Week 2 . Day 1

So ... I was wrong. My deepest apologies to anyone who thought I knew what I was talking about when I said you couldn't listen to a podcast during a Nike+ workout. All you have to do is add whatever podcast you're interested in listening to to a playlist, and you'll be just fine. So... main point: I'm an idiot.

Good news though - I did figure that out before 9 weeks from now, so Mr. Nike got to accompany me on my run. Mr. Nike doesn't talk to me because I just go for the open ended workout, but that's okay. Robert talks to me.

Today, Mr. Nike reports: 2.25mi, 13:15 pace

Today felt pretty easy. I mean, I was working hard enough to be breathing hard, but no real discomfort anywhere or feelings of exhaustion - hurrah - and I still have two more workouts to "get used to this" before it gets harder.

I'm not sure how well he's calibrated. The treadmill reported 2 miles, I told it to give me a 17:00 walking pace and a 11:00 running pace (I'm not doing the math to see what that should equal given my intervals), but the treadmills in my fitness center probably aren't that well calibrated either so I don't know who to trust. haha. For now, we'll stick with what Mr. Nike says.

--- oops --- I ate 5 (five!) peanut butter balls today. ugh. I feel like I gained 10 pounds just thinking about it. With that exception, I've been pretty close to my 1400-1600 calories per day.

so... didn't swim

But to make up for not swimming, I did cycle (stationary) for 30ish minutes. I also did a little bit of upper body resistance training. I like resistance training, and I know how good it is for you (especially when you're trying to burn fat!) but I don't know if I need another thing to add right now. I'm a little afraid that if I take on all of these new things, I'll implode or something. We'll see as the weeks come. For now I'm going to put the RT in the "if I feel like it" category and just aim for 30 minutes twice a week. I can easily take a 30 minute break from work to do a little lifting - and I don't get all sweaty doing it either, so mid-day will work.

Speaking of new things, I started a food diary @ thedailyplate.com - it's very easy! You can also log your workouts, which is probably wildly inaccurate, but I'm trying it for now. They say I'm in a 600-calorie deficit for today - if I can keep that up everyday, I can lose a pound a week!

I have noticed, however, that I eat basically all of my calories in the evening. My breakfast and lunch are maybe 200 and 300 calories on any given day. Then I eat probably a bigger serving of dinner than I should. Although I cook pretty healthful foods, portion control is still important. Even though my # of calories seems to be in line, I'm worried that eating most of them later in the day (when my metabolism is slowing down for bedtime) is packing on the weight.

Also - mindless eating!! Jeez. The food diary is making me painfully aware of that piece of birthday cake I ate today - probably 300 calories and I don't even like birthday cake. Heh.

Tomorrow: finish Week 1 training -- use the ipod+ system for the first time