Went to the gym today....

I went to the gym today,

Since it is not easy for me to get there, and it was not inexpensive to join, I am going to make it my business to be sure I go at least twice a week, even if for now it is only on the weekends when it is easy to get a ride.

Once I get in the swing of things again, my gym momentum will take care of itself, it always does.

I did 45 minutes of water walking and a full set of work on the ab machine  Upper, lower, obliques. My goal is to pull in my abs, and burn more fat off my quads too. Walking works in a whole body way which is absolutely what I want to do, and is the best technique I know for working on my balance issues too.

I also did my 20 minute Morning Cardio Power Walk a la Jorge. At this point I have done 331 days straight, not missing a day since the first day of doing it in the FT class, on an empty stomach of course, lol. And contrary to popular opinion I am still alive and well and kickin', lol. Better than that in fact, and I am grateful for it.

Some of the women at the gym noticed and commented favorably on my weight loss. I thought I would care more about this, but oddly I did not, beyond encouraging them that they could indeed do the same if they chose to.

Most people want a quick fix though, and they don't want to hear that it will take time to lose the weight, just as it took time to put it on.

They don't want to hear that you need to do more than simply diet to succeed, that you in fact need to permanently change your lifestyle. Commitment is in short supply these days on just about every front, certainly on the weight loss front.

Getting Back In the Swing of Blogging...and the Gym...

I have not blogged for over a month, no clue why. I think I have gotten out of the habit. I am going to try and refocus into it. It was good for me last year, no clue if it is good for me now.

Just thinking it through. I have changed. Oh I have changed. Maybe I have outgrown it, maybe not. We shall see.

Today I rejoined the gym, and went to the pool. I should not have spent the money, but it was TIME to do it. Money or not, it was time and it will take me somewhere further that I need to go.

Tired out now, but this is another thing I want to do again. I may have outgrown it. Don't know. I want to get out of the house, work on my balance and tone it all up. Get that abdomon flatter if I can. Can I?

OH YES I KNOW I CAN. and this time I am not pretending and hoping. I know what to do and how to do it.

Now it is December. A month I always find hard. I feel out of step, the holidays do not light up my life. I feel like they should but they don't. Maybe if I write some of those feelings out, I can move forward and move on.

I want to fly. I don't want to be wieghed down by those old leaden expectations.