Back to Work

I'm back to work which means I'm back to hitting the gym at 5:30 in the AM. Early. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't go to bed so late, but I do go to bed "so late" and so its bad. But all the same, I'm back at it.

I'm trying to get in at least a couple days of weight lifting each week, with hardcore cardio the other 4 days. That would be, of course, on a week of "perfect" gym attendance. Unfortunately, that won't be this week. The only way I was able to peel myself off the mattress this morning was the thought that I'll sleep in tomorrow. What can I say? You've got to make compromises in any sort of relationship.

Today I ran for 40 minutes, did 3 sets of stairs (I would have done more but I was already tired, and considering my butt is killing me from the hike we went on for FHE...it wasn't gonna happen), and then a few ab exercises. I burned 412 calories according to my heart rate monitor. Not too shabby. Now if only I could start eating better...

Overall, I like being back on a schedule. I eat better and workout more during the school year. I always think I'll do better in the summer when I have so much time...but its simply not true. So back to the grind, and hopefully back to shedding a few pounds here and there.