The good news: I lost half a pound at home despite all the carrot cake and lack of activity. I thought having dogs would be a good exercise, and instead I end up with dogs that are lazier than I am.
I could have gone crazy with food this weekend, and instead I have shown incredible restraint! A friend tempted me with McCafe and I only had a small hot chocolate after a strenuous workout (I fuckin earned it, OKAY?!)
I had two great workouts on Saturday and Sunday to get back into the swing of things.
The bad news: I did some Googling on the benefits of elliptical training to see if I was doing things right and I stumbled upon a website that had me enter my weight and number of minutes spent ellipticalling, and according to its calculations I can expect to lose 73 pounds in the next year if I exercise every day.
EVERY DAMN DAY.
I honestly thought the payoff would be much more for 365 days of exercising. I was expecting to be told 73 pounds by exercising 5 days a week, which I can totally handle.
On top of that, there were many negative comments about the effectiveness of elliptical training and I'm concerned. For me at my current weight and fitness level, I feel like this is the best chance I have at making any significant progress. I know down the road I'll have to step it up in terms of intensity, but until then I'm worried. For no good reason, too. I've heard and seen enough success stories first-hand to know that it's not the type of exercise that makes a different but the degree of commitment.
I'm committed. I can do commitment. Right? Right.
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