My boss and I have agreed to go to the gym 3 days a week. She works at a community centre, so we get to go for free during off hours (when the weight room is closed). It’s great and way less embarrassing than with an audience (although I think some people prefer it that way). Not me. The first time we went, I did the elliptical machine for half an hour and I thought I was going to die. I actually had to sit down for 5 minutes before I felt like my legs would hold me up. Then last week I did it again, half an hour, and burned only 200 calories. What a rip, eh? At least I could walk after that time.
Today, same work out (half hour on the elliptical) and I burned 280 calories! Sweet, eh? Not only that, but I did some free weights after AND 10 minutes on the rowing machine! Ha ha! It was great, I practically skipped home after.
This is me, I have never, EVER worked out in my entire life. Sure, in middle school I did track and gymnastics, I took one gym class in high school (grade 10) and did gymnastics until grade 12, then I used to go dancing twice a week in my early 20′s (the hard livin’ years, booze and dancing, it was fun!) but haven’t…well, let’s say that when I turned 30 (6 years ago, mind you) things started sliding down hill. I didn’t care, and I still don’t care, but it turns out I like going to the gym. Who, in a million years, woulda thunk?
I even bought workout pants. Thanks, Megan!
I have started back on my portion control which is what helped me lose so much weight back when I was a whale in Windsor.
What sucks is that I lost a whole bunch of weight all at once, and since then I have plateaued (sp?) and so now if I eat crappy I get all paranoid that I’m huge again.
I got fat in Windsor too, do we see a pattern here? I got up to…well, almost a size 14, which is not huge, but as a lifelong size 8, it’s big. Now I am a big 10, and that’s fine by me. So I don’t know if I want to actually lose weight, I think I want to be more fit. I already feel like I have more energy and sleep better (although not for the past couple nights, but that’s another story).
Anyway, the real point is that it gives me the excuse to buy MORE clothes. La Senza has an athletic clothing store, like LuLuLemon but not as ridiculously expensive and with staff that actually acknowledge your presence. The post Christmas sale was good, I got cheap pants yesterday and plan on getting a second pair today, along with a sports bra. I know, they are awful, but these ones look decent, like a real bra, with one difference-NO underwire! Woo! I hate underwire!
Huh, here’s the website:
http://www.lasenzaspirit.com/eng/lasenzaSpiritIndex.cfm
I can’t believe you spent that $$ on workout gear and not drugs!!
I keep saying I am going to start working out and somehow it just never happens…maybe you will inspire me to get off my lazy ass!