morning workouts? yes please,

i finally broke into morning workouts today...

if you remember my post from yesterday, the gym was closed when we got there and we waited but it didnt open until after we finally left.

well this morning, we made it there a couple of minutes later than yesterday, and it was open! huzzah! i was glad, because i was dead tired and if it was closed, i would have had a really hard time waking up today.

the best thing about a morning workout, is that when you are done, you get ready for work and you realize that when you get home, you can relax. no giant schedule of running home to take care of the dogs and then getting ready for the gym, working out, coming home, making dinner, etc... it takes a lot out of your evening if you do it that way. i like morning workouts better. i'm done by 7am :)

i ended up getting to the gym at lunchtime yesterday, for 10 minutes on the elliptical, and upper body weights. good workout. not as much cardio as i wanted, but i was in a time crunch.

at the gym this morning, i did 35 minutes on the elliptical, which is my normal time, but lately i've been doing it at a 5 or 6 resistance instead of 3 or 4, so i am burning more calories and feeling it in my butt and thighs and calves. i did not do any lower body work today (besides the cardio) because my body is pretty sore from the last few days, and monday i did a pretty intense lower body workout and i am just now starting to feel normal again!

tomorrow i hope to do another 30-35 on the elliptical and then do lower body work. (i usually cut my time by 5 minutes or so on cardio when i do lower body)

saturday my husband and i are going to the lake with my parents, where we have to paint a bedroom, and i am hoping to get a semi-decent workout swimming and walking, but i probably won't kill myself to get 30 minutes of solid cardio, its going to be pretty tiring just being up there all day. for some reason, swimming at the lake just zaps all my energy and i want to nap when i'm done. i suppose we should paint the room first then eh? :)

still holding steady at around 6lbs lost. hoping to see some improvement in that once my TOM is over. pllleeeeaasseee?