No Turning Back

I did it! I signed up for the fitness challenge. I knew if I didn’t do it today I would talk myself out of it by next week. But there’s no turning back now! I’m excited to give myself  a benchmark–and then blow it out of the water! I’m ready for the gauntlet they say I will face. I will conquer it this time and destroy it by the third and final run at it in 3 months!

The elliptical gave me a great workout this morning. I increased the cross ramp  and the resistance (both up to 10) today and I definitely felt a difference. I’m not sure why, but when I started out, I didn’t think I could stay at the higher levels for more than a few minutes. But I stayed up there for more than half of my hour long workout!! At first, I was really pushing myself at that effort level, but as the minutes wore on, it became comfortable. My heart was racing, but I was keeping my heart rate just below my anaerobic threshold (AT). Feeling the blood pumping through me was so invigorating! I was so energized after my hour on the elliptical that I actually considered hopping on a bike for 30 minutes, but decided against it because I had kids waiting to go to the pool.

As I sit here writing this, I can tell I got a great workout in today. My body is exhausted! And I am having a very difficult time keeping my eyes open, despite the fact that it’s just 10 p.m. – and I took a cat nap this evening! Yay! Maybe these harder workouts will tire my body out and I will finally be rid of my insomnia! I’m off to bed so I can get up and hit the gym again in the morning.