new enemy

Dear eliptical trainer machine;

What have I ever done to you? Why do you hate me so?  I thought we could be friends, but with your sarcastic attitude and snide "program paused" remarks when I am working my ass off, I don't think it's going to work out. How 'bout a little repect here? I'm an obese middle aged stay-at-home mom with bad knees, poor balance, and aching muscles from weight training yesterday. Is it really necessary to humiliate me by going into "pause" mode when I can't keep up with your (frankly quite unreasonable) demands?

So what if I was only able to do 5 minutes with you today? Tomorrow - it will be 10, and then it will be 20 by next week. And by the end of the year? Oh yeah, missy, you will be my bitch!  I do not appreciate your high-and-mighty attitude and I will NOT be tolerant of it. Do you hear me? Not one bit! I will show you who is boss.  Your neighbor the treadmill never treats me with such disrespect . . .even after 30 minutes on the cardio setting, it awards me with over 200 calorie burned? And you? Pfft - not even a workout summary because according to you 5 minutes of your torture doen't constitute a "workout."  Be prepared e - I will be back, oh I will be back!

Guess what I did today?

I used my new gym membership. I met up with my friend just as she was taking her starting measurements. She really didn't want to do that, but they must've encouraged her.  I think it will be a great tool for her to see her progress. When we worked out together at the Y, they did very little for us and the ladies at this gym seem very involved with their clients. I'm pretty excited about that!

So, we walked about 40 minutes and I managed a little over a mile and a half. Then we got our weight workout training on the machines and the trainer marked everything down on our cards for each of us. This is so amazingly useful for me because I have a difficult time remembering numbers so I will be able to check the card, match it up to the machine, see what height setting I used, how much I should lift, and how many reps I should do.   We have a 2nd training on Wednesday with another trainer who is super nice. Can't wait!

And then we did 10 minutes on elipticals which I had never before used successfully. At the Y, the machines felt really high off the ground and very clumsy to me. I did have problems going fast enough for it to keep going and it took me a little longer to get my 10 minutes than my friend.

Dinner's ready. Must "run" for now and feed the fam.

Getting a gym membership

Went to the gym again today with a couple other friends. We did 20 minutes on the treads and then 20 minute "dance party" class which we joined already in sesssion. We had a quick tour of the facility and then talked ourselves into buying memberships. Usually $400, they will be having a Black Friday sale for $99 which includes work out any time and also classes.  I'm going to try all kinds of fun stuff. Dance party was much more "my speed" than Zumba, but still my thighs are aching. And I was  only  there for 1/3 the class. Of course, I had just walked a mile. Anyways, it's fun and it's something to do with my friends so I'm signing up. yippee!

Zumba & Body Sculpt + possible gym membership

This morning I did an hour Body Sculpt class with my friend before the hour Zumba class. I feel sore/stiff/GOOD. 

I have a free membership until the end of the year for this ladies-only gym now. I'm planning on taking full advantage of it even though it isn't THAT close to me. I need to get more friends to go with me because it is OH SO MUCH FUNNER with a friend. I had forgotten how much I missed my old workout buddy so I'm going to try to get her a free membership too since we both dropped our Y memberships.  Then, rumor has it that they are offering a $99 black friday membership.

Ok, gotta do clarinet lessons yet, eat, pack a goodie bag,

Oh yeah - my kid is student of the  month :)