Gym Recap

Leaps and landings! Leaps and landings! Oh! My! God!

So yeah, I'm really super sore now, and Jeev suggested I wear my brace again on Monday since we're going to be doing more leaps and landings. Guh.

Notable exercise of the day: sitting on a chair and attempting to stand up one-legged. Insanely, maddeningly difficult for me. Of course, after the first set, Jeev put down one of those foam pads that he has me do balance work on, just because it evidently wasn't hard enough. Good lord that was tough!

Gym Recap

In addition to the regular regimen of squats and lunges, Jeev had me run three laps around the parking lot. And I didn't die! In fact, it wasn't too bad at all. I also used a rowing machine for the first time in my life. Nice.

I purchased 36 more sessions with Jeev; I've made a lot of progress, and I think with his help I'll be able to go far beyond where I was before the accident.

In related news, my favorite hiking buddy will be back over the holidays and we're thinking of hitting the trails while she's in town. I'm looking forward to it!

Occasional Gym Recap

Today I asked Jeev, under the assumption that I get back to going to the gym four days a week (a rather serious assumption, to be sure), how long it would take me to be able to run a 5k. He said three to four months, which sounds ridiculously optimistic to me, but it also means I have a goal to work toward.

And man, did I work today. High-knee jogging in place, jogging on the treadmill at various speeds (but only for, like, 45 seconds at a time), kettle ball swings, jump-squats, bouncy plank positions, and more. I definitely feel worked out (or perhaps just over) tonight.

My food habits are gradually increasing, but it's been tough due to an often crippling bout of depression. I think I'm coming out of it, but it's so hard to tell. But I do know that I'm tired of reminding myself of that line from a Jewel song: "...looked like a potato stuffed into jeans." Boo!

Gym Recap 14 Nov 2011

I've actually been hitting the gym fairly regularly lately, though alas, it's only been twice a week with any kind of consistency. I keep trying to push it to three or even four but then something comes up and I have to work late or whatever and it doesn't happen. But my ankle is indeed improving. Jeev was out sick last week but back again today and evidently with renewed motivation to kill me.

But I'm okay with that.

I'm not going to go through the exercises we did, because heaven knows I can't remember them all. But I would like to note that when he had me jogging up and down the stairs, it was totally easy. I mean, I was tired and out of breath because I'm fat, but a few months ago I couldn't even climb the stairs on the balls of my feet (I had to lay my foot fully flat on the step before hauling myself up to the next), much less do it with any kind of speed. So I am improving, even if it's only noticeable in little flashes like this.

Walking on grass still sucks, though. I went to the park yesterday briefly and found that uneven ground is still my enemy. I miss hiking, but if I can't handle crossing a grassy field, there's no way I could hope to scale a mountain. (Even a little one.)

I realized the other day that 2011 has more or less been a wash for me. I need a do-over. The first four months I was spending the vast majority of my time planning the BookCrossing Convention. The weekend following the con was when I busted my ankle. So basically I had something like six days of being able to walk without having to work on the convention. Sheesh.

But I continue to work at it. Eating is a daily struggle, but tonight I am pleased to report that I did not have any dessert. I also did not visit the vending machine at work, though I thought quite seriously about it. That's about the extent of my virtues, and my sins are many, so I think I'll end this here.