Scary Gyms And Things On A Stick…
Good morning all…
Why is it Monday already? And why wasn’t I consulted about it?
My weekend was kind of a mix bag of “Kudos” and “No-No’s”
Friday night was awesome. I had planned well and was able to enjoy a few pieces of veggie pizza AND a few bites of hot fudge Sunday. Brian and I had “Date night” at the laundry mat…LOL…And in between loads we walked over to the Pizza Place. It was fun actually. I ended the day at only 1280 calories and that was an awesome success.
Saturday started out well…With good intentions…(Don’t they all?)
But by dinner time I had already used MOST of my calories and we were going out to catch a friend’s band…Add in dinner and some cheap beer, and you got it…Calorie over load…
But this did go to show me yet one more sign that I am back…GUILT…
I felt guilty about my choices, or lack thereof and I just felt…Bloated…Gross…Full…
There WERE healthy options there, but I didn’t order them…And I regretted it ALMOST immediately…And the cheap beer…UGH…Gave me a headache something fierce…
So on Sunday I decided to just shake it off…Made the decision that I am just not strong enough to go out weekend after weekend YET and make good choices…
I skipped a previously arranged trip to the Jazz and Rib Fest because I knew the temptation to eat there or eat out again would just be too much. So instead, I stuck around the house, took a walk with Brian and the Dog, and grilled out some lean pork chops…It was a GREAT Sunday.
We prepped our meals for the week. Went grocery shopping. Scanned cookbooks for new and healthy dishes, and genuinely just enjoyed the day together…Got my mind back on track…(By the way, it is soooo nice having a partner who enjoys cooking as much as me and wants to be a part of the process…)
It’s hard to say no to yourself, and in this case, let down some friends who were expecting you to join them out, but sometimes you have to know yourself…And in this case, myself said I was too weak to go to a rib fest and not eat a rib…Or something on a stick…LOL…
See, the other outlier for me is workouts. I am not doing them yet. If I were, I would have been able to go to the gym and work out before or after and felt LESS guilty…But right now I can’t…
Which leads me to my next task. Choosing a gym.
Brian and I checked out the YMCA in our town on Saturday…Folks…I use the term Y very loosely here…We live in a very small town. And apparently, this Y is in an old abandoned school…It has no pool, and the “Gym” area consists of 6 ellipticals. 6 bikes. 6 treadmills. It’s old. It’s dark. And it looks (and smells) like somebody’s moldy basement. But it’s convenient (Less than two minutes to my house!) and all things considered, CHEAP.
I was dead set against it at first…I want a state of the art, FUN gym…Like I had in Florida…I want the cardio theater…The latest equipment…The 32 TV screens. Unfortunately the closest one is about 20 minutes away…
And then I thought about buying my own equipment again…But then remembered I did that once…And I heard my ex husbands voice in my head saying “Now Dawn, are you REALLY going to use that??”…And I remembered that my elliptical became a great clothes hanger and ended up being sold on Ebay…LOL…
My friend Stacey said it best…She said I need to be honest with myself…And that only I REALLY know me and what I will truly do and not do…
And because of that, I know I will find more excuses than NOT to drive 20 minutes to a gym…And even more excuses to ignore the elliptical in the living room. So I think I will suck it up and join the old outdated YMCA…
It’s a bit scary. It smells. But it has what I need…Just the basics…
So that’s on my agenda for this week…Joining the Y and beginning my hour workouts again…
It will be tough. Brian and I are used to chilling out in the evenings together, but its time. I am spending wayyyy too much time on the computer at night…Wayyyy too much time on my butt and not out being active. And I hate that…
I am never going to reach my goal of 40 pounds down by Christmas if I don’t get MOVIN…
I have another 5k coming up on August 22 (Heart Walk) and my most cherished 10k (New Albany Classic) in September…
So I MUST get training now…
Hope you all have a GREAT Monday!!!
Wayt to go out and find a gym. I am the total opposite. I had a memeber ship and it was two blocks from my house. Never went. When out and got a bike, ab machine, tread mill, jump ropes, weights, and exersice ball and I work out all the time now. I think people just have to find what fits them.
Dawnie, there’s no need to feel down I said
Dawnie, pick yourself off the ground I said
Dawnie, ‘cos you’re in a new town
There’s no need..to..be un-happy
Dawnie, there’s a place you can go I said
Dawnie, when you’re short on your dough
You can work out, and I’m sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time
just join the Gym at the Y M C A
They have all the machines for your butt exercise, you can watch all the sweaty guys, just join the gym at the Y M C A
Dawnie, are you listening to me? I said
Dawnie, how hot do you want to be? I said
Dawnie, you can make real your dreams
But you’ve got to know that one thing
No Girl does it all by herself I said
Dawnie, put your pride on the shelf And just
go there, to the YMCA
I’m sure they can help you today!!!
I hope this is in your head ALL DAY !!! (MMMWwwwahahahaha!!)
Evil Shelli X