tgif: the gym is far

This weekend I'm going to build a schedule. I'm not going to take it from a website or a book, rather, I'm going to build my own schedule and adjust it as I see fit.

This plan for this month is: fat loss. (This I type as I drink an iced latte?) In my opinion, I'm fairly muscular, but if I don't start trimming off some fat I'm going to end up looking like a rugby-playing lesbian. I will continue to work on my abdomenals and lower back, as they've been long neglected over the years. Concrete plan to follow this weekend.

I got a great start to my plan this morning: I got up and went to the gym. I've read that working out in the morning (before breakfast) is more productive for fat burning. Training in the morning jump starts the metabolism and keeps it elevated for up to 24 hours. As a result, the body burns more calories in a day. Also, levels of muscle and liver glycogen are low when we first wake up. With depleted glycogen and lower blood sugar, the body is in a better state to burn fat instead of carbohydrates.

Working out in the morning is going to be difficult, but I'm going to give it a good effort. This morning was not easy. I felt very dehydrated and sleepy. Tonight I'm going to drink massive amounts of water before bed and tomorrow I'll have a small cup of coffee before I exercise.

Speaking of coffee, lately I've been drinking coffee before working out and it makes me sweat like a fiend: I love it.