Gym Rat

I spent almost 2 hours at the gym today. The surprising part was that I didn't realize it was almost two hours until I went to stretch.

Today is also the three week mark of membership at Snap. I am a little bit surprised at how much I have enjoyed working out most days. Perhaps its the ability to shake things up if I want. Perhaps it has to do more with my perception of improvement.

My first week going I was able to do about 20 minutes on the elliptical or treadmill. I am now consistently doing 40 minutes on the treadmill. Today I did 40 minutes at a speed equal to a 19 minute mile. This is quite the improvement for me. I have also added a little biking in with my cardio routine a few days a week.

I am averaging strength training 3 to 4 days a week.

I have discovered that the best way to make the time go by is to read a magazine, listen to my fun ipod mix and occasionally watch football when it's on. The downfall to this is I have read all of the magazines I have, most of them at the club and even a few of the books for the classes I am teaching. This is a good problem I suppose, but it also means I run out of things to read. I have read a lot more celebrity gossip than I enjoy. People Magazine aside, I rather dislike reading celebrity gossip. From reading the weekly gossip mag at Snap I have learned that many of the celebrities are idiots.

I also learned that according to some psychologist, when you set a goal you should not share it with people because it gives us a sense of accomplishment to talk about it, so we don't work as hard to achieve our goals. Um...ok. I have found that sharing my goals with people, including on here, helps keep me accountable. If Nick knows I am trying to lose weight, he is so much less likely to suggest going out to eat, or is more likely to suggest a walk. If that goal is never externalized, how do I hold myself accountable? If that goal just stays in my head, I can change it or amend it to be able to justify anything. That's no good.