Chris

So I signed up for a gym membership.  I got in under the wire - no sign-up fee, and the cost is $24.99/month.

Xtina: So yeah, eat more, improve my upper body strength...
Employee: Plus improving your looks.
Xtina: ??  No?

Tone was totally suggesting reasons, not insulting.  He wasn't the type.  But seriously, yeah bahaha no, not my primary motivation.

Primary reasons why:
* I enjoy weightlifting.  Like, a lot.
* I want to move more.  Springliness has put a need in me to be more physical.
* I want to eat more.  I checked in with myself, and this is true, not just a side-effect.  I want to eat more and also better, and I will not do this on my own, and I do love me some weightlifting, and doing so means I will need to eat more.  So.

Secondary "sure, why not?" reasons:
* Exercise helps depression, so I hear.
* It'll be nice to feel less like crap all the time, physically.  Being out of breath going up the stairs is pesky.

PS squee:
* I really enjoy weightlifting.
* They have that assisted pull-ups machine!  !!

Justification for expense?:
* I have been wanting to do this for ages.  So it's not as impulse as it seems.
* I will stop buying coffee and hashbrowns nearly every morning.  Alas, because it is perfect - coffee, plus fried potatos with salt!  But, this just means I take my coffeemaker to work, eff the one we have (it makes coffee taste terrible, !!), and I buy more yogurt oh noes.  My coffeemaker has a timer, so I can set it to be done a few minutes before I get in (and break the fingers of those who drink it all), and yay.  Built-in break, too, whilst I set up the coffee for the next day.
* I have two monthly things I can cancel.  In fact, cancelling one of them pays for this.
* I did get that raise, you know.
* Jesus christ it's $25/month get off my back, woman.

And then but so and!:
* I have to change habits, and I'm not sure I'll do that easily.  First, to do the gym thing.  Second, to do the eating thing before I leave work.
* Christ, I need to get sneakers and sweats.
* And another towel, I only have two.  And then I'd have to carry these things!
* And a water bottle.  At least that part's easy, and I can fill it at work.
* Cancelling things involves calling people, aiee.

Stumptuous.com research tiem!  Given my temporary wristly restrictions, what weight-related exercises are good for me?  (I am going for... um... long, not high.  ??  Not strength-training, but the other one.)  Should I switch it out with cardiovascular stuff?  Cautions, concerns, other?

Alas, no arm or wrist stuff for a while, my arms are on the verge.  But maybe I can start doing those (very mild) arm improvement exercises again... and if it's getting to be spring, I hope I won't be indoors as often.

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Additional thing that pleased me: nowhere did I experience any "but you're a girl!"-based suck.  When I talked about weightlifting, he took me on a tour of the machines, explained the colour-coding, and mentioned that if I want to do cardio stuff (which I might, because hey, I can read whilst I do it) (oh hey, the library is nearby...), the machines are over there, he recommends the elliptical.  (My knees do not like jogging.)  He in fact assumed I'd be bodybuilding, until I disabused him of the notion.  Apparently, those who are bodybuilding prefer the machines so they can spot-train.  I am like no, I just like machines, plus if a body part gives out, I don't have to worry about the weights rolling away or hitting me or something.

*amused*

Today, further:

* I bought an ice pack.  I've been doing transcription stuff for rosefox, and it took me a day or two to realise that hey, my laptop != good, and my desktop == fantastic.  (I need to see if a keyboard with a USB-also plug can plug into a laptop and be useful.  That would be so win.)  I am icing my arm now, as it's lightly sore due to typing and also carrying heavy-ass groceries home.  I moved to my desktop, I got an ice pack, I took two ibuprofen to be clear, and I have wispy ideas of typing-to-resting ratios dancing in my head.  Nice.

* I bought banana chips, Just Cuz.

* I applied to ten jobs today, to make up for my week of hell when I could barely get out of bed.  (Fuck you too, the pill.)  And I have four more to apply to tomorrow, even before I job-shop.  And I didn't throw up.

* I walked nearly three miles today, just cuz.

* I hung my picture.  I am now much more pleased with my room, messy as it still kind of is.

* I bought pretty nail polish for like $1.

I...

I'm signed up...

I'm part of rosefox's gaming party.  It's a site that turns doing chores into RPG-like adventures.  We're using this for weightlifting (and other exerciseal things).

My god, I've gone to plaid dork!

moominmolly, you gotta look into this.

I have an off/on thing with FitDay.com, since keeping track of that much data wearies me.  Today, I entered in all I have eaten and will eat, and all I have done and will do, and here's how it came out.

( Data. )