Oh, The Pain
I am really suffering from Saturday's racquetball session with my friend Cindy.
Date: 6/24/2007 3:22:49 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 2363 times
My serving arm is killing me, my neck hurts, my legs hurt... but
it's a good hurt! The hurt of doing well in the gym. After eating
indulgently on Friday and Saturday, I am back to health today. Cindy
made the healthy breakfast pictured here: a spinach and mushroom omelet
with a little cheddar cheese on top (in honor of my love of cheese!),
some tomato slices and strawberries.
Rather than driving
straight to the house when I left Cindy's this morning I stopped at the
gym and put my time in on the treadmill. As usual I didn't put much
thought into my warm-up, but I noticed that it took longer for the
front of my ankles to start hurting, and they didn't hurt as intensely
or for as long as they have in the past. I started the workout at about
2.7 mph and quickly went up to 3.0. It seems my heart rate has improved
so that working out at 3.0 is well within the 117 to 144 heart rate
range I'm supposed to stay at for "fat burning." I did push it to 3.1
and 3.2 mph a couple of times because I am trying to work myself up to
3.5 mph.
Cindy is trying to get me out of my self-consciousness
about my appearance, so she's been giving me her clothes as she loses
weight. So far she's given me a swimsuit, a pair of swim trunks and a
sleeveless gym shirt. I avoided the pool this weekend but I did wear
the sleeveless shirt. I hated the look but she said I looked fine. I
guess that's what friends are for, huh?
As I sit here I am
really sore in my upper right arm and my neck, but yesterday's
racquetball session was totally worth it. I am always up for a game of
racquetball. I could be in a full leg cast and I would be happy to lean
against the wall in the court and hit a few balls! Between racquetball
and the treadmill I should be getting fit and losing weight pretty
steadily. I hope to get back to my former racquetball form so that my
friend won't kick my butt so badly again!
Cindy sent me home not
only with clothes but with food- she's such a caretaker. So I've got
frozen turkey burgers (I totally threw out the vegetarian thing this
weekend!), some swordfish, haddock and cod to try this week. She's been
very helpful to me despite the fact that we are competing for who loses
the most weight this month. :-) I weighed myself at her place after
breakfast and found I was up several pounds. I'll have to weigh
tomorrow morning for a more accurate picture, but I do expect to have
gained. I'm not upset! I had too much fun and too good a workout today
to worry about a few pounds this week.
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