DaveGetsFit

I headed the gym at lunch time today for an appointment with the Concept2 rowing machine.  I warmed up 15 minutes on a recumbent bicycle,  another five minutes on the rower, and then did a round of Tabata.  I wrote down my distance and stroke rate on each work portion, but I can’t find the piece of paper (it’s probably sitting on my desk at work).  Wish I had realized that before I worked on the html code for 15 minutes to put in the table!   But I can say that my average was around 92km at 42 strokes per minute for each of the eight work intervals.  I also checked my heart rate at the finish of the last two intervals and it was 155bpm each time.  The old standard 220-age forumula puts my max heart rate at 163.  Now I’m sure that isn’t accurate in my case but I was definitely in the anaerobic threshhold range.  I was hampered by having to place my foot so that I didn’t put pressure where I’m experiencing the pain, so that hampered my performance somewhat.  It was still, however, a good workout.

EDIT: Sure enough–the paper with my rowing results was on my desk.  Here’s the distance in km and strokes per minute for each interval:

1. 95  42
2. 97  42
3. 93  45
4. 92  42
5. 88  42
6. 90  42
7. 91  42
8. 91  42

Morning weight:  206lbs

I’m getting a tad frustrated with my lack of weight loss.  I’ve been doing a good job of avoiding junk so I don’t think that’s to blame.  In thinking about it, I think I know what the problem is.  During the period where I lost 30 pounds, my main meal was the “big ass” salad which contained a moderate helping of protein.  I may have had a small chicken breast cut up in it, or a can of tuna, or some ham.  But lately I’ve gotten away from the salad and have been eating meat—a lot of it.  I think I’m probably eating now at a level where I can sustain my current weight, but if I want to shed some body fat, I’m going to have to exercise a little more portion control.  So it’s time to shrug off my lazy streak and start making some salads, and quit eating 12 ounce steaks for dinner.