Health Link: Looking to gain muscle? Buy Too Tired for Cardio
By Groovybabe • Oct 1st, 2007 • Category: gymI really wanted to do a full workout today and went to the gym with every intention of doing just that but I was failing all day after being awake from 3am until 6am and then waking up at 8am. So I ended up just doing a 45 minute weight lifting session instead as I really could not face the cardio machines with such a huge lack of energy going on. But that is completely okay with me, it was a miricle I went to the gym at all. I wasn’t going to but the fact that I am now seeing such a huge difference in my body gave me the extra urge to go. And while I didn’t do any cardio at the gym today, I did do about 50 minutes worth of walking outside.
I was soooo seriously tired. I was laying on the floor in between abs exercises and I almost fell to sleep! Imagine! But I did sleep for a few hours when I got home so it is not all bad!
I could have throttled my son last night. He told me he’d shut the front door tightly and I took his word for it. When I woke up at 3am I opened my eyes to a ginger kitten staring at me. I don’t have a ginger kitten! I was like whoa! where’d that come from?!! So I got up and chased it out and found my front door wide open. I’d slept half the night with the front door open and not realised. Luckily my front door is not out in the open and is tucked away but the thought of what could have happened did not escape me! I will not be entrusting my son with front door duties again in a hurry!!
Thanks for all your comments of support over the idiotic comments I got at the weekend. Luckily I am in a position now where I can let comments like that slide off me because I KNOW I look a tonne better than I used to. But if those comments had come when I was at my highest weight I’d have ended up with 10,000 calories in sweets, crisps and cakes surrounding me. It served a purpose in showing me just how far I have come on my emotional journey. But you will be pleased to hear this person was horrified to hear what he’d said (he didn’t remember, I think he has a bit of a problem with drink) and went to the trouble of finding out my contact details so he could email me and apologise. He said he doesn’t know why he said it because he certainly doesn’t think it. I haven’t responded yet because I don’t know what to say but yeah… his apology was well received.
My weight loss is going fantastically well this week, I am loving the scales right now. Check my sidebar for more information!
Groovybabe is 14.9 stones today and has lost 2lbs at her last weigh in.
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OMG… I am such a nervous nelly when it comes to locking my doors at night. I usually have to check twice before I can finally close my eyes to sleep. My husband thinks I’m crazy.. but even out here in the country we have some horrid crimes happen… at least you got a friendly visitor!
Your doing awesome with your weightloss… and brava for going to the gym. Even if you didn’t hop on the cardio machines you still burned calories.. and built some sexy muscle!!
Keep up the great work…
Reply that he’s lucky you don’t think you’re ugly because otherwise you could’ve been really hurt by such a comment. ha ha.. .
That’s pretty decent of him to apologize though. I bet it was an immature he-has-a-crush-on-you sort of comment. Poor guy….
45 minutes on the weights…. i’ve asked this before but what’s your routine??
what an awesome job you are doing with your weightloss. I hate that your front door was left unlocked, but the kitten part of the story had me rolling on the floor over here!!! LOL That is hilarious. Glad I found your blog -stop by my place when you have time!
hurray for the weight loss! I feel you on the triedness though. I managed to get about 3 and half hours sleep last night, so when I got to school I went up to the empty language lab and slept with me head on the desk. For about 4 hours. I’m glad no other teachers came to speak to me because there was some pretty heavy drooling…
You are doing fantastic and an inspiration to all us fatties out here. I am over 18 stone and have just found out that my knee joints have started disintigrating (sp) I have just has an arturoscophy and I am looking at knee joint replacement surgery in the not too distant future and it is all down to me abusing myself! Good Luck and I am on your trail!! xx