Why happiness isn't guaranteed after weight loss. - Science of Us
Seven hours of solid sleep with no wide-awake episodes and vivid dreaming. Eight minutes of the Air Walk Trainer first thing in the morning to burn off glycogen. I started on the second season of Grimm after staying up late last night to watch the season finale of the first season.
Omron body fat monitor: 27.1, BMI: 19.3. My mini-goal is to hit 25 and stay there for a while. My long term goal is to hit the 13-17 range for men suggested by the AARP BMI calculator. I hope to get the EatSmart scale by next week and we'll see what those numbers are.
Today is a down day (500 calories) on the Alternate-Day Diet and a strength training day. No back tension today, thank goodness. I started throwing out salt packets today.
Nine minutes of stretching in bed. Three wall slides (planks for your legs), one minute each. Twenty-four minutes of leg-strengthening exercises with 1 1/4 pound ankle weights on the mat, two sets of 10 reps each: hip abductions, leg and knee raises, 28 minutes of leg-strengthening exercise with ankle weights on and around a chair, two sets of 10 reps each: hip abductions, leg, knee, and toes raises. Forty-five minutes of the dumbbell whole body conditioning program, three sets of 10 reps each with six-pound weights. Cardio: 45 minutes on the Air Walk Trainer.