I love how it makes me feel! (tired & sweaty)
I love how little time it takes out of my day! (ONLY an hour to an hour and a half)
I love how it's free! (or $30 a month with a gym membership)
Most of all I love the tingly feeling I take home with me after a good workout! (kinda nauseous and shaky from low blood sugar)
Have I
Yeah, well, me neither.
I keep trying to tell myself that if I tell myself that I like it, that I actually will.
It's not working.
I still hate it just as much as ever. And on nights like tonight when I become even more hungry and shaky after only 30 minutes on the elliptical, I can't even begin to fake out my utter disdain for the gym. I swear it was all I could do just to make it through a half hour. If it weren't for my trusty iPod and a bunch of "Heroes" episodes, I wouldn't have made it this far. Thank you Apple. Thank you very much.
I don't hate all exercise though. There are a very few exercises that I do enjoy. I like to swim, for example. However,
My husband and I went to see Riverdance this past Sunday evening. I enjoy a good Irish steppin'. In fact, I really would like to learn how to do it. I want to become the Dorian of the Dance! Move over Michael Flatley, your 254 lb counterpart is in town and looking to toe, heel, toe, heel, step, tap, and arm thrust with the best of 'em!
My birthday's coming up, and I asked for dance lessons. I don't particularly care what kind of dance I take, I am super hot when I dance, period. :O) My favorites are ballroom, West Coast Swing, Cha-Cha, and Salsa. Maybe I'll get to shake it, shake it to one of these in a bit. Last year Koichi and I took dance lessons through our local school district's adult education classes and we really loved it. We'd be doing it again, but they stopped offering classes on Koichi's night off. Bummer.
So, until I am able to do some exercise that I actually enjoy, I'll continue to rely on "Heroes" to get me through my 45 minute sweat-a-thons at the gym.
4 comments:
Dorian - I learned from a trainer that you should eat 1-1/2 hrs. before a workout in order to fuel it. Shaky & nauseous are scary places to be.
Dawn is correct. Carbs are best if you're focusing on cardio workouts, maybe a small piece of fruit. If you add lifting to your routine, a little protein is good as well. I like low-fat cottage cheese, lots of protein and carbs but not too heavy. I love that you're letting us follow your journey. You're doing great!
Dorian - I eat an orange and 1/2 south beach bar before I work out. I don't get the shakes or nauseous feeling anymore. I work out for an hour. Sometimes I have a spoonful of peanut butter instead of the protein bar, but I am not on WW. I count that diff. on my program. I eat the other 1/2 of south beach bar on way home, and that honestly keeps me full for a few hours.
I'm eating, I promise! I don't know what it is, but yesterday in particular was a hungry sort of day for me. I always, always, always eat something at least a half hour before I workout. Usually I eat an apple or a banana and 2 sticks of string cheese. I don't know why that didn't do it for me the other day. So, I don't always leave feeling hungry, shaky, and nauseous...just yesterday. :O)
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