Desipte the snow and the strong desire to not lug my gym bag around with me today, I made it to the gym this morning. And I was glad I did. After about 5 minutes, when my joints got warm and the blood got pumping, I felt fantastic and managed to keep my feet moving at 150 rpms or more for the whole workout. I do love the elliptical. But I'm starting to realize that I really do need to pick it up an notch. Things are starting to feel too easy. I either have to go for longer, or increase my speed, or try something new. I'm thinking about swimming once or twice a week instead of watp or the elliptical. Perhaps...

Or I should concentrate on adding a couple evening workouts - weights and stretching. And ABS!!! I need to get back to sit ups every night, or my poor belly will be flabby forever, no matter how much weight I lose. I need to really sit down and plan a course of attack. The morning workouts are routine now, which is what I wanted. Now it's moving on to making weekend workouts and possibly evening ones routine as well...

As for the eating - the detox diet starts on saturday. A quick two-week one this time to flush (hopefully) the sugar dependancy out of my system. Christmas was wonderful, but the desire to eat chocolate and refined sugar is strong after eating it every day for more than a month. Getting back to whole foods, fruits, veggies and whole grains, etc. will be a very good thing.