It's fun to play at the YMCA

We've had a membership at the local YMCA for a few months now, but I've never worked out there.  I'm not exactly a gym person, though I like the idea of strength training using convenient exercise machines.  (I've worked out at gyms before, so I do know what I'm missing.) 

This afternoon, I took my four kids to the YMCA.  We endured the Orientation, my kids got their ID tags and my daughter swam in the (outdoor!) pool.  After the hour-long Orientation, my boys and I worked out on the elliptical machines for twenty minutes. (That's all we had time for since the Orientation took so long.)

Not much, but a good start.  Plus, now I know the next step to take so I can get trained to use the strength training machines.  They have a cool computerized system that helps you work out and stay on track and improve and all that good stuff.

Here's what I ate today:

Big, big salad at Souplanation
Turkey noodle soup (whole wheat noodles!) at Souplanation

Lots of chopped up vegetables cooked with eggs.  Sort of an omelette, really.

98% fat-free popcorn

That doesn't sound like very much--the problem was that I am totally out of practice at eating breakfast.  I need to try to eat earlier in the day tomorrow so my blood sugar stays stable and all that.

And now, I'm heading to bed . . . after I make my son's school lunch.

Comments

[Roxie]

I think it's a great start. I have to keep reminding myself of two things: 1. I can't get it all back in a day and 2: what I will do every day is far more important than what I will do once in a while. Reader's Digest version - if I find a level of exercise that doesn't feel like punishment and a level/way of eating that doesn't feel like deprivation, I can sustain those things for a longer period of time.

[lynne]

I am glad you are at the gym - Best advice I was ever given was to join a spin class. You go at your own pace, but you stay the whole time and eventually you will build relationships with instructors and other students... It is the BEST workout... Try it, you'll like it... but regardless, keep going! I am glad that you are back!!!