Feeling charged about the gym
Good morning!!! Guess what? Guess what?? Awe you knew :( Hey it’s still a big deal … 50/80 pounds lost today!!! Yup yup …. 257 pounds WOOHOO!!! I wanted to show Rich so I had to get up on the scale the second time … wow … 257 two times in a row AND it’s a low 257 :) Can’t beat that!I worked hard to get there though … I watched the food carefully, had a good intimate rumble after I got home … Hey that counts! Hehehe well actually it was probably because I had a good workout at the gym. Oh yeah you know I’m going to tell you about that!
We made it there in good time. We were there at 4:30 pm and left at about 5:50 pm. See? Working hard! Ok, I know quite all the exclamation marks! Hehehe … just felt good about the weight AND the workout. We’re pushing ourselves. We walked for 16 minutes – one minute over the last time and we biked for 12 minutes – two minutes more than the last time. That’s the biggest deal. I do the walking first and then go right into the biking. Yesterday we had another blond get on the treadmill to the left of us. She wasn’t as tall as the last one, but she was really built. In no time flat she had her mill up and she was running at a nice clip. WOW! Wouldn’t it be something to do that sometime? I see other people older than me running on those machines. I think it’s possible.
I watched TV and listened to my music so had an enjoyable experience. I don’t think there are many walkers, because most of them are running. I think that’s like peer pressure to do that, but I’m ok where I am for now. I think given my weight and condition it’s an ok place to be. The bike was like that too. I was proud of myself. I’m sure others go at higher than 6, but I’m going to wait until I can build up some endurance before switching up. I don’t want to get into the thoughts that I’m not appreciative of what I’m doing … It’s a small miracle to think I can put in on my legs this 28 minutes of workout time. Straight through too! Oh, I said that. Well, we’re pretty excited. It’s so different than 3 minutes … we’re claiming it to be a small miracle.
The workout we got upstairs was no small deed either. We start out pretty strong and feel a little wobbly by the end, but I think that’s the nature of any good workout. This time as in the last we went primarily from the legs to the arms to the stomach. I think we’re increasing weights too, but I can never tell exactly because we’re not remembering what numbers we last left off at … We did some legs at 70-80 pounds and stayed pretty much about 35 on the arms and tummy was about 70.
The room was a little more crowded, but I only had to wait twice for a machine, and both times I skipped to the next machine and then came back after a routine to the one I was waiting for. No sweat … hehehe well actually there was some sweat.
Wow! I looked pretty red in the face after I’d finished. Well actually red during the workout. I see some of the people especially the guys do weights that are so much heavier than me … it makes me cringe to think of the effort they must be putting forward. I think that this gym has more seasoned athletes than not. Again … we’re not seeing as many overweight people as there are people who already look in good shape. The overweight people we see is older guys with big stomachs.
But, you got to give them more credit for being in the gym. I hope they make it as much as I hope that we make it.
Hmm, just moved a heavy kitty off my arm – though that might have been like a weight exercise too. It’s kinda funny, but Rich is in the room this morning working quietly on his computer like me on mine. We’re both listening to some soft vocals – just heard Barbara Streisand and now Charlotte Church. It’s helping to impress the mood. It’s about 6:20 now. Rich got us up late – well, he wasn’t late – he was already showered, but we were late. I think that we went to bed around 9 pm, so not too late, but we need some good reconstruction sleep after the work out. I opened my eyes this time after woken and my first thought was to check the weight. Wow 80 pounds lost. That’s almost a whole little person!
So anyway that was the important part of the day. I thought many times during the day that I wished it were time to leave so I could be in the gym. I’m really being encouraged when I don’t wimp out in front of the others, but when it comes to doing my reps, I’m not looking at the others – I’m looking at getting my work done. Sometimes its harder and others easier, but if I have an easy round than by the next set, I’m increasing the weight. Darn … I think there’s a real athlete under here somewhere.
Just played a game with Chief where I held his hand and pulled a little bit. No, I don’t know what got into me, but word is he didn’t enjoy the game as much as me. He’s sitting up now trying to decide what to do with me. Wow Andy Williams. Haven’t heard him for ages. I must have caught a real oldie channel. Poor Chief. I know that wasn’t a nice game, but I was feeling extra energy I didn’t know what to do with.
Shhh, shhh … better calm down.
What’s next? No shower today because I took one last night … Hmm, medicine? Drat! I didn’t really want to do that … but I suppose, brb
Ahh, done … I’ve only got about 15 minutes left now, but I took the medicine and packed my bag. Tonight obviously is going to be a swimming night. WooHOO!!! I’m really excited by switching up the gym/swim activities. They both push different parts of my body while giving relief to the other. I think Rich is going to be gone tomorrow night … he’s seeing his mother and tonight is cards with the guys and then Friday and Saturday he has games. If I’m feeling really good, maybe I’ll try gym after Dr. Marvin’s though I’m thinking maybe my body will need some time to relax. I know, I know … we’re obsessing again aren’t we? Drat … I hate that when it happens.
I didn’t really like work too much … it wasn’t overly hard just I wasn’t using it all productively. I did get the boxes out of my room. Sister finally gave me space in the teacher’s storage closet, but I had to repack the boxes and label them … that was kind of dreary … it might have been different if it was my idea, but it was like a sudden appearance demand thing. I did ok with the beads in the morning and Margarita came in the last 15 minutes that was helpful. Took away some direct responsibility – I just did counting without worrying about changing people up.
Sr. had me in her office the first thing after chapel. She wanted to go through the program I’d developed for the new staff and then we had to go look at her closet and make sure the books were all in order. This didn’t thrill me either. The work got done and it is good sister time, but nothing special. One thing that was special was that she had the paperwork to show me the new 3% pay increase. It comes out to 65 cents an hour. It comes out to $1352 more a year, but I know that I’ll lose about $350 of it to taxes. I think it means that I’ll come out to a check increase of $35 … that’s actually significant, but not in a big way … more in a standard way.
I think it means that my gross salary is about 46,330. So before taxes and insurance I’d be making about $965 a week. It sounds more impressive than it probably is … I know if I were in the business community I would be making more money, but then the pressures would be different. I don’t really know what kind of job I would have if I were out in something other than a non-profit. I’m still making more than the 3 boys, but I’m not sure if it’s substantially more. I think Maury is probably making the most money, but I’m not sure … and if you included his over-time he might be surpassing me. I know he worked the holiday and earned like 2 ½ times his normal amount … GO MAURY!!!
Hmm, anything else yesterday? I don’t think much. We were working through some of our technology issues. Still not performing everything at optimal. I think I’m going to bring my cord again and try the me program on the iPod … that be a good thing to have that worked through.
Ok, that’s about it for now … Need to get dressed and out of the door. We can do it, right?
posted by Ann Marie @ 9/03/2008 06:54:00 AM
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