Back to the Gym - Operation 'New Lisa'
My trainer went on an old people riverboat cruise with her mom and grandma, so tonight was my first training session in about two weeks. (I'll be honest, it was my first workout of any kind in two weeks.) We spent the half-hour workout focusing on my back and legs. She and I have become friends, so I spent the half hour filling her in on my birthday and all the stuff she missed while she was away.
She said I should be this talkative more often, because she kicked my ass and I barely broke a sweat. The last 11 minutes were spent doing intervals on the exercise bike, and she had me up to level 13 and said I never got below 80 revolutions per minute the whole time.
Kickass.
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As part of Operation 'New Lisa,' I'm making a point to clean out my refrigerator and cupboards of all the shit that's in there, and fill it with healthy things. Eating well and portion control have always been the hardest things for me. I was thinking about rejoining Weight Watchers, but I have two negative memories of that place:
1) Constantly being hungry (which I guess happens when you're my size and eating about 1,000 calories a day!)
2) I had been getting the distinct impression for awhile that they were starting to preach, "Fat ugly, thin beautiful," and that was driving me crazy. If I had to stay ugly until I got thin, would I ever be pretty? :p
3) The last meeting I attended, I weighed in and gained two pounds or something like that. The woman who weighed me said in a syrupy cheerful voice, "Well, someone didn't follow plan very well this week, did they?"
(First of all, I hate it when people talk in the third person --- aka "Jimmy's goin' down!" from Seinfeld. Second, she said it loudly enough that several people heard her; I know because a girl behind me giggled and said to her friend, "Oh my God, did you hear that?!")
I shot back, "Well, someone just lost a customer now, didn't they?!", ripped the weigh-in book out of her hand, and walked out the door. The leader must have heard the exchange, because she followed me out the door, apologizing profusely. I accepted the apology, but never went back.
So, I've decided to try and do it on my own, and now seems as good a time as any to start, especially when I'm getting awesome results through training. (I've not lost much weight, but I'm getting killer muscle definition, and am doing things I never would have considered before, like running.)
Wish me luck! If anyone has some healthy eating tips, send them my way!