Back to the gym

“Yeah. :(”

“scared to IM me? heeheehee!!”

“Well you're always so mean to me on IM :D Of course Im scared.”

“Okay then! Be that way!

Disclaimer: I am NEVER mean, only sometimes busy, or TIRED!”

“I told my trainer that the ab exercise he showed me the other night is a killer. I did three sets of 15. You sit on the floor raise your feet of the ground and lean back at a 45 deg. angle and then holding a medicine ball turn at the hips and swing the ball from one side to the other ALMOST touching the ball to the floor just even with your hips. OUCH

He said, "Well, if it isn't hard to do, is it worth doing?" I guess he is right. Then he proceeded to kick (my) butt with a good workout. I can feel it even now. Swimming in one hour, then home to a light dinner.

Try this:

Field Greens and Romaine lettuce.
Chopped walnuts two tablespoons
Slices or some sort of tart apple or pear
Crumble up a quarter cup bleu cheese
4 one inch wide slices of raost beef about 4" long (total beef three ounces)
Two tablespoons raspberry vinaigrette dressing


YUM!!!!! Enjoy.”

“Ahhh 21's. Don't do 'em too often our you might end up with a nasty case of tennis elbow just like me. Also, limit the skull crushers & preacher curls.”

“they were called 21s. Whre does that come from?

Also, what are skull crushers? I do curls between two pulleys set at head level. Arms staight out from shoulders and at shoulder level and then curl hands in toward ears. Is that them?

I know preacher curls.”

“only did cardio and abs today. Oh, lower back too.

I need my lower back stronger, but all I do is one lousy exercise in the machine. (dont' ask me, I don't know what it's called)

I have to say it's amazing what difference the people who are at the gym make. I really used to hate going to the gym. I really, really have fun. Hope it will stay that way.

I think I am gonna go and eat a mederterian salad today. I had sushi yesterday. Yeah...I know white rice, but it was good.”

“Le Meow.
last edited: 4/29/05 3:09:28 PM”

“WHAT? did I not spell it correctly?”

“I said Le Meow :D”

“C'est La Vie?”

“oh my gosh, after an absence from the gym (do to a knee injury) I started up again yesterday and today. Oh it felt good! Ok, I only did some cardio and not much else but still, thats something! BTW I lost 2.5 lbs this week :)”

“I decided to change my workout routine.
I'll now do cardio, legs, and back on one day.
next day I'll do cardio, arms, upperbody, abs, etc...

Faster that way. The other day I was almost 2 1/2 hours at them gym, that's too long.

Only drawback, now I have only one single day of rest, and that would be sunday. (unless I am on a bp trip)

This got to work thou until I am in top shape. I can always reduce it a little bit, or change my workout routine some other way later one.”

“I actually worked out! OMG!

I went for a bike ride today. Rode for about an hour. I'm gonna be sore tomorrow.”

“Cool Pixie! I bet those spore muscles feel great today.”

“pixie I know how you feel! But it feels good. I find that for some reason I feel so much more energy after working out. It has been that way all last week (today is my off day)”

“I need to go right now...someone kick me in the ass...PLEASE. God, I don't wanna go!”

“As they say in OZ "Good on ya, Mate!"

Take it slow and easy and the foot will be fine.”

“Whhhaaaa, I am back!!! How long was I gone? Felt like all day!”

“Gem, you went to the gym anyhow? Good for you!

Soreness: muscles are good, but butt hurts! Sitting on the bench at the bus stop this morning. Ouchy!”

“yeah, I go...because once I am there it's fun.
Just to get my butt to go..that's the hardest part.

pixie, an hour on a bike is pretty good. I am still on the threadmill...

Told the trainer there that I'll bring my pack with me one sunday, so if they watch on cam, it's just me with a pack, not trying to steal anything. LOL

He said that would be worth it watching me from home trying to climb the 15 incline with a pack. [hmm, did that make sense? u know what I am trying to say?]

LOL I don't think he ever hiked. Heeheehee”

“Yeah, well I was actually riding outside. I would get so bored riding on the stationary bike for an hour. Blah!

