(trying) to get my groove on in the mornings
the life, or at least the schedule, of a part-time daycare teacher is far from fixed. you never know what time you're gonna work till sometimes the day before. it keeps you on your toes for sure. this week i'm on the afternoon shift; meaning i work from 1 to 6.30 in the evening. its a pretty cool time to work when the kids decide not to be devilish. usually when i end in the evenings i go to the gym after, but today i thought i'd try going before work. i left home at 9 and reached the gym at only 10.30! completely forgot to factor in the morning jam. admittedly it has been a while since i was in town at that hour.i did an hour-long weight training session, albeit with a somewhat rushed warm-up and cool-down. i was practically shitting bricks on the way back to work because i only left the gym at 12.15, knowing it was at least an hour-long commute. i don't know how i did it but i was just five minutes late. but no sense in giving myself pulmonary stress, after spending an hr trying to do just the reverse. best i leave at 8 instead tomorrow i think...
working out in the morning obviously means no sleeping in, but its great not having to constantly wait for machines to be vacant. thus i was finally able to get thru all the resistance exercises in an hour! yay! another day of cheap thrills :) and the slight increase in weight was due to the bloating during TOTM. back to being 64.9. hope to be able to go down to 60 in the next two to three months. since fasting back in october i have only lost about 2 kilos. the weight is much harder to lose now. but the funny thing is i see my body getting smaller and becoming more sinewed even thought it's not reflected on the scale. and that has been enough to keep me motivated. that and the post-workout endorphine rush.
on a completely unrelated note, one of my colleagues in school is battling with a combination of anorexia and bulimia. she's lost bunches of weight. we were both 67 when i started in october and now she's 58kg, while i'm still 65! she's been having the disorder for a year now and was apparently nearly 90 kg when she first joined the school. according to her, her disorder is a way for her to deal with the stress in her life. i want to help her but other than lending her a listening ear and giving her my support there's little else i can do. as painful as it is to see someone go through something like this and as much as you want for them to get better, they need to want it too. i'm not sure my friend is quite there yet. and on that note we conclude.
working out in the morning obviously means no sleeping in, but its great not having to constantly wait for machines to be vacant. thus i was finally able to get thru all the resistance exercises in an hour! yay! another day of cheap thrills :) and the slight increase in weight was due to the bloating during TOTM. back to being 64.9. hope to be able to go down to 60 in the next two to three months. since fasting back in october i have only lost about 2 kilos. the weight is much harder to lose now. but the funny thing is i see my body getting smaller and becoming more sinewed even thought it's not reflected on the scale. and that has been enough to keep me motivated. that and the post-workout endorphine rush.
on a completely unrelated note, one of my colleagues in school is battling with a combination of anorexia and bulimia. she's lost bunches of weight. we were both 67 when i started in october and now she's 58kg, while i'm still 65! she's been having the disorder for a year now and was apparently nearly 90 kg when she first joined the school. according to her, her disorder is a way for her to deal with the stress in her life. i want to help her but other than lending her a listening ear and giving her my support there's little else i can do. as painful as it is to see someone go through something like this and as much as you want for them to get better, they need to want it too. i'm not sure my friend is quite there yet. and on that note we conclude.
posted by liza @ 2/06/2007 09:07:00 PM
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