03/06/2010 23:04
FINALLY!!! I got out there again!
I have just been feelng icky for so long now. I started working the last week of January and put on weight. I was too tired to workout AT ALL. I was also in a lot of pain after work as well. Putting in 10 to 12 hour days was really rough the first month. Now that I am into it, I am doing better. The BIG turn around was getting the arthritis medication. It eases the pain but doesn't leave me dopey. 
Today was the opening day of my son's baseball season. After sprinting to the car twice for a blanket and then for the umbrella, my hips burned and then felt so good! We were rained out after the fifth so I decided that I really wanted to go use our gym. MAN! I feel so good right now! I did 30 on the treadmill and 15 on the bike. I burned around 400 calories. 
The one thing that hit me was my reflection in the mirrors. (The ENTIRE room is wall to wall mirrors. No escape at all) I look like a big Oompa Loompa. Actually my 'big' picture in my album is what I look like right now. Just gross. No wonder I have been tired and hurting. I let it go too far. 
My goal is to hit the gym for 30 minutes everyday, minimum of three times. I would like to get back to doing my 5Ks. That was when I was knocking the weight off like crazy. I figure that once I get back into the 230's, I will be good to go to start running. It is just too hard on my knees right now. The 4% incline switch up is helping me burn. Boy, it burns too.
Anyway, even though I have not been on regularly does not mean my head isn't thinking about it. The one thing that I am REALLY thinking about is getting back in the 230's so I can wear a bathing suit with my head up like last year. 
Later~