Chaz1138’s BodyBlog

Okay … so today as the day where I upped my resistance/intensity because I did a good job last week.  So I went from Level 9 to Level 10 on the recumbent bike.  Now, level 9 offers some resistance, but not a lot.  I was doing 30 minutes with ease.

But Level 10 is a whoooooole different ball of wax.  Pushing the pedals was like trying to drive a Flinstone’s era ATC through a couple feet of thick mud.  For those of you not familiar with how Flintstone vehicles worked, check out this video:

Imagine trying to mud bog with Fred’s car powered by your own two feet.  Most of the time, I barely got over 70 rpms, but I still burned off my 250+ calories for my effort.

I also upped my elliptical to Level 11, but that barely added more resistance.

*sighs*

Well, I weighed myself this morning and, according to the new digital scales, I have gained 10 lbs since February.  But my man-boobs have shrunk ‘way down, so go figure …
Not happy with that (referring to the weight gain, not my shrinking man-boobs) especially since I have started doing an hour of cardio in the morning, in the gym in the building where I work.  I burn off just slightly over 600 calories doing 30 mins of recumbent bike, on level 9, and then 28 minutes on the elliptical on level 10.

Maybe I need to see a dietician … ?