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There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.. in this case, I am referring to working out. Ugh.. I had a frustrating day at work yesterday, and decided to go to the gym to 'sweat it out'. I reasoned that, since I usually do about thirty minutes of cardio that I'd do an hour instead, to get my mind off things. The cross-training machine I was using measures your 'target heart rate' while you're working out, and takes your weight and your heart rate to determine how many calories you're burning. It also adjusts the resistance to keep you at your target heart rate throughout your workout. No problem there! I was going along fine, then I'd start thinking about what happened that day and I'd start going faster and harder and a little message would come up and say 'slow down to reduce target heart rate!' Funny how that seemed to happen everytime I thought about that situation. ;) In the end, I worked out for about an hour and a half, burned over 500 calories (1/3 of my daily calorie consumption!) and I was really proud of myself. Danna had dinner plans but came by for a bit to say hi and vent to eachother about our day.. we work for the same company, at different locations. I felt great when I came home, until later that night..
I woke up at midnight, in horrible pain. It felt like shin splints, but in my arms. It was bad enough that it woke me up, and I ended up choking down some oatmeal and taking some pain meds. I called one of the trainers today (mine is in Hawaii, getting married!) and they said I needed more potassium. I told him I take a multi-vitamin, but he says that's not enough, so I went and picked up a potassium supplement at the store. It still hurts, so between that and pain meds, hopefully it will go away. :(
Husband is barbecuing teriyaki chicken burgers, and he cleaned the whole house today! He starts his new job on Monday, and then we'll have whole weekends together again. I'm so happy :) Like most couples, we both can get pretty bitchy when we don't get enough time together!
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