At about 2:10pm today, in the middle of a client's empty training room, I absent-mindedly
put two Cheez-It-type crackers into my mouth, thought through the action for about a millisecond, and promptly spit
them back out (whole) into a napkin and threw it in the trash.
Who AM I? What have I become?
The Regimen continues. And B is totally into it, too, which is-- let's be honest-- probably the only reason this has
remained a priority for me. We weight train three days a week with 36 minutes of cardio and then up our cardio to 48 minutes
on non-weight training days. I'm also trying to do 200 crunches every other night. Except for our weekend trip to NYC
to visit Michael and Jolene and one day last weekend, I've been at it every day for three weeks. Three weeks is about
seven-and-a-half eternities in the life-span of my enthusiasm and motivation for just about anything.
And this morning-- Results! I wore my black suit today for the first time since the end of March-- just after our Aruba and
Houston vacations where I inherited at least five extra pounds (Mmmmm... Hotel Galvez) on top of the five-ish pounds I'd
gained over Christmas-- when it was so very snug bordering on grotesquely uncomfortable. This morning the suit was not only a
perfect fit, but I had a little room to move around and it just felt so goooooood. I think feeling chic and fit in my suity business
wear is a pretty civically acceptable reason to forcibly remove fried, fake-cheese crackers from your mouth. It'd hold up in
court.
The only problem I'm having with The Regimen is my knees-- the running intervals on the treadmill are slowly equating my
knee joints with all the smoothness of fingernails on a chalkboard. I've always used low-impact cardio equipment before,
and I've never been a runner, so this is my first real experience with such pain. I'm slightly nervous about doing more
permanent damage, but I just get such a stress-relieving high out of the interval runs that I don't want to stop. I had
a doctor once who told me that arthritic joint pain can sometimes be helped by a higher-impact workout, such as running
or tennis, but I'm definitely going to check this out with my current physician at my appointment next month and get a
referral if necessary. Until then, I'm popping Aleve (yes Todd, all day long-- all day strong) and hopping over to my new
haven. |
