Day 10: A Carpenter is only as good as his tools
To say that this hotel has old equipment is a slight understatement.
I started my usual exercise program and you would have thought that I was slaughtering cows in the room. The treadmill had see better days indeed.
I still managed to get up at 5:00am after not getting to bed until midnight. My usual workout was not to be this morning. I started out with the usual 8% incline at 3.0 Mph, but the treadmill protested for a good 10 minutes until the noise was even unbearable to me. I then slowed everything down to 2.0 Mph, but I increased the incline to 11%. These setting gave me a better workout with a lot less noise.
Today's Workout Stats:
Time: 10 Minutes (2 warm up - 30 brisk walk/light jog - 2 cool down)
Speed: 3.0 Miles per hour
Incline: 8%
Time: 20 minutes
Speed: 2.0 Miles per hour
Incline: 11%
I told you it wasn't pretty. Tomorrow i am just going for the slow speed with the high incline.
Today's Meals:
Breakfast:
1 cup Special K cereal
1/2 cup 2% milk
1 cup coffee w/ half and half
Lunch:
1 peanut granola bar
1 cup coffee w/ Half and Half
Dinner:
1 bowl French onion soup
1 6oz pc. of grilled salmon
1 cup +/- steamed veggies
1 cup coffee w/ Bailey's (for my throat and cold)
I had a good dinner. I wished I had a bigger lunch and less of a dinner, but the timing didn't work out. I eat a fairly healthy dinner. Nothing excessive. As I have said before it is very hard to eat in the US due to portions sizes (always HUGE) and the fact that everything is either fried or covered in bacon AND cheese.
For the remainder of the trip I will watch what I eat, making sure I eat enough and not stave myself. That would be stupid. the whole goal is to get healthy and keep to the slower speed workout with the higher incline to get my heart rate where it needs to be.
As always I will keep you posted.
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