Day 2

I woke up this morning and didn't have any soreness, which was a relief. My family had had side bets on if I could crawl out of bed this morning or not. They should have taken the under. My goal yesterday was to get into the gym and do a light workout. Mission accomplished.

The usual suspects were in the gym, plus one of the trainers, who was leading a fitness class of some type. Bob was already at the free weights.

I've thought about how I was going to whip myself back into shape and I decided that I needed a base to build on. More accurately, anything I did in the gym would benefit me in some way. With this in mind, I start off with stretching, followed by a ten-minute walk on the treadmill. Next up was lifting weights. Ignoring the free weights for now, I begin on one end of the row of gleaming machines, no doubt designed by Torquemada's himself. What I'm trying to say is that I don't know the names of the machines, so don't ask. However, I do know what muscles they work, and that's pretty much all of them.

While Bob and calmly discussed politics (Ha! More like argued and ranted), I thought I'd try some free weights, and managed to do one whole set of..... well, I was exercising the pecs, that's all I know.

He brought up another good point with the question, "what are you doing about nutrition?"

I shrugged and said, "eat better and about half as much."

Shaking his head he replied, "nutrition is 80 percent of losing weight and being healthy."

Having been skinny once in the recent past, I had figured that losing weight was about half working out and half eating better and eating less, but I didn't say anything. He did make me think more about my dietary habits.

I love food, and it shows. I also eat very quickly, which is bad for me I know, but something I've always done and which was reinforced in basic training. I know the little switch in my brain that tells me I'm full and I can stop eating is really slow. By the time I'm full, I've successfully overeaten all that wonderful food, thus circumventing that little mental warning signal.

I'll concentrate this time on eating better, eating less, and eating slower. Denying myself favorite foods such as....well... pretty much anything that doesn't run too fast won't work, so I won't even try. Instead, I'll treat those delicacies such as double bacon cheeseburgers, dark chocolate, ice cream, french fries, etc., as treats to be enjoyed in moderation and rarely.