I LOVE THE
GYM!!!
OK, so the novelty will probably wear off after a while, but at the moment I'm pretty excited about it.
I had my induction session this morning, which was great. I made sure I got my money's worth, and asked tons of questions, and had a good play on all the equipment. I don't really feel like I got much exercise though, so I shall go back this afternoon (now I can) and go and do my daily walk on the
treadmill. The
treadmill is my favourite thing at the moment. (It's also been hailing on and off for most of the day here, so walking inside definitely has its appeal, and I can still look at the sea through the window while I'm on the
treadmill.) I'm back to loving living here again.
On Friday and Saturday, I did my favourite walk along the coast path (5 miles each day, so I'm 10 miles on the way to meeting my 21 mile target for the week). Friday was warm and sunny, one of those it's-so-wonderful-to-be-alive days. Saturday was cloudy, but the sea was an amazing shade of dark grey/green, so that kind of made up for the lack of sun. Yesterday, the weather was doing the hailing on and off thing, so I spent most of the day spring cleaning the house, which I'm sure burned at least as many
calories as a 5 mile walk. L was amazed when she came home from work because I'm not usually enthusiastic about housework. I spent most of the evening following her around and clearing up after her, which I think drove her mad.
The PT I saw at the
gym today is going to put together an exercise program for me, which I shall probably follow as far as it suits me. We talked about
weights, and she said I should be doing low weight/high reps, which is completely the opposite of what Steve says, so I shall work out my own
weights/number of reps there. I think she was quite surprised at the amount of weight I could handle, so I've obviously still got some muscle left from when I was physically active. It will be nice to see what it looks like when the layers of
fat come off.
We're going out tonight with L's mum, for Mother's Day, to an Italian restaurant, so that will probably blow the
diet. I wondor how long I'll need to spend on the
treadmill to burn off a whole pizza .....
