So, I went to the gym for my "evaluation" with a trainer. I then signed up for 12 sessions. This was a two pronged attack; it was cheaper and I need someone to push me and tell me what to do next. I had in mind that I was going to go to the gym three days a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. First problem arises. My trainer teaches a class on Wednesdays. Okay, so I will work with him on Monday and Friday. Everyone else has that same plan, so he is booked. Okay, Thursday it is. I go in on Thursday. We get in a pretty good workout and I can't walk right for three days (a sure sign we did something right!) Monday is a holiday and I am out of town and we are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday. I have to cancel Tuesday when #1 daughter wakes up with various body parts swollen due to an allergic reaction to Chinese food. Trainer has to cancel on Thursday because he has to do "continuing education".
So, I got ambitious and went over there yesterday afternoon for an hour. I did a little of the routine we had done the previous week, then I got on a couple of machines. Afterward, I went to a park up the street from my house and walked (and even jogged a little) and found the fresh air so much more inspiring than the gym. Only thing is, there is no one to call and harass me to show up at the park and to do a certain distance.
I am not having a good January and the fact that it has been unseasonably cold has not helped. I am hanging in there and am not quitting, but it is going to take all the resolve that this jello-like body can muster to ride out the next few weeks. I want to do better. I can actually say that I feel better after a workout. It GIVES me more energy which amazes me to no end! It's just digging through the chaos that is the rest of my life to get to work out that is the problem. I really want this, but I just don't know if I can hang in there long enough to make it happen.
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