The Gym

I sure hope this little fitspo picture is true. I've become a bit of a gym rat lately. 

I was listening to the Kane Show* last week and they said that January 10 is the day most people quit the gym. Apparently, the number one reason people quit the gym is because they have a hard time finding parking. UM, are you serious (insert eye brow lift)?! LifeTime has an OK parking situation so I guess I can't complain but c'mon! This reminded me of those times I would walk to UREC (oh JMU, how I miss UREC) and see people waiting in the 5 car parking lot by the gym for a spot so they wouldn't have to walk uphill (or downhill) from the other parking lots. I always thought that these people were really stupid. I mean, if they just parked in the other lot, they could use the walk from their car to the front door as a warm up and they could hit the ground running. I'm sure that in the time they spent waiting in their car, they could have gotten through at least a quarter of their workout. Oh well. I'm not sure if I believe the Kane show though because when I go after work, I have a harder time finding a machine that I like. I guess in a few weeks, people will get tired and stop going. Just got to wait it out...ugh.

Even though I have passed the January 10 gym d-day and am continuing to go 5-6 times a week, I do sometimes still get a little discouraged that the scale isn't budging. Yes, I am eating better and drinking more water. Yes, I am weight training but I guess I should up it from 2 to at least 3 times a week. The hubs thinks I need to kick it up a notch - since I have already lost some weight it'll be harder for me to lose it unless my workouts become more intense. I think he should kiss my [censor]....I am honestly doing the best that I can. When I leave the gym, I am sweaty, red in the face, and out of breath and/or so sore it's hard to walk. I think I just need to ditch the scale. Maybe I'm losing fat and gaining muscle. Maybe I'm deluding myself. Maybe I should just stop thinking about losing weight, keep working hard and eating better, and the weight will take care of itself. Yeah, that sounds about right. I did lose a half inch from my natural waist line in 2 weeks. Guess that's better than nothing.

Last night, I started week 6 of the Couch-to-5K running guide. It was kind of brutal. It adds another 3 minutes of running. Doesn't sound like a lot but I definitely do not consider myself a runner. I had to slow down the pace to be able to finish the whole thing but I'm really proud of myself for not quitting and running through the pain. On the last 5 minutes, I told myself I would only do 2 and I did the whole 5. My time was slow...I finished in about 45 minutes, probably because I was exhausted and walked the last half mile...but I really need to work on my endurance first. Once my lungs don't burn (I will not blame my asthma, I will not blame my asthma) I can work on my speed. This morning was TEAM Fitness Cardio day and we did the elliptical - it was really hard because we had to up our resistance. I'm used to doing it at 8 but I had to go all the way up to 20. She called it "walking in the mud" and that's exactly how I felt. I was next to the old guy in our group and he was smoking me...I think elliptical is his only cardio because I can do better than him on the treadmill. Still hurt my pride a little...Oh well, I'll just have to do better next time.

Happy Hump Day!!!

*for those of you not in the DC area, the Kane show is the morning show on Hot 99.5 - you can listen to them on I Heart Radio. They're pretty hilarious =)