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Showing posts with label leg cramps. Show all posts

Why are those two guys running away?

I'm baacck.


And I am still tired. I did a lot of standing. Last night I woke up with both of my legs severely cramping. And they still hurt. I didn't lose any weight, but I didn't gain any either. So that's a good thing. I did a lot of walking, too. The exhibit hall was in the bowels of the Georgia World Conference Center. So it was four flights down and back at least twice every day. And the last day we were there, I made the trek about five times.

While I was in Atlanta, I saw these two guys running up the middle of the street—my first clue that something was wrong should've been that they were running up the MIDDLE of the street. But my first thought was that they were jogging. Then I thought, "Wow, they're going awfully fast to be jogging." The I look over to my left, and I see these two other guys being arrested—already in handcuffs and waiting to be escorted to the paddy wagon. Now, I'm thinking, "Oh, well then that makes sense that those two were running so fast." I don't know if one of the "running guys" was some a plain clothes cop or not. There were a number of other cops standing around, and they didn't seem to concerned. I guess they had things under control.

I did not workout while I was on travel. I decided to take a break. This morning was the first time I've worked out since last Friday. It was a little more challenging.

So I begin Phase III of weight management program today. If I lose 25 to 30 more pounds over the next year, I'll be happy. I have to keep this up for life—I know that. I'm just waiting for the day when I can maintain my weight. I've heard, though, that's it's tougher to keep it off than it is to lose it. I hope I can keep it off.

Is there anything wrong with finding a younger man attractive? There was this waiter at the hotel we were staying at—he was the most the delicious-looking thing on the menu. But does it make me a dirty old woman to look? When he noticed me looking at him, he smiled and kind of blushed. But he still smiled and even allowed his eyes to meet mine. I could've eaten him alive. Anyway, this is supposed to be a blog about weight loss and exercise, not my wicked thoughts. But the wicked thoughts are more fun, right?

Anyway, I'll have more to say as I think of things that happened over the past week.

P.S. Oddly enough, today on Friday the 13th, I ended my hour-long cardio session by burning 666 calories. What does this mean?


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Almost a Year Has Gone By

Today, I have leg cramps. It was really hard getting through step class when my legs didn't want to move. I think I must make a lot of faces that reflect my agony. The instructor kept saying, "Just a little longer," while she was looking right at me.


It has been almost a full year since I started going to the gym. I began on June 15 last year. I looked at my before pictures yesterday, and I don't recognize the person in them. I'm not sure who that woman was, but that's not me anymore. She is old and obese. She looks tired and sad. I still look at little sad, but I've come a long way. I look 10 years younger. I feel 20 years younger. It doesn't pain me to walk up the steps anymore. I have more flexibility. I feel better than I did when I was 40.

No "crush" sighting today, but yesterday was pretty good. So that'll hold me over for a while.

I was on a dreaming marathon last night. I dreamed I was working as a chef and serving people all kinds of food. Then I became some kind agricultural researcher, and I was taking soil samples. I had these things that had a red flag on one end, and the other end was this thing that collected the samples. I had to throw it in the air, and then wherever it landed I took the sample. It was really odd. Somehow my nephew was involved, but I can't remember the dream in its entirety. My little flags were landing in some strange places, too, like at the top of a steep rock wall. I remember not being too worried about having to climb up and get them because I felt I was in good enough shape. Anyway, it was of those dreams that I didn't get to finish. The alarm went off first. Anyway. . . .

I don't know what else to say today, so I'll be off then.

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