it all adds up (part 1)
As regular readers will know, I joined a gym 2 and a half weeks ago. The initial excitement (sauna! steam room! jacuzzi! towel service!) has since worn off and the poor person in me is demanding to know if it's all worth it. So I jumped on the scales this morning and found that, no, not a budge. Two and a half weeks of pain and not even a tease of weight loss. This seems a little unfair, given the amount of exercise I am now doing. In a typical week I:
- cycle 55 kms (at breakneck speeds through 'heavy' London traffic - when is London traffic ever 'light'?);
- do 2 hrs 15 minutes cardio (running, more bloody cycling and eliptical-ing);
- spend around an hour and a half lifting weights and contorting my body with painful effect.
I also haven't eaten chocolate since 31st December 2004.
WHERE IS THE JUSTICE???!
One of the gym instructors asked how my 'goals' were going (the first is lose 4 pounds over the first month). I said not so good - the scale wasn't budging. He said that he finds that scales aren't really that useful - better to see how my waist measurement is improving. I didn't have the heart to tell him that my seemingly expanding waistline was my reason for mounting the scales in the first place ...
- cycle 55 kms (at breakneck speeds through 'heavy' London traffic - when is London traffic ever 'light'?);
- do 2 hrs 15 minutes cardio (running, more bloody cycling and eliptical-ing);
- spend around an hour and a half lifting weights and contorting my body with painful effect.
I also haven't eaten chocolate since 31st December 2004.
WHERE IS THE JUSTICE???!
One of the gym instructors asked how my 'goals' were going (the first is lose 4 pounds over the first month). I said not so good - the scale wasn't budging. He said that he finds that scales aren't really that useful - better to see how my waist measurement is improving. I didn't have the heart to tell him that my seemingly expanding waistline was my reason for mounting the scales in the first place ...