I know what you mean about getting there. I have trouble with that too.

Those trainers are too bulky to backpack. Carrying all that extra muscle around.”

“If a person were to pig out one day and then eat very low cal and healthy on the next day, does it do any good? I mean, is the bad day already converted to fat?

Just wondering as yesterday I had carne asada for lunch and pepperoni pizza and 2 beers at dinner. Bad stuff. Today, sugar free yogurt for breakfast and salad, carrot sticks and hummus for lunch. (BTW, it's 2:30 and I'm STARVING!!!!)

On a good note the hour long biking was between the carne asada and the pizza and beers.”

“Pixie, you're going straight to hell...and you know it too. Heeheehee...

Na!! Really...how much pizza? A WHOLE (???!!!!) pizza? what the heck is carne adada? High cal?

I THINK (but don't really know for sure) that it coverts straight into fat, but I also think that one cheat day is okay. I have one cheat day, but I don't go overboard on that day. I eat what I like (and lucky me...I love sushi, that's not TOO bad for you)

I hope someone can answer that question for you. I wanna know too.
last edited: 5/02/05 5:04:44 PM”

“Carne asada is Mexican. It's a grilled steak dish. Served with corn tortillas, beans, rice, etc on the side. For Mexican it isn't too bad since it doesn't also have sauce and cheese all over it and it's grilled.
I had 3 slices of pizza. Pepperoni is sorta bad tho. I normally order veggie pizza, but I had to compromise with the person I was with.”

“lol, you know they can give you a half a veggy pizza and the other half pepperony. At least they do it here. IF I order pizza, I always order veggy too.

3 slices...guessing large...
oh gawd...900 cal? Maybe more.
mexican dish... another 800 or so. (saur cream? guaccomolee??)

I found something on the net that mentioned 402 cals without the rice. lol I don't know.

The beer don't even worry me so much. Beer has less calories then I thought it would have. Maybe 260 cals or so.

heehee, of course I am guessing.

I think you're fine. You exerciced, went a little overboard, but...yeah, I think your still okay.

UNLESS...you did't count those little tastes there, and there...and another bite there...you know...those damn snacks you can't remember lf you ate them or not.

your nutrionist is now signing off. (Prolly not right anyway, but I am normally pretty good in guessing...so...take those numbers and how it's not more)”

“All things in moderation. If you don't eat like that all the time you're fine. Every once in awhile ya have to have a treat day. Otherwise you crave and eat to much of everything but what you crave until you get what you want!”

“Came from the gym. 40 minutes of cardio with a 15 incline. I wanna go for an hour...but damn it's sooooo long and so boring.

Did legs and back today.
Gained weight but pants are looser. That I feel is very strange! I never gained weight and still lost fat. Hmmm.. I wonder. Talked to my trainer before he left (quicky talked) and he gave a a quick diet, but he also said I should stop weighing myself because I sure wouldnt' look like I gained.

Okay... signing out! worked my ass of today.”

“I did bike, stair climber and weights today :) I feel so energized!”

“I think I'm going to take it easy at the gym today. Maybe to the treadmill at a slower pace.”

“i got to do upper body today. I hate doing upper body, always takes forever and I have weak abs.”

“I did 2/3 of a mile last night in 30 minutes. I fiannly feel like I am getting back to my old form and speed as well as endurance. TOnight 1/2 hour of cardio of the ellyptical runner and then an hour with my trainer, Mike, the little tyrant (LOL) he is really very nice. I am feeling younger every day except that one shoulder that keeps reminding me how many irthdays I have had. hehehehe Keep at it everyone. And have some F U N!!!!”

“Gem...me too! and I just began last week so it's going to take me a while :(”

“I decided to turn over a new leaf for May. So I went for a bike ride yesterday. 30 minutes, the last 10 of which kicked my butt because it was all uphill for 8 blocks. I had to stop to catch my breath because of the asthma tho. : ( Gotta do what I gotta do when it comes to the lungs. That's ok.

