Making Progress!

I had to get up at 6 a.m. to make it to my 7 a.m. workout this morning for my last training session of the week, and while the lack of sleep wasn't so great, the beginning of today's session made it all worth it!

First thing we had to do was a weigh-in. Haven't done one since I first met Amanda 3 weeks ago, but my weight is down fairly significantly from then. But my weight tends to fluctuate quite a bit, so I wasn't all that excited. However, we also did a body fat analysis, and that's decreased 3% from 3 weeks ago! Apparently you normally lose about 2% per month once you start with hard-core training and diet, so I was really happy to see that I've already surpassed the norm.

After the weigh-in, I was even more motivated to push myself during the workout, which was focused 100% on legs today. In the last couple sessions, there have been a few times where I couldn't quite finish the last three or four reps in a set without taking a quick rest. There were defeinitely a few times when I felt like my muscles were completely exhausted, but I pushed through and finished every set without breaking. I did three sets of each of the following: quad machine, hamstring machine, squats while holding a weight bar on my shoulders (not very comfortable, but I did it!), and more dead lifts. We finished off with two laps of lunges around the gym, and the 30 minutes was up!

I did 45 minutes on the Arc Trainer after my session with Amanda was over, and I felt pretty sluggish on it. My heart rate stayed elevated, though, and I was happy to know that I get to rest and recover until Sunday afternoon.

I'm back in North Canton for Megan's wedding, and my dad's taking me out for dinner tonight. I had planned on using last night's "Date Night" with my friend Elika as my cheat meal at Eleven, but ended up ordering some delicious grilled salmon instead, so I can use my cheat meal tonight. I'm going to have to watch what I eat at the wedding tomorrow, but Amanda said I could have a small piece of cake, so that made me happy :)

Yay weekend!