One man reaching..

Time for dropping the science boys and girls. I needed to do some research on the running thing. I was worried that I might hurt myself and not be able to continue working out so I did the running 101 edumacation. I found some reputable outlets and read up on how to prevent injuries, stretching and warming up, pacing (which I suck at except when on a treadmill) and all the other good stuff that goes along with the running stuff. I will keep searching and reading.

Work out on Satuarday. We got to the gym later in the day and found out that we could not leave the kids in the child watch for that long and had to pick them up within 55 minutes so we focused mostly on cardio. I ran again on the treadmill which I liked and then used a Cybex machine. Here is the run down of the gym:

Cardio:
-Treadmill: 20 minutes (running for one mile and walking for a mile)
-Cybex machine: 10 mintues(almost)

Weights:
-Abs, weighted and hanging
-Leg press
-Lower back

Whenever I go to the Eastside Y I always look into the spinning room and want to try it. It seems like it would kick my ass but I think I should try it. So I printed a schedule out and am going to try to make it to one of the classes. I do not believe it will be something I do a lot but I at least have to try it to figure it out.

Today's workout was nice. It seems as if Jerm and I are getting into a good swing of things with working out. I don't know if we go to work out or to hang out but I think it meets somewhere in the middle. But one thing that does piss me off is the child watch at the Greece YMCA. All except for one time have the staff there come to get me about the boys. If it was a good reason I have no problem but tonight 15 minutes into working out a staff member come over and tells me my son wants me to change his diaper. NO you change it, I don't care if it is a 1 or a 2 just change it. If I go and change it he is going to throw a fit when I go to leave. And then when we were leaving the same staff member come out and tells me my son is crying. When I get to the child watch area I look at him so he can't see me (sneaky, sneaky) and he is walking around and NOT crying; then when he saw me he yelled my name but no damn tears. Every other YMCA I go to has never had a problem nor do they come and find me unless something big is going on. Why is it the Greece teenies can't handle their jobs? On to my list...

Cardio:
-elliptical 10 minutes
- stair climber 5 minutes
-weak I know-

Weights:
-Bis
-Tris
-chest press
-shoulder press
-ab abduction
-ab adduction
-dips on gravitron
-hanging abs
-leg curls
-lef extension
-leg press
-lat pull downs
-rows

And the plan is to go to the Eastside Y tomorrow.

Now I know the blog is changing a little bit because I am not as focused on losing the weight and now I am more focused on the toning and working out aspect. Also many of the wows that happen have subsided and my perceptions of life is somewhat stable. But a few big things are my goals and the toning of my body now. One of the bad side effects of losing weight so fast (surgery or not) is loose skin. So I am trying to tone and build muscle so I can feel better about my appearance for myself. At the weight I am now, if not for the loose skin I would have very little gut and spare tire. So it is a focus area for me but I need to be realistic and understand that it is not going away for some time and if it was it would most likely be because I am gaining weight back; which isn't going to happen. Also many of my goals are fitness and active based. Climbing the rock wall, riding single track on my mountain bike, that kind of stuff. Hopefully it will not disappoint. Also I am big into my blog because it keeps me focused and motivated.

Well until Tomorrow,
Night