Back to laboring..

By curiousillusion ( September 8, 2009 at 8:21 pm) · Filed under personal, work, ,

Enjoyed the long three day weekend, but today it was back to work – and I just felt like I was on the go, all day long! The kids were pretty good though so that made it okay.  Plus people were nice to me today at work… not sure what that was about but I’ll take it!

The weekend went pretty well.  I ended up going to that BBQ thing that some co-workers were throwing… there wasn’t that many people there, actually, and it was less fun than I was expecting… but it was still nice to get out of the house and hang out with people my own age, have good conversation.

I went back to the gym today, first time in 3 weeks or so.  Gulp.  Time for monthly trainer session and this time there was a new girl, we shall call her trainer chick.  She was pretty fun and we had some good conversation about working out.  We were discussing an article I read about how working out kind of backfires because when you workout, you tend to eat more, which basically negates any exercise you’ve done.  And I have noticed that I had been eating more… and now that I’m back at school, I’m snacking too much again. But she thinks I can get down to what I want by working out 3-4 a week (20mins cardio, 30mins weight training) and not eating more than I usually do. Makes sense to me.  Let’s see if it works.  Let’s see if I can get back into the habit of going to the gym on a regular basis.  I’m aiming for 3x a week to begin with again.

I can do it!  5 pounds, just a little bit of extra weight around my middle… I’m determined again!  I think..

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  • justtheashes
    I met my kindergarten class that I'm going to be working with for the semester today! So exciting
  • ronnica
    If I can do it, you can do it, too! really, it's all about the habit, isn't it?
  • I totally agree that working out makes you hungrier, but having muscle burns more calories so that makes sense. What you need to do is make sure that when you reach for something, it is something with protein that will fill you up. My faves are Greek Yogurt and Cottege Cheese.
    Good Luck!
  • there is another article reported about brain-jogging. it says, if you spend a lot of time with brain-jogging, you can burn more calories as you do it with sports.
  • TotallyHeather
    Sorry I've been a lazy blogger friend lately!

    Good for you! Back at the gym :)
  • I have to echo Zoeo when she says with sports - less is more. So true for me too! However you seem so much more focused and determined than me, Ari so I'm sure this will really be fantastic for you!
  • isn't it interesting, that a workout makes you more appetite as without. in the past i have done jogging, gym etc. too intensive. so i was eating more than normal. initially i did not thought about it. then, i felt fat. what's happened i could not understand. then i determined, i had a craving for anything with sugar.

    my experience with sports are, "less is more ..."
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