Thursday, February 28, 2013

To Gym or Not to Gym

I think I'm going to join the gym.  Winter is killing me, so it's either get a treadmill or join the gym, since the jumping workouts are not an option for me right now, and the gym looks a little more enticing since a little monthly membership is more doable for the budget than me forking over more money or saving for a few months.  Gotta do something now. 

I haven't been going outside cause it's still freaking cold and I'm sick of winter.  So, since I haven't been getting any cardio these past few weeks and since my brain telling my body "You're anemic, you don't have energy" ~ my response is a daily afternoon nap.  I'm packing on the pounds too fast, which kills my motivation even more and I just say "forget it, I'll start over after the baby comes" but that's not till July and I really don't want to gain 10 pounds again this month (2 months in a row!).  Yup, just not feeling the get go to get going.  I'm not getting endorphins and I'm not feeling like exercise, and I know I should just "do it" but I'm not. 

So, got a 7 day free pass to a new gym near by, going to give it a try tonight and take Joseph with me, cause he's a little energizer bunny.  He got a 7 day pass to go with Joe but then only went once and he was a little bumbed.  That one day they did go, though, my little track star Joe ran a mile at a 9.5 pace the whole time!!!  I've done 9.5 pace for 1 minute intervals, but thassit.  And that killed me.  I was so impressed, which made Joe even more excited to tell me that after that mile he took a breather for a few minutes then did it again at a 10mph pace.  (Corey joked that the gym security came to escort Joseph out cause he was making everyone else look bad.)  So I'll let you know how the gym goes tonight. 

1 comment:

  1. So how'd it go? I say go for it if it keeps you on a fitness track and gets you going in a way you might not have been otherwise able to do(motivation wise or otherwise). And if you have little "motivators" going with you, that's even more of a reason to not say no when your tired body may want to give up or just have a day off. I hope it all goes well!

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