As for my crazy scale. New batteries. I think I've lost muscle mass folks. Cause I dropped an additional 2 pounds in my months of inactivity and my body fat is in fact up to 30%. Ick!!!! So tomorrow morning, I'm getting up early and doing weight training at the gym. Going to use their scale too, make sure mine is correct.”

“never mind!! I added it to the "loosing weight" thread :)
last edited: 5/04/05 12:39:11 PM”

“My pers. Trainer had me doing "jacknifes" ugh He is going to add them in to our regular sessions. So I may be coming off bench press and going to upright rows and then he will say wait 20 jacknifes in between YIKES he is going to kill me. I love it.

Oh, he also showed me "spiderman" push ups. I can't do them, but I can look forward to that later. "Spiderman" pushups: Place feet on wall about 2' up from the floor and hands on floor. Do push up and then walk hands across the floor and feet across the wall for about two steps and then do another push up. He makes it look easy, but he has been doing them for years (he is a former HS wrestler).”

“I don't want to muck up my walls! LOL!


I was naughty and didn't go to the gym before work. So I'm going after work instead. I'm going dammit! (Poop it's gonna be crowded.)”

“I found my new YMCA over here on the east side. It isn't nearly as big as my old suburban one, but it has all the free weights I need as well as an indoor & outdoor pool. Plus I live 3 miles from a great park. There are bicycle lanes all the way there from our house.”

“Curahee, that's great! especially about the park.
How's the new house?”

“currahee, you talking about the Y on Gallatin road in East Nashville.

If you take the back roads from your house you can bike to the greenway at Shelby park. That might be the park you are talking about.”

“My knee was feeling better so I did 35 minutes on the tredmill and some weights before work.”

“Good for you SC!”

“I wish I had a personnal trainer :( But then again...I'm not really into that pain thing LOL”

“Pixie - we love it. I get out of bed and start on a new project every day. I imagine that'll be happening for a long time now. But I enjoy it. I mowed my own lawn for the first time and even enjoyed that!

Ewker - Yup, we call it the ghetto Y. It is Shelby Park. We are 3 miles from it and don't need back roads. We have bike lanes the whole way.”

“I should go today but I don't particularly feel like going :(”

“your right it is the ghetto "Y"..of course I can't say much I am looking at a house directly across the street from it or is it by the Phillips & Robinson Funeral Home.

Another house I am looking at is well lets say I would be the only salt in the pepper jar.

But it is an area that is up and coming...hopefully”

“SC, maybe you need a rest day. Sounds like you've worked out quite a bit already this week. BUT! Friday is the best day to go to the gym, cause everyone else is taking a rest day and you get on the equipment you want.

Segue to my trip to the gym last night. Considering this 24 Hr location is central to most people living downtown and neighboring suburbs of downtown Seattle, the place is a mess! The scale in the ladies locker room was off by 9 pounds! (heavy!) The layout of the weight room is not practical for the ladies or beginners. There is only one set of lighter hand weights, like 7.5, 12 pounders. Two sets of the 5, 10, 15 pounders. The lighter weights are at the end of all the weight racks lined up against the wall and there are NO flat benches near them. I do Body For Life which has 5 sets of reps, in which the weight is increased for each rep. So I am walking back and forth, back and forth, waiting for the 12 to be available, walking back, dodging the big guys and their 45 pound hand weights. It's a cluster-@#$%. You would think that since this location is so integrally located and very busy that they would be as organized as the burb locations. No. So I let them know (nicely of course) that the layout was really inadequate. I actually went home to finish my workout.”

“My podiatrist says my foot is really healing fast now. When he pokes his thumb into my arch it no longer hurts. The strength in my lower leg has really improved from the exercises. I will definitely be backpacking in July, maybe earlier! Woo HOO!”

“I feel better than i have in years. I'm finally getting back to normal since by back surgery last fall.

Did 2.5 miles on the treadmill last night and an hour upper body. It feels so good to be able to get in shape without all the pain I had before.”