Cranking the levels up

I experimented at the gym yesterday. The only machine I use is the X-trainer and I am not sure how it calculates all it does apart from where is measures your pulse, that works by you gripping the handlebars firmly. These handlebars have a metal plate on them, so I presume some current of some sort passes through from our hands and it enables it to determine the pulse.

So, from my determined effort over the last few days of hot yoga and X-training, I have lost a grand total of 1 lb in weight, not bad for 3 days exercising.... I punch in my weight as usual, 1 tonne plus 1 lb, and this time I cranked the level up to 12, been working at about level 9 previously. 40 minutes was the workout time I chose, off I went. It felt a bit harder, more effort needed to get to 60 rpm, and the calories were burning quicker. Previously it averaged at 100/ 9 minutes, at level 12, I had burned off 200 just over 16 minutes, woo hoo, 1 minute per 100 cals shorter than previously.

This is what I look like now ! LOL

I was pedalling happily, working up a bit of a sweat and at 77rpm, it said I was burning 987 calories/hour! If only I could pedal at 77rpm for a whole hour lol.  Being the nosey so and so that I am, I was looking at my neighbour's treadmill, she was a lovely slim Chinese girl, size 0 at a guess, tallish, slim legs, hate her already! Anyway, she was running, only 4mph but running none the less. But guess what? She was only burning 234 calories/hour! Huh! That's being slim for you, but then I suppose she doesn't need to burn off that many calories as she was already slim and had no weight to lose.

I then had this mad thought, she was burning 234 cals/hour, and there I was burning 937 cal/hr, hmmm, burning more than 3 times what she's burning, does that mean I weigh 3x more than her?  Well, weighing more burns more calories right? Is it like for like comparison or an exponential type of calculation..... hahaha, was thinking too much, the X-trainer was obviously not at a level high enough to grab all my attention. This time round, I also had some music in my ears, was listening Kiss 92.5 FM which played the hits over and over again, Rihanna, Katey Perry, Usher, Pink  all making my workout so much easier... before I knew it, I'd been on the machine for 37 minutes, I didn't want to stop, calories burned over 500 by now. Cool down for 2 minutes and I was done.

To increase my workout, I then ran back upstairs, only 5 flights, but I was puffed when I got back to the apartment. I was going to get my swimsuit and return to the pool, where earlier I had seen a rather fit chap swimming and practising with his polo ball, his physique was superb, not sure about the looks, as I didn't have my glasses on. He was in the pool faffing about with this ball, tossing it, chasing it, twirling it. With him was his girl/woman, she too looked fit in her bikini.... sigh, beautiful people.  They were leaving the pool, so I thought I could do some lengths and then soak in the hot tub...bliss. I saw Dave just as I opened the fire exit staircase door, said to him, come for a swim... he wasn't keen, but said ok.  We got ready, then faffed around, and it was 8pm, so I said, let's not go now, it's too late as we still had to have dinner. I offered to cook, but Dave was hankering after some sushi, namely an Ottawa roll, so that's what we did, I got showered and then we walked to our local sushi restaurant... Gal Sushi...

Ottawa roll

I had had a good day yesterday, I was at school, packing bananas for the Healthy Schools programme, bananas were ordered for this week. They were lovely, just the right ripeness and I went about packing the boxes for the classes, 26 in all.

I then waited for the kids to come and collect the baskets and chased the classes that had come to collect their fruit. I left at 11am, promising Lynsey to have a look at her Domo that she was making, as she had got stuck reading the pattern instructions. She kindly picked me up from school and took me to hers. She offered me some food and a cup of tea too! Too kind. She and her husband Kevin are so lovely. After a brief crochet lesson, I left for my facial.

Domo Suyin eating rice!

I fell asleep for once during the facial. It was incredible, I could hear myself snoring at one point, lol. I slept through having my eyebrows plucked and shaped! That is truly incredible. She also came back and did the most amazing shoulder and upper back massage, with me lying supine. All the tension I was holding in my upper back yielded to her kneading and hard strokes..... I left the salon not noticing my upper back for once. Before I left though, I was asked if I would like to purchase a further course of 10 sessions as I only had 3 sessions left and she wasn't sure when the price would increase. I did not give her an answer, though I wanted to say, no way! I said I had to ask the man at home.. and left it at that.

Beyonce

All in all, a good day was had and I felt almost human..the snow is still on the ground, with more falling,  sushi, yoga and the salon of hard sell at my doorstep, new friends, what more could a girl want, I ask you, what more??? A body like Beyonce's? Her money too? Hahahahahhahaha