Posts Tagged ‘outside’

So much water

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I’m sick of water. So I spent all of Wed night keeping the basement from flooding. Sucking up water with a shop vac and then emptying it into the sink down there. Stupid sump pump. It was fixed by 7 AM, but I had a joyful 6 hours lifting 2 full vacs full of water every 15 minutes. Each weighing about 80 lbs.

So I didn’t really “work out” on Thursday. I figure all the lifting and so forth was more then enough. I also didn’t do any weight training today.

On top of it, we had to move a bunch of stuff around, so I don’t currently have access to the treadmill. I didn’t want to skip two days of my cardio, so I went for a walk. It was raining when I left, though it did stop and the sun even came out for a short bit.

I walked about 3.25 miles. I’m not sure exactly how long it took me. That wasn’t my concern. I just knew I wanted to get some cardio of some kind in. I’m sore, but it felt good to get out. I think I’ll make a habit of walking outside a bit more instead of being cooped up in the basement.

I also think I’m going to have to start eating a bit less during my dinner meal. I know I’m not going over on calories, but I’ll eat, and I feel very full for hours. Like I ate a bit too much. Maybe I’ll just try to eat slower so I feel more full quicker. I eat pretty fast, habit from when I worked in fast food (wanted to get done super fast to have time to smoke a couple cigs during my break). Either way, I don’t like feeling like I’m stuffed. Will have to work more on not letting that happen.

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So nice here today.

Monday, April 7th, 2008

The weather is so nice here today. 60 degrees, sun is out, light breeze. So I went for a walk outside. Normally I don’t do any exercises on the weekends, as its my time off, but I felt compelled. It’ll help balance out my slip up earlier this week, though that’s not what motivated me to do it. Its just SO nice outside.

So I walked the same thing I did the very first day I decided to start working out. Why did I go walking in the middle of January in Wisconsin? Yes, perhaps its because I’m crazy. The real reason, I tried to get the treadmill working and it wouldn’t work. Not sure exactly what was wrong with it, as it worked fine the next day. So my next thought was to walk in circles inside my garage. After a few times around, I felt like it was counter productive and I’d probably go insane doing it. So walking outside it was. It had snowed the day before, so there was still snow covering most the sidewalks. So I walked on the road. It took a lot out of me. I hadn’t worked out in anyway in…a long time, lol. My legs hurt, my feet hurt, my ankle hurt, I had worked up quite the sweat under my jacket.

Today was the first time I’d walked it since. It took me about half the time. My feet, legs, and ankle were sore, but after 5 to 10 minutes for them to relax and it was gone. It actually felt good.

Which made me think again about how crazy the human body is. How it responds when you push it and train it. I do stuff now that probably would have figuratively killed me back in January. If I’d be able to even do them at all. It helps to put things in perspective, and gives me hope for the future. It also keeps me motivated, I don’t want to go back to how I was, how out of shape I was, how unmotivated I was. I just need to keep at it, and I’ll achieve the goals I have set for myself. It might not be as quickly as I want, but I know its attainable with time. That’s a comforting thing to know.

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