Fat Woman With A Band

I’m into my third week with Jackie, a personal trainer. I’ve had four sessions with her, and did three sessions by myself last week as I was away. I finish out this week with another session by myself.

The most obvious signs of the workouts, so far, are my skinned knees. After the first session I had skinned elbows and I still can’t do the exercise that caused the boo-boo because my wound hasn’t healed. I got the skinned knees today as I did three sets of push-ups on the carpet rather than the mat.

I also got a two new workout shirts and a pair of shorts. I’m such a jock-wannabee.

I’m pretty much doing some activity six mornings out of seven. I’m grateful I don’t have to work full-time as I don’t know how I’d do all this stuff if I was employed.

I’m also grateful it’s just a couple of skinned knees.

I’m exercising, and I’m kinda liking it. Really.

I’m not liking the hurting part, but I’m liking the feeling of accomplishment. I’m liking the feeling of knowing I’m working towards my goal. I’m liking working with Jackie, a personal trainer.

Jackie has put together a three part plan, with each part comprised of approximately six weeks of exercise focussing on a specific goal. The first part is conditioning, the next strength, and the last pure hell. Alright, maybe not pure hell, but sounding challengin.

The odd thing is, I’m up for it. Moreover, I’m even looking forward to it. Weird. Very weird.

Can a leopard change its spots? Apparently.

I’m a teeny weeny bit late with this post. I’ve tried to provide an update every Friday, but the last couple of weeks got away from me.

I spent the time socializing. Yeah for me! I didn’t spend as much time exercising as I should have. Boo for me! I didn’t overeat – too often. Yeah for me! I didn’t watch what I ate as much as I should have. Boo for me!

The best news is that I start with my trainer tomorrow morning. I’m really looking forward to what “personal training” means for me. And the other news is that I’m back at aquafit this week. Both good things.

I’m feeling full of energy most days. I’m also much more short tempered. I really have to work to reign in my grumpiness. Unfortunately, I’m not hugely successful at that. Getting active helps stabilize my mood, but even that is not consistent. I hope that the grumpiness passes soon before I alienate all my friends, family, acquaintances and complete strangers.

Grrrr.