{"id":9670,"date":"2010-12-01T13:19:51","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T21:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=9670"},"modified":"2010-12-01T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T21:19:51","slug":"i-will-not-cry-on-the-treadmill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=9670","title":{"rendered":"I Will Not Cry on the Treadmill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, and most important, the winner of the cookbook giveaway is&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><em>BETH! From<a href=\"http:\/\/bethsjourney.com\/\"> Beth&#8217;s Journey to Thin<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><em>Beth-email me asap with your mailing address. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><em>Congrats!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tuesday night I went to the gym after work. To be honest I&#8217;ve been in a funk for a few days. Last weekend when I ran my two miles on the treadmill my knee started to bug me. Not pain like I experienced with my ITB injury in September but uncomfortable enough to be frustrated. I haven&#8217;t been on the treadmill since Saturday and last night was no different.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/elliptical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9673\" title=\"elliptical\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/elliptical-e1291235298163-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/elliptical-e1291235298163-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/elliptical-e1291235298163.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I decided to skip the treadmill again last night. I didn&#8217;t want to have a meltdown on the treadmill because my knee hurt. I decided to do the new elliptical machine that I&#8217;ve grown fond of.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to participate in the #fitblog Twitter chat but it was difficult on the machine. I was sweating buckets!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sweatmonster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9675\" title=\"sweatmonster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sweatmonster-e1291235874277-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sweatmonster-e1291235874277-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sweatmonster-e1291235874277.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last time I was on the elliptical (my first time trying this new one) I took it easy and only spent about 8 minutes on it. This time, I did 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ellipticaltime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9674\" title=\"ellipticaltime\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ellipticaltime-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ellipticaltime-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ellipticaltime.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Level 27 out of 100. I think it&#8217;s a good start. I burned 286 calories on the elliptical machine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ellipticalcalories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9676\" title=\"ellipticalcalories\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ellipticalcalories-e1291235979450-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ellipticalcalories-e1291235979450-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ellipticalcalories-e1291235979450.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I didn&#8217;t have any knee pain on the elliptical. And I didn&#8217;t cry either! \ud83d\ude09 The rest of my workout was focused:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weights: Arms, Shoulders and Abs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Core work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I alternated between doing crunches on this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/crunches.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9677\" title=\"crunches\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/crunches-e1291236213829-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/crunches-e1291236213829-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/crunches-e1291236213829.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>With doing the Russian Twist with this 8 pound Medicine Ball:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/medicineball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9678\" title=\"medicineball\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/medicineball-e1291236276933-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/medicineball-e1291236276933-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/medicineball-e1291236276933.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Then The Plank. I did a set of these three things for about 15 minutes before stretching, Foam Rolling, and calling it a night. Around that time, I got a text from Michael about dinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/texting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9680\" title=\"texting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/texting-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/texting-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/texting.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m in the green. \ud83d\ude42 Basically we were going to make salmon patties and the recipe called for 2 cans of canned salmon. I&#8217;ve worked with canned salmon in the past making things like Salmon Loaf&#8211;and it turned out delicious. I guess Michael couldn&#8217;t handle the idea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gym Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: 1:23<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calories Burned: 566<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/totalcalories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9681\" title=\"totalcalories\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/totalcalories-e1291236565390-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/totalcalories-e1291236565390-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/totalcalories-e1291236565390.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>When I got home, Michael was working on &#8220;Plan B&#8221; and I immediately devoured my salad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/salad1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9682\" title=\"salad1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/salad1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/salad1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/salad1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I added some Light Ranch dressing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/saladdressing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9683\" title=\"saladdressing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/saladdressing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/saladdressing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/saladdressing.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Michael blackened some salmon fillets and browned some French Bread.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tapenade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9685\" title=\"tapenade\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tapenade-e1291237005133-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tapenade-e1291237005133-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/tapenade-e1291237005133.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>He spread some Olive Tapenade on the French bread slices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BREAD1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9686\" title=\"BREAD1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BREAD1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BREAD1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BREAD1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Then he topped the bread with the blackened salmon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bread2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9688\" title=\"bread2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bread2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bread2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bread2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/salmonsandwich.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9689\" title=\"salmonsandwich\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/salmonsandwich-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/salmonsandwich-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/salmonsandwich.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It was amazing! I loved this opened-faced sandwich idea. It was a bit messy but it was delicious! I loved the flavor combos. I never could have come up with this tasty idea. It&#8217;s giving me ideas for other open-faced sandwiches&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: What&#8217;s your favorite open-faced sandwich?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, and most important, the winner of the cookbook giveaway is&#8230;. BETH! From Beth&#8217;s Journey to Thin. Beth-email me asap with your mailing address. Congrats! Tuesday night I went to the gym after work. To be honest I&#8217;ve been in a funk for a few days. Last weekend when I ran my two miles on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322,8,492,315,101,581,104,114,123,212,1663,1468,277,282,299,301],"tags":[1979,1767,1614,8770,8619,1954,8635,1446,1980,1978,8707,8810,1507],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9670"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9695,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9670\/revisions\/9695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}