First night back in years
Tuesday, 17 February 2009 22:06![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fatrockstarI felt like I had never left and never really been there before all at once. I also may have pulled a muscle in my shoulder.
I'm off my meds since the bacterial infection laid me out and forced me to limit my intake to 800 calories or less a day. How the hell do anorectics do that? I was foggy and judgment-impaired for a week, AND premenstrual to boot. Needless to say, it hasn't been a good time for me. My food lust is back in force, and in the last couple of days I have found myself unable to avoid eating when I am full or not hungry. I have been able to pace myself so far with the Valentine candy I bought myself. The Girl Scout cookies are another story entirely.
So today is as good a day as any to get started on that one week trial over at Evolution Fitness. I learned a lot about my limitations when it comes to a gym -- location is only part of the equation. I don't like a crowded gym, and I don't like a quiet gym. I've never been in a gym where you can't just go up to the counter and ask them to change the channel on the sound system. I end up tuning it out anyway, and earbuds are uncomfortable. Evolution was empty enough for me to get everything done and had just enough music going on in the background to keep it from being creepy.
I realized that after six months of Winter I can still jog for several minutes without too many problems. The stairmaster is still too much for some reason (I find this irritating, as it was my cardio of choice back in '89-92). A bunch of other things, but for the most part this gym will do fine. The only thing keeping me from jumping into a membership is not knowing where my next job will be. My shoulders and back are swollen from lifting and will be pretty sore in a couple of days. It feels really, really good.
As for the meds, I'll have to return to them soon. I can't do the destructive eating and be sick and cranky all the time. I prefer being able to eat only when I'm hungry and having the freedom to eat with friends without overdoing it. I will talk to my doctor about these tendencies. Maybe there's something more effective I can take or something else to consider when it comes to my appetite.
But yeah... I like the direction this is going. Amanda gave me a 2nd-hand stationary bike to dink around with. I think it needs some WD-40, but it otherwise works great. Grady is not convinced. I really should have done this months ago when it started to get really cold.
I'm off my meds since the bacterial infection laid me out and forced me to limit my intake to 800 calories or less a day. How the hell do anorectics do that? I was foggy and judgment-impaired for a week, AND premenstrual to boot. Needless to say, it hasn't been a good time for me. My food lust is back in force, and in the last couple of days I have found myself unable to avoid eating when I am full or not hungry. I have been able to pace myself so far with the Valentine candy I bought myself. The Girl Scout cookies are another story entirely.
So today is as good a day as any to get started on that one week trial over at Evolution Fitness. I learned a lot about my limitations when it comes to a gym -- location is only part of the equation. I don't like a crowded gym, and I don't like a quiet gym. I've never been in a gym where you can't just go up to the counter and ask them to change the channel on the sound system. I end up tuning it out anyway, and earbuds are uncomfortable. Evolution was empty enough for me to get everything done and had just enough music going on in the background to keep it from being creepy.
I realized that after six months of Winter I can still jog for several minutes without too many problems. The stairmaster is still too much for some reason (I find this irritating, as it was my cardio of choice back in '89-92). A bunch of other things, but for the most part this gym will do fine. The only thing keeping me from jumping into a membership is not knowing where my next job will be. My shoulders and back are swollen from lifting and will be pretty sore in a couple of days. It feels really, really good.
As for the meds, I'll have to return to them soon. I can't do the destructive eating and be sick and cranky all the time. I prefer being able to eat only when I'm hungry and having the freedom to eat with friends without overdoing it. I will talk to my doctor about these tendencies. Maybe there's something more effective I can take or something else to consider when it comes to my appetite.
But yeah... I like the direction this is going. Amanda gave me a 2nd-hand stationary bike to dink around with. I think it needs some WD-40, but it otherwise works great. Grady is not convinced. I really should have done this months ago when it started to get really cold.
