(First workout was a 6 mile tempo run early morning)
I did end up getting my bags (well, I decided to go with one bag instead of two) packed and headed over to Luke's house for us to work out together.
After making our pizzas the other night, I had some left over spinach. After thinking & looking around what to make, I realised that a blogger I used to follow always raved about "Green Monsters." Spinach, flax, banana & milk (soy, cow's, almond) & ice. Doesn't sound too good, right? I knew that we weren't planning on eating before working out, so as soon as I got to Luke's I made these concoctions & just doubled the recipe. Then waited & waited & waited. 15 minutes after he said that he'd be home, I called his work. Sure enough still there. So I drank mine. I loved it!! I couldn't believe it! The banana gave it such a sweet taste and the ice made it nice & cold.
After waiting an hour, Luke finally had his. I told him I already drank mine and even went back for what was left in the blender. He had one sip and he said, well, you'll be having some more. I made the shocked face and said, what? you really don't like it? After a few more sips, he claims he liked it. I don't know if it's because of my shocked and hurt expression or if he really meant it. He did end up drinking the rest of it.
Then to the gym where we did weights. The big new one for me was the barbell bench press. Sweet guy thought I could lift the barbell as well as 10 pounds. Just in the first set of 10 alone, I started to sweat with just the barbell! But I did manage to do another set of 10 and finished up with only 8 in the 3rd set. Another new lift was again on a bench and a barbell. Again, he thought I could do 30 lbs but I downgraded and went with 20! This time, I lifted the barbell straight up, hands close together and bent my elbows & brought the barbell to my forehead and back up again. Holy triceps! In addition to the workout my poor triceps already got earlier, then we threw a medicine ball at the wall and caught it above our heads.
Then swimming. I stink at swimming again. After 3 lengths, I had to pause for a rest. Boo. I did manage to get 16 total and I could have kept going but only with pauses again but once I hit the wall at 16, I threw off my googles and said, dammit, I ran 6 miles this morning. I don't need to workout that badly!
Afterwards, he suggested another Green Monster and we split one serving. Just to get rid of the spinach however it's still not gone! Then I had a veggie sausage & fries with BBQ sauce.
I added up all that I ate & worked out in my Lose It! app on my Touch and I had a net loss in calories for the day. Whoops. I told that to Luke and he asked if I was doing all that for him. God, no, I responded. For him, no. Because of him, yes. I wouldn't have done a triple workout if not for him. And he even said that if I hadn't had been there, he wouldn't have gone swimming, much less gone to the gym. I told him that I was doing pushups right around the time we became official. And then my co-worker & I started to workout to help motivate each other. I always wanted to incorporate some sort of weights in my workout (I've got such skinny scrawny arms) but never could keep it up. But now, I have bicep definition! Aaaaand... that's about it. :( Nothing in the legs yet. My tricep cut is now gone, it looks like. But if I start the pushups again and keep up with the medicine ball (did that at lunch today) then I should get it back in no time!
Off to San Francisco tonight, skiing at Lake Tahoe over the weekend and a 12 mile run on Monday somehow...
