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because really, I’ve killed a ton of brain cells on that this week, with no reward as of yet I’m so glad it’s football season, I just wish it was year-round. On the plus side, my gym is getting Direct TV which means NFL Network. WooHOO! Just like this summer where I began spending more time at the gym for its AC, it seems as if I’ll be spending time there for their TV. So maybe football does translate to APs.

Like many trying to lose weight, I wear a heart rate monitor to track calories burned/APs while working out. I don’t have a fancy Polar or anything as I didn’t need it. I originally got a Sportsline META, which I really didn’t care for. I ended up putting it on eBay and buying a Bowflex Precision XT off buy.com. So far, I love it. I’ve never had any issues with its accuracy and it gives me a fairly consistent reading. I don’t currently eat my APs and don’t think I’m likely to on a regular basis, but I want to know what I’m burning to get an overall gauge of my activity. When I first started weight watchers I had delusions of far exceeding their suggested 28 APs/week. Oops

What I didn’t realize is how far APs would fall off as I lost weight and got presumably more fit. I miss my “easy” 8 AP days on the weekends, although I did pull off a 1003 calorie/10AP “last chance” workout the other week but that also included a 2.5 mile walk home. Especially with summer Fridays over, I very rarely have that kind of time to workout. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll happily take fewer APs in exchange for being 50 lbs lighter, but I wonder how on earth I’ll ever get 28 APs/week.

My main issue, especially during baseball season, is that I never get to the gym during the week. I’m either at the office until 8 or 9 pm or want to get home to unwind and watch a game. I’m not sure, even with Direct TV, whether that would get me to the gym on weeknights. It’s just my “me” time. I was very good about going to the gym daily before baseball started, so we’ll see what it’s like when the season ends. I like the gym for me time and always feel good once I’ve left, but I’m not sure I can get 4 APs in an hour anymore. I’ll have to re-evaluate my cardio I think. I asked a good question on MeFi when I first started working out. I think I need to revisit it.