Ended up not having time for laundry or bike shop. But, I'm home now and doing some cooking for next week--roasting a turkey breast and about to make some turkey taco meat and a beef-and-veggie stir fry. Thought about doing a baked spaghetti squash alfredo with chicken and broccoli, but the oven is only so big. Maybe I'll put that together tomorrow night...since Monday is my day off from workouts.
I did have an awesome workout today, though. Don't get me wrong, I still hate the cardio, but I got through it...even though I wanted to quit at about the 12-minute mark. But, I didn't quit. I stayed on that damned machine for the full hour, and I got in 5.5 miles. Sweaty beast doesn't even begin to describe it. I, and my new (tighter fitting) workout clothes, were completely drenched in sweat by the end. And then I rinsed myself off in the shower and got in the pool for drills and a handful of laps...1500m in total for the pool.
Swimming is really the only non-lifting exercise that I get a mental high from. Given a little time for food and rest/recovery after getting out of the water, and I get completely silly and kid-like. More than one friend has poked fun at me about that. I do have to admit, though, that it is pretty amusing.
In tangentially-related news, I bought a new scale this weekend. The new scale is on crack. First off, it weighs me at close to ten lbs heavier than my old scale, but that part doesn't really bother me. I'll go with it, because I'm more interested in the trend of that number than the number itself. The cracked out part is that this is a scale that measures body fat, muscle mass, water, and bone mass through bioelectrical impedance. And while I've never put faith in those numbers, the sheer comedy of the numbers this thing spit out at me was freakin' awesome. First off, it came back with 41% body fat--now, I know I'm fat, but I also know that there is no way in hell that my bf% is upwards of 40. Then, it said 40.1% water. And 69.3% muscle. Oh, and 7.6% bone. That makes me 158.6% of a person.
Fuck! No wonder I'm so big...I'm, like, a person and a half! *eye roll*
(Even if you assume that water and bone should just be included in the "muscle" number as lean mass, that still comes out to 110.3%)
So, yeah. If you ever wonder why some people tell you those scales are often worse than useless...there you go.
Since caliper measurements (which, admittedly, I haven't done in awhile) usually put me in the high 20's (~27%) for body fat, as do circumference calculators (~28%), and my handheld Omron device generally fluctuates in the 32-37% range, I think a number in the low-ish 30's is more realistic. For purposes of figuring out my protein and fat requirements, I generally estimate my body fat at 32-33% and call it good. This means I have ~160lbs of lean body mass (not muscle, but total lean body mass--water, muscle, bone, organs, etc.), which is pretty high for a girl, especially of my height, but fairly believable if you've ever met me...or seen an x-ray of my torso/ribcage.
Ok. I need more food now. (Hey, I'm eating for one and a half here!)