Exercise Diary or another episode of "How I'm Wasting My Time Chasing my 25 year old body"

Went to the gym during my lunch time today to avoid the after work crowd. Can't wait until THAT crowd thins out.

I just gave the treadmill a workout today. 35 minutes at graduated inclines of 2% to 6%. Walking at about 3.9. Honestly, there were a couple of times throughout the 35 minutes that I jumped off for a 10 sec break, but I have no problem doing that. Once I hit my stride again on this machine, I'll start doing interval training where I'm hitting an incline of 8 to 10% but going full on for 30 seconds, 15 rest, full on for 30 seconds, 15 seconds rest and so on. That burns major calories.

Chris (manager/trainer/Satan) and I sat down and planned our course over the next three months. After taking my measurements and scribbles all of his calculations, he's recommending that I concentrate completely on cardio for the next three months to see if we can get the scale to start moving down again. He's not concerned with my strength, "My god, you're as strong as a horse" (I *think* that was a compliment), so he wants to address my frustration with my scale not wanted to budge.

I guess I'm going to get to know Mr. Elliptical and Mr. Treadmill pretty good.

On the iPod playlist today:
Do it or Die - Atlanta Rhythm Section
StormTroppin' - Ted Nugent
When I'm Gone - 3 Doors Down
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Animals - Nickelback
Parachute - Train
Gasoline - Rob Thomas
Mr. Skin - Spirit
Fine Again - Seether

I'm going to try and ramp it up to 5 times a week.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. :)