Yeah-huh, baby! I re-acquainted myself with my fancy-pants-bleed-my-bank-account-dry gym today ... and it rocked! Today I didn't care that on the 1st of the month, the gym performs daylight robbery by taking 82 GBP from my bank account for the privilege of busting my arse as I see fit. Today I didn't care that the woman next to me really wasn't breaking a sweat (I'm convinced she only comes to the gym because it's 'fashionable' rather than for any health reason and ordinarily this bothers me ... Why? Dunno. Maybe because I tend to look like a freak when I work out ... sweating profuses whilst turning beet red).
I hit the long stride cross trainer ... and started out oh so slow! I was a little worried that my port would give me grief ... that it would start aching or give me a stitch like feeling in my side (which it sometimes does for no particular reason). I would normally be pumping my legs like mad getting to 60-60 plus reps per min quite rapidly to really get my heart beating. Today, I started at 38. I felt okay. I gently pushed myself up to 45 reps. Still no problem. No burning. No discomfort. I got a little wrapped up in the tunes I was listening to and found myself five minutes later pumping 57 reps. Wooo! And no pain! Ladies and gentleman, we have a winner! I kept this pace for the remaining 13 minutes. It felt amazingly good to feel the sweat rolling ... although the smell wasn't nearly as intoxicating! LOL! I changed to the short stride cross trainer (mix between stepper and long stride trainer) and did another 10 minutes on my usual program and reps. In a nut shell (help! I'm in a nut shell - Austin P*wers), I burnt 370 calories in 30 minutes, making me one happy bunny! To round off the afternoon, I did 10 minutes of stretching and 10 minutes of 'brain training' (umm ... you know, that nintend* game that's meant to increase the amount of brain matter you use. Weird, I know but the gym is promoting this body, mind, soul thing at the moment ... told you my gym was fancy pants! LOL!). You know what, I feel brilliant!
I ate regularly today. Good food. Whole food. But I have found yet another food that does not agree with me at present. Pecan nuts. It doesn't matter that I've chewed them to a fine paste ... when I swallow, it just seems to get 'stuck' in my oesophagus and then it hurts like blazers! The list of food that doesn't agree with me is getting so bloody long ... is there going to be anything left that I CAN eat!
I must admit ... it was nice to get back into a proper routine today. I thrive on routine. Routine is my friend. In all honesty, we're the best of friends!
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