In other news...
Last week I kick started my new goals and took myself to the gym for the first time post-injury. I have to admit: I had some serious reservations! The 'what-if's set in and I was a neurotic mess for the thirty minutes before my workout. "What if you're not fit enough? What if you can't do it anymore? What if your muscles have atrophied and you're turning into a chicken nugget loving zombie?" However, once I hit that gym...
Total. Sweat. Fest!
And it felt so damned good that I couldn't stop smiling like a lunatic... I jumped on the spin bike and really dug in for 20 minutes- rotating standing and sitting, worked it out on the elliptical, and spent twenty five minutes enjoying EVERY minute of weight lifting. It felt awesome. I felt strong, accomplished, and BACK!
My knee held up just fine for the workout, however it was sore Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Much to my dismay, I followed my doctor's directions and stayed out of the gym and rested it. I did walk a lot though and watched my eating. (Watched it go on my fork and into my mouth!) It's Monday today and I'm feeling much better, so tonight, granted that Cole is feeling good, I'm back in that gym... And Corey (the gym manager) better have a big mop, because I'm going to sweat all over that place! Details tomorrow!
Last night was the premiere of the Biggest Loser; did you watch? Thoughts? How did you feel about Nikki exiting stage left?
I picked up four fitness books that I'm just loving. Do you have recommendations for great fitness reads?
Sarah
12 comments:
So glad for the news about your son! That's wonderful.
Very glad to hear about your sweat fest too. You work it girl!!
Finally - I watched the first 30 mins of TBL. I watched the one guy fall off the treadmill and the other guy puking and decided it's not for me. I've never really watched it before and find the high emotion a bit unsettling. : )
Hope you enjoyed it!
ah crap...I missed biggest loser---nice job back at gym..I need to do that!
YAY COLE!! You must be so happy to see that port gone for good!!
What books are you reading? I have trouble finding fitness books that I feel like I can really use.
Keep sweating - you rock!!
Yay Great news about Cole. I bet he is so excited to get that out.
Great job with the sweatfest, sorry your knee is not behaving, hope it does soon!
You always get me so pumped to go work out. I just got done with my lunch work out and this post made me want to go back. You. Rock. Hard.
Yay for Cole!!!!! And yay for YOU!!!
Smiles all around :-)
Yay for your son! Congrats! Missed TBL ~ Downton Abby instead!
SO Happy about Cole! Congrats to you, Mom, for continuing to take care of yourself!
That is excellent news for Cole and for you. I am so happy.
That is great news for you and for Cole! I am so happy for you.
That is great news for Cole and for you. I am so happy.
Woohoo! You go girl! I need to muster up some motivation to get my butt to the gym too. I've been in a bad spot lately, and it makes it hard to work out.
As far as TBL, I don't watch, because I've researched that show, and those people aren't exactly losing weight healthfully. Sure they're "supervised", but they're also given diuretics and forced to starve before weigh-ins. It's a TV show after all, and ratings are higher the more weight that's lost. NO ONE should EVER lose weight the way those people do, it's simply unhealthy in the long term. Many contestants have long-term health issues as a result of that show (and Extreme Makeover: Body Edition).
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