We had an incredible work out yesterday. We were at the gym for two hours, but some of that time, we were waiting for the spinning class to start. I found out that the reason why Scott quit his spinning class last time was because he couldn't get the bike adjusted right, and the clips that his shoes go in to were broken on one petal. So, he just got frustrated and quit. Since no one was able to help him get a decent bike last time, I decided to just help him until the new bikes come in. He hasn't had any problem with people helping him in the past, but I guess last time was different. I think he feels bad taking away from my workout, but they are expecting the new bikes any day now. I'm not too worried about losing 10 minutes of my workout for a few weeks.

Speaking of bikes, I think I know what is up with me and the hateful stationary bike. My feet start burning about 9 minutes into my workout--bad. I was thinking about why and then our trip to buy Scott's biking shoes came to mind. I remember the guy in the bike department of Sun & Ski Sports said that bike shoes have steel support in them to support your arch while cycling. So, my hypothesis is that my feet are getting stretched in the wrong way becuase my arch isn't being supported. It will be a very cold day in hell before I buy myself bike shoes, so I think I am just going to pass on the damned thing going forward. I'll just keep my cardio on the treadmill and stairmaster, where I like it! Screw the hateful stationary bike.

I was fairly tired by the end of the evening so I think we need to move more calories to earlier in the day on gym days. Right now we have a fairly substantial amount of our calories after our workout for dinner on the gym days. I think if we re-arrange it, we won't feel so wiped out. I think I was more exhausted than Scott was, though.

So today we are having friends over for dinner. I have already logged my meal portions for dinner and I am over on calories with only one glass of wine. I am trying to figure out what to modify. I am only over by about 100 calories, so it isn't too bad, I suppose. I was just really hoping to be able to have two glasses of wine. Oh well. Need to keep my priorities straight.

Just in case I was feeling a little bloated tomorrow for my weigh-in, I decided to weigh myself last night to get a feel of where I was. I usually don't like to weigh in too much, but I wanted to build myself up in case I was disappointed on Saturday. It showed 327.75. I was like 331.25 on Tuesday when I had to use my "regular" scale to adjust my prior weeks loss. So, even if I am all bloated tomorrow morning when we get back to the gym, I know I really did make progress. I won't be disappointed or frustrated.

You know, CK recorded that I burned over 1,000 calories yesterday during my workout. I am skeptical about that number. However, my heart rate was up at 65% for AT LEAST 100 minutes yesterday at the gym (even though I only recorded 79 because my weight training is not vigorous, it is moderate, but CK doesn't have an entry for moderate weight training), so even if I didn't burn 1,000, I probably burned enough to not have to stress out about my extra 100 calories today! I think I will accept that overage and just have a great time with my friends. Maybe I can find some time to walk this afternoon if I really feel it is necessary!

Update: Wooohooo! When I went to Omaha Steaks to pick up my Chateaubriand, it was a crazy price! So, I settled on their pre-cooked pot roast for dinner tonight, instead. I came back to my food diary and modified it. Now, I am under my calories for today!!! Yay for being cheap. Now I can have that second glass of wine, too.