Ow!

[hellziggy]

OK, I knew I was out of shape. Didn't realize just how bad it was until I actually *gasp* exercised.

Last week I joined Snap Fitness with J. from work. They had a special going where there was no enrollment fee, and they have month to month contracts, so I figure if I end up not using it I'll only be out a few months fees.

I went to work out yesterday for the first time and barely made my 15 minutes on the elliptical machine.

but wow! am I ever achy today. Mostly my thighs. It's that sort of feels good ache you get from exercise, but it is definitely something I'm not used to!

In other news, I did horrible on my Spanish test. I got a B- which doesn't seem that bad except that I'd been getting A's on everything 'til now.

It was raining when I left school. When I got home the raindrops were looking a little white and solid. It was also windy as all fuck out there. Right now it looks like we've got about an inch out there and it's still coming down.

I expect that it will be absolutely GORGEOUS out by the time I get up tomorrow. And I can leisurely enjoy it & take some pictures before snowblowing because I'm working the afternoon shift instead of morning. Yay! Sleeping in *and* pretty snow!

Comments

[scubagrrl.livejournal.com]

Good for you for working out! :) It does take a while to get back into it though.

I'm glad you're happy about the new wet stuff. I'd think by now you'd be pretty sick of it. :) I always was.

[theseamster.livejournal.com]

Good on ya for the workout. When you're getting back up to speed I'd especially recommend doing various exercises for cardio... elliptical, recumbent bike, fast walking on a track or treadmill and such. This will give you some variety and make it so you "spread around the soreness" in smaller doses to different muscles.

[freyjakj.livejournal.com]

*ditto* on the spread it around - The elliptical is pretty challenging anyway, let alone just getting back into things!

Anyhoo - great job!

And great job on the test, too - A B- is not what you were expecting, but a B is still a solid, respectable grade.

[johnboze.livejournal.com]

Have fun with the pretty pictures!

I'll be playing in traffic...

[felisblanco.livejournal.com]

Girl, you've got nothing on me. I had to participate in ONE dance with my daughter at her school yesterday, granted it included hunching down and standing up a lot, (don't ask me, some weird dance obviously designed to make fat old mothers look silly) and today my thighs are aching! It was only about 5 minutes! Damn, I'm out of shape. *sighs*

[whimsywinx.livejournal.com]

You have snow? All I got was slush.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

If I knew that the snow would then be here for WEEKS & WEEKS I'd probably hate it. But snow this time of year disappears so fast.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm planning on doing different machines. The main thing I need to worry about is that I have bad knees so anything with impact is bad.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Eh, it was all slush by the time I dragged my lazy ass out of bed. :)

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

My knees would never be able to take the hunching down & standing up. Stupid knees!

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, by the time I dragged my lazy ass out of bed it was ugly slush. :(

[lucky13charm.livejournal.com]

Hey there you! How are things? I've been thinking about joining a little gym that just went up over here. I know I'm terribly out of shape. I can't even imagine how achy I would be.