Winning Some
I decided today (after waking up in the wee hours with a severely dehydrated head) that I was going to have a detox week. I'm not sure what that entails, really. Last week I ate a lot of random and unhealthy things, probably didn't eat enough, and drank too much. So this morning I went to the grocery store and loaded up on healthy stuff. I'm going to try to drink a lot of water and little to no alcohol, and then hopefully I will be all detoxed! That's how it works, right? Oh, I will also get a massage and drink green tea.
I'm very stressed out about wedding planning, which is partly the reason for the drinking too much and eating in weird ways. But hopefully I can channel that into exercise. And green tea drinking. Except we don't have a tea kettle at home. (We registered for one, so maybe we'll get one after the wedding. I can relax then.)
The good news is, I went to the gym three days in a row: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I did 22 minutes on Friday (I was tired, but I'd already skipped Wednesday so I need to make it up to myself), 32 minutes on Saturday, and a really awesome, sweat-filled, kickass 35 minutes yesterday. I love those workouts that make you feel really good.
I'm supposed to go again today. The thing is, during the week, I walk a lot to and from work, so I've already done some work by the time I hit the gym. That's been okay so far, but last week, they moved one of our departments downstairs and there are days when I'm up and down the stairs all day long. That's great and all (except it's not, it sucks and I hate it) but on a busy day (like Friday) it can really wipe me out. I think during the week, 20 minutes is a more realistic goal, and I can save my 30-40 minute workouts for the weekend.
I still absolutely need to find my hand weights and do some upper body workouts. Yesterday my friend h said she'd show me some basic exercises or something (she lifts weights and knows lots of important scientific personal trainer type things). At least I think she said she'd do that. I was really drunk at the time.
I'm very stressed out about wedding planning, which is partly the reason for the drinking too much and eating in weird ways. But hopefully I can channel that into exercise. And green tea drinking. Except we don't have a tea kettle at home. (We registered for one, so maybe we'll get one after the wedding. I can relax then.)
The good news is, I went to the gym three days in a row: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I did 22 minutes on Friday (I was tired, but I'd already skipped Wednesday so I need to make it up to myself), 32 minutes on Saturday, and a really awesome, sweat-filled, kickass 35 minutes yesterday. I love those workouts that make you feel really good.
I'm supposed to go again today. The thing is, during the week, I walk a lot to and from work, so I've already done some work by the time I hit the gym. That's been okay so far, but last week, they moved one of our departments downstairs and there are days when I'm up and down the stairs all day long. That's great and all (except it's not, it sucks and I hate it) but on a busy day (like Friday) it can really wipe me out. I think during the week, 20 minutes is a more realistic goal, and I can save my 30-40 minute workouts for the weekend.
I still absolutely need to find my hand weights and do some upper body workouts. Yesterday my friend h said she'd show me some basic exercises or something (she lifts weights and knows lots of important scientific personal trainer type things). At least I think she said she'd do that. I was really drunk at the time.
