Exercise #3

Exercise #3

Saturday evening, I went to L.A. Fatness, and worked out for a good 50 minutes.  I spent the longest I have ever spent on an elliptical - 20 minutes - and got a fabulous burn in my glutes.  I also did multiple machines to focus on that area, as well as legs.  I did a little upper body to balance it out and then went home to make dinner.  So I did 2 cardio sessions this week!

A Reflection...

I've noticed that over the course of this project, my overall productivity has improved.  Because I'm forcing myself to do some things that I don't really want to do (but know I should), I'm more willing to do other odious tasks that aren't on my list.

For example, Saturday, I finally got to the root of the problem with our sliding closet doors - they are so hard to move, I have to throw my whole body weight into each door to get to my clothes.  I dug all the crap out of the tracks they roll in, and then I took off each wheel and discovered that each one had HAIR wound up around it like a yo-yo, making it very hard to spin.  I spent hours pulling the hair out of the wheels with my tweezers (which I sterilized afterwards) and now, I can push the doors with my hand and they actually KEEP ROLLING!!

Anyways, productivity is a habit, and if you find yourself making excuses and rationalizing your right to sit on the couch and do nothing all the time, then you can explain away the need to do anything.  I'm far from running my life like a ship captain, but I'm less frustrated doing the everyday things I dislike (probably also because I'm more relaxed as a result of all this exercise).

Kit Update


I know I don't update very much on what Kit is doing, but she is doing well.  We've both gotten to a place where we don't constantly update each other, but work quietly on our lists.  We trust each other that we are hard at work on our lists, and the need for a penalty has dissipated.  We look forward, instead, to the reward of celebrating with each other, and we also find the project intrinsically rewarding to the point where we don't need the carrot dangled in front of our noses.

Kit still has migraines, but she has been able to reach her exercise goals the last two months.  She also succeeded in feeding her moody kitty, Loki.

Cute, but apparently Loki is not very low-key.  

So, today I intend to set a date for my first stick-shift lesson with my mom.  Wish me good luck!  Or better yet, brake a leg!  Bad, I know...