Success tonight

I did it. Finally. I went to the gym! And it only took nearly a whole month since the last time I went.

I have a sprig of new motivation. I'm currently hovering around 174 (I was 173, then 172.2 the last couple days, but today I'm 175 out of nowhere), and that's almost about 5 lbs less than when I started this whole thing (way back in March - ridiculous!), so that's good but...come on, it's been 5 months and not quite even 5 lbs. I know I can do better. I *have* done better than this before.

So, my sprig of new motivation! When I get below 170 and stay below 170 for at least 1 week, I earn my first reward. I've been wanting some new workout clothes - mainly the shirts that wick away sweat - but feel I haven't earned them yet. So when I hit that below 170 goal, a new workout outfit I shall get!

So it did take me 3 hours from the time I said "let's go to the gym" to the time I arrived at the gym. Granted the last hour of that was getting ready + transportation time (no wonder I don't want to go - I spend longer getting ready and going [and let's not forget about the transportation time coming back too] than I spend there!). But still, 2 hours just to get up and start getting ready. Oh well. I guess I should try to look at it as, hey it took me 2 hours but at least I eventually did it. So I am proud of myself, in the end.

I spent the whole time on the elliptical. I did 5 mins of warm-up (actual warm-up at a nice slow to moderate pace), 55 mins of medium-high level intensity, and then 5 min cooldown. An hour and 5 mins I spent! Can you believe it?! And I didn't feel the need to stop. After that I was planning to do some weight training for arms, but oops! 24 hour fitness decided to close at 9pm for no apparent reason. Useless. I finished elliptical right at 9pm so that was the end of that one.

The machine told me I expended 662 calories. Even if it's wrong, I still did alot. Go me! I'm really hoping I can keep going every day for 21 days (this is apparently how long it takes to build a new habit or drop an old one). I'll just take it 1 day at a time and try to remember my success today.