Warning: boring self-indulgent post. Enter at your own risk.
I have been battling a debilitating hormone-induced mini-depression (defined, by me, as lethargy with no tears) for a few weeks. I’ve tried a few things to get my mood back up, and here’s my latest attempt: I have decided to crawl back to my old gym and beg them to take me back.
After losing my gym bag and membership card altogether mid-last-year (and taking months to even realize I had), I decided to stop contributing funds to the gym (aka my favorite charity) and quit. Well, I was happy to see that they hadn’t forgotten about me, and that they were happy to have me back. The prodigal son had returned.
I had been looking forward to exercising all day long. I even escaped a meeting that hadn’t ended yet so I could dutifully make my regular train home. Well, the gym did not disappoint! To start, I did some warm up exercises (following the video below):
[youtube http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&client=mv-google&hl=en&v=nrpaAfmVzCc]
2 things to clarify: 1) no, I’m not that big yet, and 2) this warm up was a lot harder than it looked before I tried it!!!
And then I proceeded to spend a whole hour on the treadmill walking at a brisk pace of 3.5 miles/hour!
Then I got home and made an AWESOME light capellini Carbonara with chicken (sans bacon, sans vermouth, replace asparagus with broccoli). It was delicious! Recipe here.
Tonight I think I’ll practice some piano and then go next door to celebrate my neighbor’s bday over some awesome Norwood Express Pizza and an awesome game of Settlers of Catan (if you’ve ever played, and if you’ve ever had good pizza, you understand what an awesome night awaits).
Oh, AND it’s a long weekend! Could this day get any better??? Doubt it! Oh wait, I brought left overs for lunch from dinner last night… I guess the day CAN get better!
Happy President’s Day Weekend, everyone!
ina
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