Workout
I’m making progress! Today I moved on to Striver’s Aerobic Workout Phase 2. There are some exercises from the Phase 1 workout, and others have been replaced. It took me about 45 minutes. Tony’s estimated time is 35 minutes. I had the day off from work, so I was starting later, and there were distraction from family, along with learning the new moves. The calorie burn was OK, not great, for that amount of time. It did feel like a pretty good workout.
I had a small bonus round today: More snow shoveling! Actually, it was just an inch or two, so that was pretty quick.
Nutrition
Breakfast, lunch and snacks were healthy today; then, my wife and I went to Olive Garden for dinner. We had a gift certificate, it was dinner out minus the kids, etc. I did not make the healthiest choices; however, I did eat only one third of my entree. Just like that, 1500 calories becomes 500! The whole meal, including soup, breadsticks, entree, and *cough* cake *cough*, added up to 1600 calories. I was at a calorie surplus of 312 at the end of the day. Maybe I should have hopped on the treadmill again.
Health and well-being
Once again, I am not feeling very energetic today. I want to set a goal of being in bed for eight hours per night, and hopefully sleeping through most of it. That’s still not eight hours of actual sleep, but it would be better than the six hours or so that I have been getting.
It’s so crazy how fast the calories go when you eat out!
I follow @eatthisnotthat on Twitter (the people who do the “Eat This, Not That!” books), and they point out all kinds of restaurant atrocities. If I ate out all the time, I would steer clear of those, and in the case of Olive Garden there a number of healthy selections. When I was focused on weight loss rather than muscle building and toning, I made sure to check out the menu online if possible. Always best to check things out ahead of time, or ask questions before ordering.