Riveting

Ben and I didn't go for a walk on Friday, but we did go to the gym on Saturday for an hour. Right now I am 10 minutes short of my reward. It will happen today, even if it means doing 10 minutes of sit ups and leg lifts at 11:45p. I did 30 min on the elliptical with 5 min cool down. I did 2.5 miles in the 30 min, but 2.82 overall. I burned well over 300 calories. Then, I did 25 min worth of weights. I have never been a fan of weights. Ever. I always hated the weight room days we were required to do for track/volleyball/etc in high school. I did 3 sets of 10 reps on each machine. I did a pec machine at 40 lbs, triceps at 40 lbs, quads at 40 lbs, biceps at 25 lbs and leg press (I think it did hamstrings and glutes) at 180 lbs. I think I could have done more on the leg press, but I had already moved it once and I decided to just keep it there. Even as much as I hated the weight room days, the leg press was my favorite...mostly because I rocked at it. There would be days where I would put the four 45 lb free weights on each end and have two girls standing on the bar in between. The football coach (somewhat facetiously) tried to recruit me.

Anyway, I am going to start doing weights more. I have decided on my costume for GenCon this year. Steampunk Rosie the Riveter. I have to be at least moderately muscle-y, if no where else but my biceps. So, machines will become a regular part of my workouts.

Oh, I weighed myself when I got there. 157.5, which is a pound less than last time. I sincerely hope it keeps going down.