Daily Workout Thread 10.12

[AmberGretchen]

Hi ladies - since I have been so terrifically bad about contributing to this thread recently, I thought I''d start it off for today by way of apology and a promise to try to be better.

I''m off in an hour to take a "cardio mix" class at the new gym that just opened at my school but closer to my lab than the old one. Its really gorgeous and spacious and about a 5 minute drive from the lab, and to motivate myself further I got a "premier membership" which for students is only like $20/month and it gets you free towels, unlimited fitness classes and free parking while you work out. This class should be a mix of cardio and strength training - its the first one I''m trying so I''ll let you know how it goes, but I thought it would help to shake things up a bit.

In other news, I had an MRI done on my knee on Monday, so I''m waiting on the results from that, but with luck that will at least direct the doctors to a better course of treatment and maybe eventually get me back running.

Hope everyone is doing well, and happy Wednesday!

 

[ammayernyc]

Good luck with the class!

I had my trainer this morning. It was a good workout as usual. I signed up for another 20 sessions with her. I might start seeing her three times a week. We''ll see though. I don''t know why I have such trouble getting my butt to the gym without her! All I have to do is take the elevator down.

Well, tomorrow is a holiday where I have to fast all day, so I guess I will have a day where I''m preoccupied with what I''m eating.

 

[jaysonsmom]

I''ve been going to the gym every other day, and doing some running on the treadmill and elliptcal. On the days that I don''t go to the gym, I walk for about 40 minutes around a lake during my lunch break. I am not losing weight because I make up for all my exercise with lots and lots of eating. I think my body is telling me that it''s going to stay at this weight whether I like it or not. To be honest, I feel a little guilty about posting on these threads sometimes because I''m seriously only trying to lose vanity lbs, I''m actually at a very healthy weight for my height.

I''m 5''7 and 134 lbs (there I''ve said it) I wear a size 4-6 depending on brand but I want to be a size 0-2. My co-workers think I''m sick...but it''s definitely not an eating disorder because I eat a lot of food all day long. I might have a body-image disorder, because I always feel fat. I think that the fact that I''m Asian, and most Asians think that weighing over 115lbs (no matter how tall you are) is a lot, so I was always called "Big", "Healthy", "Sturdy" and "Heavyset". Even my own mother (92lbs soaking wet) and my brother have said that I should weigh around 115! I think that''s why I''m such a head case.....

 

[flutterby]

went to the gym after work. did 40 minutes on the new elipticals (which are much harder than the old ones...) and i feel so fat. Making fish for dinner, baking swordfish on top of spinach, tomatoes, shallots and white wine.

jaysonsmom, i dont know if its a cultural think. I think that we really always want to be smaller than we are. I weigh the same as you, but i''m only 5''2 and in a size 8, and i would love to be in a size 4-6, but i used to be in a size 12 and all i wanted was to be a size 8. I wish we could just learn to be happy the way we are.