Day 95: Yesterday it was 1 degree in Columbus, OH. To say that it was cold is an understatement. Every single time I walked outside I annoyed myself by saying “BBBBBRRRRR, IT’S FREEZING OUT HERE.” After nine hours of errand running all over town, that line got old quickly. Needless to say, we would not be using the outdoors as our gym. We started calling the local gyms to check on reasonable drop-in rates and stumbled upon the gem called the “YMCA.” Have you heard of it? Seriously, those places get overlooked and given a bad-wrap.
The one we went to gave us a free three-day trial, free sweat towels and an endless amount of grunting coming from the nearby highschool power lifters. Besides the occasional startled feeling from the aforementioned grunting, it was a great experience. I ran my first 8 minute mile (maybe ever?) and got in some lifting time. Oh and the sweat was complimentary too! I am a sucker for anything that’s on the house…
Day 96: It has been snowing in Ohio for 48 hours straight with only an inch of accumulation. I am still confused about how that can eve
n happen, but leave it to the high-winds in corn country to make that possible.
I have a darling cousin, Ellen, who works at a uber nice gym called Urban Active. We dropped in for a workout today to squeeze in some family sweatin’ time. I did about 45 minutes of mixed up cardio and ended my workout with 10 minutes of ab work. Between the family, friends, wedding planning, moving, welcoming home and hugs, this week has proved to be the most difficult week of the challenge so far. However, by continuing to put my health first (amidst the craziness) I have been able to calm my nerves, eat out meals with the family without stress of weight gain and carve out some me/us time. All of which, I know I would not have done if I was not committed to this challenge.
365 Days, 365 Workouts 