Tonight was another late evening. I just got home from my regular every-other-Tuesday meeting, which lasts from 6:30 to 9:30. Some of the people in this meeting are just obnoxious, and we spend so much time on “process” rather than actually accomplishing anything. Damn, it is annoying. Some people really like to hear themselves talk. It's so mentally exhausting, especially after working at my real job all day.
I worked out for about 1-1/2 hours today. 45 minutes (3 miles) on the treadmill, and 45 minutes of weights. I really worked up a sweat! The workout room, which is pretty small, was SO crowded. Thank God for my iPod. I can turn it on and tune out everyone else. Today it was full of guys using huge weights and grunting (can someone please tell me...WHY DO THEY DO THAT? Don't they feel embarrassed to make such gross noises?)…meanwhile there’s me with my little 5-8 lb weights going through my upper body routine and trying to ignore all the macho posturing (I don’t know what else to call it).
I had a pretty good food day, until the meeting with the usual cheese and crackers, and cookies, etc. Yes, I had a few cookies, even though before I went I told myself I wasn’t going to have any. I could have eaten a dozen, but I only had 5, and they were tiny.
Oh, yeah, and tomorrow is my first meeting with the therapist. I’m a little nervous. Just to show you how crazy I am, I’ve been thinking about what to wear to best camouflage my stomach because I don’t want her to think…”Oh, yeah, I sure do understand why she’s got issues about anyone seeing her stomach.”
I haven’t seen tonight’s BL episode…I’m too tired to watch it tonight, so I’ll watch tomorrow. Plus I'm feeling really cranky, so I’m off to bed…
Good luck at therapy today. I hope it helps your process.
ReplyDeletegrunting is a method used in sports, weight lifting, martial arts, and many other activities - when you grunt, you flex and tighten your core muscles (abs, obliques, etc) which in turn transfers power to your arms and legs.
ReplyDeleteIn Martial arts its a critical difference between breaking your hand or braking the board. In weight lifting it could mean an extra 10, 20, and higher lbs on the bar. Not to mention it makes you use more of your core muscles in all of your exercises that require power.
I used to know a body builder that plateaued for a long time on the bench. He quit working bench for a month and just did core exercises - then hit the bench again and was able to break the plateau. We use our core alot - arrggghhhh! :D
BTW - this is Dale from I Quit... Again!. Go Team Lean!
ReplyDeleteI'm fine with guys grunting when lifting big weight. I did get a giggle out of a younger guy who was on the treadmill next to me the other day. He kept grunting, sighing, and spontaneously hollering (Whoot! Yeah! ). Even with my MP3 player going, I was having a hard time keeping my focus. Have you tried to run on the treadmill while choking down laughter? It kind of hurts! :o )
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