2007-01-01

After the most sedate New Year's Eve I've ever had (it was wonderful- Owen went in his crib and went straight to sleep at 8pm, entirely due to my mad par3nt1ng 5k1llz!), It was good to get to the gym today.

Joanne met me there, and together we did the following workout:

"Helen"
Run 400m (1/4 mile)
55lb dumbbell swings x 21
12 pullups.

I managed in 12:04.98, 27 seconds faster than last time. However, the time is a little funky, as I wasted 2 minutes on a treadmill that took *forever* (over a minute) to get up to speed, and then quit suddenly after .05 of a mile.... GRR. So I had to switch treadmills. As I started the run, the watch was saying 2:04 into the second round, so I took 2 minutes off that round, and didn't take credit for the running I'd already done.

So I'm not sure how accurate that adjustment is- I probably got some rest while I was trying to get the first treadmill working and up to speed, and there's about a 10-second gap between the end of the last round and the start of running on the next one, so I may be overoptimistic in my adjustment.

I might have just done the same workout for the 4th time within 3 seconds. Hey, at least I'm consistent.

Joanne did well- she had less equipment trouble than me, and did assisted pullups instead of her usual pulldowns. I think she's ready to graduate from Buttercup to Puppy.

Day 2 of the Zone (not counting the carby overindulgence of yesterday evening- NA beer, oatmeal raisin cookies, and other things). I'm supposed to be at 23 blocks a day, and it's a nice amount of food. I don't feel deprived in the slightest. I don't think I was getting enough protein before- we'll see how it works out now that I'm on track to get 150+grams of protein a day. By all accounts, Crossfit + Zone = good things physiologically.

Near as I can tell, I was only getting 80-100 grams a day. Probably enough to support a sedentary lifestyle, but not Crossfit + running + whatever.