After at least a month of no working out due to lack of motivation, a two week sinus infection, submitting postdoctoral applications, and the ever present dissertation I finally went to the gym yesterday. I think I worked out much too hard as I felt nauseated after working out, but I did notice something...my thighs no longer were rubbing together and I am now about 10 pounds from the healthy weight I would like to maintain. So, I am now starting to see benefits of my workout from 2007 and the significant change in my eating habits (e.g. eating only when I am hungry)....
But, on to the topic of this post. A special THANK YOU goes out to pam for encouraging me to workout yesterday. I was bogged down in dissertation data analysis and I walked over to pam's office to take a break from the data crunch. I mentioned to pam that i was considering working out but i had missed the "off-peak" time that allows me to workout in the gym in my office building (as this was not my "home" gym)...pam did not take this as an excuse as I had not missed the "off-peak" time and I could indeed work out. Pam was also considering not working out...but then as we both said our reasons out loud they no longer had much power. I tell this story to illustrate how important it is to get the "i don't feel like working out/I don't have time to work out" voice out of your head and challenged by a work-out partner. Thanks pam...
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Benefits of a work-out partner
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Good for you, shmoop! Sometimes that's all it takes to peel one's butt off the couch/office chair/chaise lounge (for all you divas out there!). You bring up an interesting point about going back to the gym after not having gone for a while. Sometimes we think we're still in our twenties and can just make our bodies do anything we ask it to no matter how long it's been since the last workout. So we get in the gym and try to pick up where we left off and our bodies are like, "Oh hell no!" We need to remember to take it easy and slowly build back up to old routines. I'm reminded of times when I couldn't run for a while and tried to just get back out there and run a 10k. It felt like I went back to square one! Anyway, glad to hear your story, gemini72 (aka my shmoopie)! Thanks for posting! : )
hey --
kev, you are right -- you do think that you can pick up where you left off, and then when you fall on the treadmill (sorry, i can't resist -- that story still KILLS me :-), you realize that you need to get yourself back up to speed slowly. but the great thing is that it will take you much less time to get back to where you were because you've laid a solid foundation already. so if it took you 6 months to work up to 30 minutes on the elliptical, e.g, and you were off for a month, it will probably only take you a month (or even less!) to work your way back up to 30 minutes again. truly, the hardest part is getting yourself to go back that FIRST time. so glad i helped you do that reg! (i'm just a-blushing like crazy on this end. y'all know i'm not used to such appreciation :-).
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