I have a little extra time this morning so I thought I'd post an update.
I quit twice last night. I'm a quitter. But I consider one of those quittings to be a positive.
First, I quit the gym. I've had this planned since I started back in October. The gym was away for me to bridge the time between fall and spring. To get through the dark and cold months. Turns out the dark and cold months weren't so dark and cold this year. I can honestly say this is the best February I've ever had. I know it's technically still February and I risk jinxing myself by saying it, but it's true.
I didn't make a whole lot of progress at the gym. I think I half expected to see some improvement. And I did, a little bit. I saw my weight fluctuate slightly, enough to notice that it went down on the weeks that I worked the hardest and went up when I slacked. What a novel idea.
Though I don't think I am proved my endurance while I worked out at the gym, I did see the drastic difference in my endurance from the last time I belonged to a gym until now. I was also reunited with Step Aerobics. So much fun!
But now it's time to move on. March and Daylight Saving Time are right around the corner and I am so excited to get back outside and run. I miss it so much. Thanks to such a mild winter, I've been able to get out inexperienced those runs of little bit here and there, but I can't wait to get back into some kind of outside running schedule.
Speaking of Step Aerobics, I quit that last night too.
That was not a positive quitting experience.
I just lost my breath somewhere around the 30-minute mark, and despite a few breathers, I couldn't get my lungs to start functioning properly again. I would take a break ,try again, lose my breath, take a break, try again... my lungs seemed unwilling to pull in air.
I'm okay with it though. I had a good 30 minutes. Oh and my friend Amy did an amazing job on her second attempt at Step Aerobics. She looked like a pro.
In with that, I am out of time. Probably a little late actually. Oops!
Later gators!
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Sounds like you're not all that sorry to say goodbye to your gym. At least you weren't locked into some two-year contract that you had to live through before canceling (like SOME people...).
ReplyDeleteI'm about ready to start trying to run again after taking almost three months off because of the cold weather and illness. I'm anticipating having the same breathing issues you did during steprobics. Oh boy!