15 minutes OF FURY!

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Used the Exercise Room at work tonight for the first time ever. I did this because I am nearing my pre-atkins weight again and I really don't want to be going there. And to add insult to that injury, I'vew also found myself getting tired and out-of-breath from stuff that I've always been able to do efortlessly! Stuff like take the stairs instead of an elevator, clean for more than 5 minutes without needing a break, walking from the car to our front door, USING TOILET PAPER...

It was that last one that really pushed me over the edge. The only grunting and straining I should be doing in the crapper is when I'm Doing My Doody Duty, not afterwards!

Also, I'm concerned that I won't be able to enjoy The Convention in April properly if I'm still like this by then. And what about 4 years from now when I want to take Molly to DisneyLand?!?!? You can't properly experience the park with a 4-year-old if (a) you can't fit on any of the rides, and (b) you need to find a bench every 3 minutes!

So like I said, I went and experienced The Exercise Room here at work. A treadmill, a Stair-Stepper and a Nautilus Machine (I think that's what youc all it... like 3 different seats for 12 different types of weight training). I decided I would start out with a little Cardio, get the blood pumping and see where it took me. I seem to remember that I should always try to get my blood rate up before moving on to bigger stuff. So I stepped on The Stair Stepper and set it for a nice 20-minute work-out.

2 minutes was more than enough of THAT nonsense! I sat down at the weights and decided to do the leg weight lifting thingee instead. The plan was for 2 "Reps" of 15; What I got were 7 reps of 7, 2, 4, 5, 3, 7 and 2. Good enough!

I then tried the Treadmill - couldn't get it to work. It beeped at me alot.

So back over to the stair stepper! I found a setting for a 5-minute routine and decided if I couldn't do THAT then it was time to give up. Call up Maurey Povitch and gets me a Helper Monkey to wipe my ass for me, dammit!

Well I made it through the 5 minute routine, so no Helper Monkey for me :( But if I'm lucky, at least I'll be able to fit in to all my cool shirts by this time next month!

Comments

[lunachik72.livejournal.com]

Good for you sweetie! I've been trying to be more active as well it seems to be working a bit, people tell me my face looks a lot thinner... I don't weigh myself as a rule. Weighing leads to depression, and depression to eating... and it just goes down hill from there. So I go with the compliment and the "how do my pants fit" measurement of things :) But I've got an hour lunch now so I do the lunch thing for the first half and walk around the parking lot for the second half, and try to get out and do stuff on my Friday's off by myself. Stick to it sweetie!

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

I recommend running up the stairs to the break room every time you have a break... or lunch... even if you don't really need to go up there for anything. Which, you end up being the "Stairmaster" potentially 3 times a day!!!