A couple of posts and maybe two weeks ago I blogged that I joined a gym. Gold’s Gym, in fact. I just wanted to give a quick update as to how that is going.
I finally met with my personal trainer this week. OMG, it was brutal. She has me working with free weights and I have an entire circuit of exercises that I have to do. She asked me what areas I wanted to work on the most. I told her my arms, stomach, and inner thighs. So, I am doing exercises just for that. I then went straight from the circuit workout to a Bodyflow class. My inner thighs were screaming at me by the end of the Bodyflow class, but it was good.
Now here are my litany or excuses as to why I have not been to the gym more often. Last weekend I went to Pittsburgh to help my mom. Wednesday’s and every other Thursdays I have writer’s groups meetings, which I had both this week. I did take Wednesday off and left work early on Thursday, so theoretically I could have gone to the gym. Wednesday, I was sick all day before writer’s group and Thursday I was trying to catch up on sleep. Normally, on Fridays I go to Jazz in the Sculpture Garden. I did that last Friday before going to Pittsburgh. And Monday, well, I was just plain lazy.
I need to get better at this if I really want to lose these last 53 pounds and whip my butt into shape. I don’t know if I am going to do Jazz in the Garden tonight, especially since I will have my work computer in tow. I haven’t heard from my friends who do the jazz, so I am still apt to change my mind.
My goal is to try to get to the gym tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday at the very least. I need to also go on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Wednesday, is writer’s group. Thursday should be back to the gym. And that’s all the further I will commit to for now. I don’t want to make too many promises too far into the future. I’m taking it one week at a time.
Also potential weekend agenda items:
- Visit with my sister.
- Visit with my brother and his wife and daughter. (may be combined with sister visit…my sis-in-law’s birthday is coming up…shhh)
- Writing – I have two essays I want to finish and I need to work on my novel.
- Create new web platform for blogs – I am going to stay with WordPress, but I might be creating a static web page where I can put links to both of my blogs, my Twitter account, my Facebook pages, and my bio just to have a centralized platform…more on that later.
Wish me luck with my commitment to working out almost every day this next week! Have a great weekend everyone!
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I started marking an X on my blotter calendar every morning at work if I had worked out the night before – so if I worked out on Tuesday night, I put an X on Tuesday when I got in Wednesday morning. When I started doing this, I just wanted to see how much I actually did go to the gym (I shoot for six days a week, but sometimes it’s four because…life). I didn’t expect that to be motivating, but it was! It is awesome seeing all of those Xes. So awesome that it makes me want to have a calendar full of them…
This week is going to be X-free because I had one late work night, I’ll have to skip to finish packing tonight, and then tomorrow and Sunday we’ll be moving.
OMG! The move! Was it a hassle to move move apartments again in the building? I might upgrade to a one br in Jan. We shall see!
We haven’t started yet. We start at 9:00 am. I am not looking forward to this.
One thing to note, if you aren’t completely in love with your trainer, don’t feel obligated to stick with them. My first trainer had the personality of a cardboard box, and eventually due to his cancellations and bad work ethic I FINALLY went to a manager to get a different one. He explained that you should never feel bad if you don’t get along, or feel like you’re not getting enough. My second trainer was fantastic!