss contest I'm in has lost 9lbs. This is nuts! Now I'm extra determined and going to the gym this afternoon.

My Spark People tracking is so helpful. I just figured out how to add in my work outs. I need to do some more strength training apparently. And I need to track my measurements. So Leah's bringing a measuring tape today and we're going to the Rec.

Leah gave me a synopsis of a book she used on time to work out and diet called Making the Cut. In the book, the author says that you need to work out every muscle in the body and makes "cheaters" feel really guilty. She says changing up workouts is very important to carve muscles. I think I have quite a ways until I'm worried about carving out muscles. So I'm going to stick to cardio, but I'll try to change it up as much as possible. I'm pretty glued to my treadmill whenever it comes time to lose weight. So I'll try a stair climber, row boat thingy (which looks really hard) and elliptical more often.

Leah agrees we should take before and after pix but we both have broken cameras. So the pix will need to wait until we get them fixed. So perhaps with the next shift money I'll see how much it will cost to fix my camera. And I'll try and get some new work out clothes. I have like 2 pairs of shorts that I wear every time. And my dryer is broken so I have to wash and hang the shorts to dry every other night. My tennies are cracked in the heel so that the little plastic piece sticks out on the inside. It doesn't bother me, but I know my workouts could be more comfortable. These are side-goals. Oh and the little problem of getting into the gym at the same time as Leah. I used her Student ID to work out the other day, but I really need my own membership at the Rec. It's only $47.00 for the next 4 months for alumni, which blows Gold's Gym prices out of the water.

Discovery: mustard is my new mayo. It has no fat and no calories but a lot of sodium. I used to be a big mayo fan until I read the mustard label yesterday.

I heard (form Mom) that it takes 3200 calories to burn a pound. WOW. That would be one killer work out. I mean I was proud to burn 600 the other day. I just don't know if I could do that X5 .

I'm giving Mom and Leah a blogging tutorial today. I'm no expert but blogspot makes things pretty simple. I'm also getting Grandma on the blog/SparkPeople. Our family is gonna be ripped in no time, haha.