For a few weeks now, my weight seems to have been trending downward. It has dipped below 170 lbs several times in the recent few weeks.
Losing weight isn’t something I’m trying to do.
On the other hand, I’m not trying to gain weight either.
A little weight loss is perfectly okay, as long as it is loss of fat.
The reason it is perfectly okay to lose weight if it is fat loss is because it’s extremely easy to gain it back. But as I said, I’m not trying to lose or gain weight.
It (the downward trend in weight) is probably happening because lately I’ve been avoiding two things which will add weight very quickly.
Namely, alcohol and sugar. Coffee is always black, unsweetened. I try also to avoid artificial sweeteners which, sadly, stimulate the body to produce insulin because the body “thinks” sugar has been consumed. Insulin is one of the main things in the body’s process for fat storage.
Gabbing about weight changes, fat, etc isn’t the purpose of this blog. The “About” page, if you haven’t yet visited it, addresses its purpose.
It’s about time to say something about today’s workout. So here it is. The workout started with 200 Calories on the SkiErg. The activity of burning those 200 Calories included a few moderate intervals. After the SkiErg session was over, I moved my sitter to the rowing machine. (Would the sitter be called a stander, while a person is standing to use the SkiErg?)
On the rowing machine the goal was set to a distance of 10,000 meters. It was done at a moderate pace which turned out to be 2:12.8 / 500 meters. No intervals, no racing. But after it was finished, my hands were trembling ever so slightly as if I’d been racing.
Perhaps a 10K pace of 2:12.8 is enough to get a person a little bit “het up”?
Happy rowing to you!