Weekend Roundup

Thanks, everyone, for the comments about my ongoing gym saga. Sally, you gave me some great ideas!
The reason I joined this particular gym in the first place is because they are the only place around with a pool. When I first joined last fall, I started going twice a week to water aerobics [...]

Gym Follow Up

Sometimes we ask for what we want and it doesn’t work the way we expected.  Case in point:  I decided at my WW meeting yesterday that I would be brave and go back to my gym and ask to set up a real orientation session to learn how to adjust the machines.  It seemed easy [...]

Gym Avoidance Syndrome

Tessie and I have been resting this long weekend, particularly yesterday and today. She doesn’t go out at all, of course, but I pretty much hibernated and slept in, did laundry, cooked a bit, watched food porn on the Food Network, and let the brain rest.
My original plan for the weekend included putting [...]

Back to Basics at the Gym

I did an upper body workout today for the first time in over a year. I’ve been doing a lot of leg workout things this week and decided it was time to change things up. I did as I planned and started on the recumbent bike, though that only lasted for 5 minutes. [...]

I Love My Microwave

What else can I say? I came in from the gym after work, hungry and impatient to eat something. Thanks to my preplanning (pasta and meat sauce yesterday divided into 6 portions), dinner was ready in 3.5 minutes. Voila! Hot and steaming yummy healthy dinner that I can eat while my [...]