Today at the Gym
Evening everyone
. Well I was planning on going to the gym by myself then my sister rings me and says she's coming along too. I was fine doing my workout but she knows I've been going on and on about how I love the rowing machine so she challenged me to see who burns the most cals in 10 minutes ! Also at stake was whoever losses will pay for our meal out tomorrow. I thought my chances were pretty high since she is 3 stone heavier than me
. So the battle began
. My tactic was to start with a strong lead so I powered away and used up a lot of my energy, she was just behind me but steady, in the last 5 mins she just picked up like she was on fire
, she totally thrashed me !
Lesson learnt never judge someone's physical fitness based on their size. She may be heavier than me but her fitness level is way higher than mine ! I remember last year we went to The Health and Vitality Exhibition in London Olympia, its a massive annual event with trade experts talking about health and fitness from the Industry. At one of the stands they had this fabby high tech machine which told you lots of stuff like your bone mass index as well as other stuff but most fascinating to me anyway was it calculated your fat vs muscle percentage in your body. We both paid and opted to use their machine and I was amazed at the results ! Her muscle percentage is way higher than me. The lady at the stand said although your sister is heavier, she is more fitter than you, your fat percentage is too high.
I know that during my journey even though I've lost 4 stone a lot of that has been mainly through diet and not exercise. I've restarted again at the gym and hope to change my muscle percentage to a higher figure. It's made me realise that the number on the scale is not important, its your level of fitness that is. I don't regret my journey but if I could change something, I wish I had started exercise earlier on, I would rather be a stone heavier but have a higher fitness level like my sister. She could beat me in any exercise challenge
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I do also blame George Michael for losing the challenge ... I had my mp3 player on, and I am used to working out to fast tracks, but somehow while I was powering away some button must have pressed and `Careless Whisper ' went on repeat, who the f**k downloaded that ?
It's no wonder I slowed down !!
I had to take my revenge though, when we got home I was shattered but muscled up all the energy that I had left to give her a bruce lee style kick, she went flying ! Awww sisterly love eh ?
Going to post up todays eats in a bit ...
, then off to the gym ! 
