I haven't blogged in a while. Not any particular reason, just had nothing to report.Last week I joined a local gym and have been working hard to get in shape. I am doing about 30 minutes on the treadmill, then 45 minutes of weight training, then another 20 to 30 minutes of cardio. This morning I was at the gym by 7am for a yoga class. That was no easy task since my arms were sore from the previous days workout. It's going pretty well so far and now I have a workout buddy. It's good for me to have someone to hold me accountable and to encourage me. I still think that sweating is gross even if the trainers say that its a good thing. It's GROSS!!!!!
Anyway, I am committed to being healthier and its just as simple as that. I'm even trying to be more responsible by taking the bus to the gym rather than the car. Less gas money and less parking money.
My weight has been below 200 for the last 5 days or so. While this sounds good, its really not. I should be down more than that. But before I joined the gym I wasn't getting enough exercise. That will certainly change now. I also intend to take measurements from time to time. Even if I'm not losing poundage I could be losing inches which is also fabulous. It makes me wonder however, that the surgeon did not take measurements of my body before the surgery. Even more so that he hasn't wanted measurements since the surgery. Either way, I'm going to do it on my own for my own benefit. This is the first time I've been below 200 pounds since high school 11 years ago. Every time I get on the scale and see a 1 in the front of my weight I do a little dance. The first time I saw it I cried.
So anyway, progress is being made. Slow and sure. That might actually be better than losing so rapidly anyway. It might give my skin a chance to bounce back a little which might eliminate some of the need to have excess skin removed later. Whatever...its all good!
Aside from being jobless, exhausted from the gym, and hungry (which rarely happens now)...I feel great!
2 comments:
Good work on the gym and especially on the yoga. A piece of advice from personal experience, though. As you build muscle, don't be surprised if your weight goes back up some. I'm going through that now, and it freaks the fuck out of me. (And makes me fairly happy that I don't own a scale.) Go with the fit of your clothes and how you feel :)
Whoo hoo! That's so exciting!
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