Fri, Feb 10 - HIIT me!

i must admit

super discouraged

with the scale result today

1# lost (if i round up)

since last week

i know i worked harder than that!

the scale is next to my treadmill

i stepped off the scale

and nearly walked away
it just didn't seem worth it

to keep trying

[conversation in my head at 5:30a]

so what r u going to do tvz?

u going to go back to eating CRAP?
and sitting/sleeping for 24 hours every day

OR

r u going to continue to limit your sitting/sleeping to 23 1/2 hours each day?

and continue to eat FOOD?

i turned on the tv

and stepped onto the treadmill

i very well know the definition of insanity

--doing the same thing over and over, but expecting different results--

i want/need to see improved results
so HIIT me!
for the remainder of February
i am doing High Intensity Interval Training
5 minute warm-up
1 minute sprinting
2 minute walking
repeat sprinting/walking 7x
5 minute cool down

here is the kicker
during the 1-minute segments
choose a high intensity speed at which you can sustain for no more than 1 minute
after 1 minute you should feel like you just tried to outrun a train


so these short thick legs of mine
in january have been c25k endurance training in the 4.5-5.0 range
so i did my first HIIT segment at 5.5mph - totally survived
second segment at 6.0 - went surprisingly well
then 6.5 - quite impressed what i can do when it's only for 1 minute
fourth segment at 7.0 - crazy train
fifth segment attempted at 7.5 - train hit me, didn't survive 1 minute
7.0 is my HIIT pace today
note --> i read you must rest at least 48 hours between HIIT workouts
more info at http://walking.about.com/od/treadmillworkouts/a/treadmillhiit.htm

i-decide-well
tvz