OK. I know you’re missing me terribly while I’m away doing this NaNoWriMo thing. I miss you too. (Even if it has only been two days.) You’ll be glad to know that it’s going well. I’ve got a little more than 5500 of the 50,000 words and it’s really flowing nicely. That’s 500 words ahead of my daily writing schedule to make the deadline so that’s great, though I’m still behind the “national average” for the day. I’m not worried. The truth is, I don’t think 50,000 words are going to be enough to tell the story I want to tell.
You’re also probably wondering (and I’ll now tell you) how things are going with the gym. I went on Tuesday night to Target and found a pair of “athletic shoes” that didn’t kill my feet to wear and only cost $40.00. I also found bandages that are more suitable to my particular injuries and they seem to help make shoes in general more tolerable, thank God! I did make it back to the Gym yesterday after work. I arrived around 7:00 to find the place absolutely packed and a line of about six people waiting to use the treadmills! Crazy!
I bypassed the line and went to the row of stationary bikes. I tried one of the upright ones (last time was a recumbent style bike) and rode it for 20 minutes. Burned nearly 160 calories (that’s it!?!). By the time I was finished my butt was sore and, well, let’s just say the seat puts pressure on a special nerve that makes a favorite part of my anatomy…go to sleep? I didn’t know that part of my body COULD go numb, but there you go. So when the 20 minutes were up, I was glad to be finished.
I headed back in the direction of the treadmills to find that there was no line and three of them were open, so I was able to get right on one. Sadly, it did not go as well as the first two times. I only burned about 380 calories in the hour I spent on the treadmill and my feet were hurting again. I was wearing short socks and the back of my left shoe was rubbing on the outside of my Achilles tendon. No new blisters but it rubbed a raw spot on my ankle. Clearly I’m going to have to wear longer socks at the gym. I really struggled to finish the hour and I had to lower the incline a couple times. But the important thing is, I went and I didn’t quit.
I realized when I got home that I burned about as many calories at the gym as I had consumed all day (didn’t eat dinner before I went) and I’m sure that was a big part of my struggle.
Tonight, I’m going immediately after work to the location that’s closest to my office in an attempt to get in earlier (hopefully it will be less crowded) and tomorrow I have the appointment with the Personal Trainer.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must get back to work… on my book, that is.
Riggledo 
I would love to know more about the book. Comedy? Horror? What kind of book.
Also did you check out the last video in my Adam Lambert post? I would just be happy if I could move like that.
Keep up the good gym work. I am happy you are doing so well.
And sorry about the feet UGH.
Actually, it’s a not particularly autobiographical “coming of age/coming out/gay romance” story. Emphasis on the not particularly autobiographical part.
I might post some excerpts later. Maybe. 🙂
The important thing is you didn’t let your time at the gym get you down. I think after work is the busiest time (at least that’s true at my gym.) I like to go around 8 or 9 at night. Things are quieter then.
Good luck with the book! I’m looking forward to excerpts if you decide to post them.
It certainly seems as if you’re right. I’ve gone to two different locations now, after work, and they were both hopping… So to speak.
I’m told that the location buy my house is not terribly busy in the morning before work but me not being a morning person that seems pretty hard to accomplish (be nice if I could, though.) I’m thinking that maybe after I’ve got all my ducks in a row, have the necessary supplies, and shoes that actually do what I need them to do, I might try going during the day. I’ll take an early or late lunch and go to the gym and just eat lunch at my desk (which I usually do anyway.)
We shall see.
I’m excited about that book. 1st copy right here remember.
You are braver than me. I could never drag my chubbiness to a gym. There is one right next door to the kid’s daycare. No way I could go there. But still somehow I have managed to loose weight. I’ll share my secret iwth you… drinking a diet dr pepper while eating a donut. It seems to be canceling out.
Seriously I have lost weight lately not really doing anything. I like it better that way.
I have always felt that tape worms were under-rated! Could lose a lot of weight that way, but doesn’t help much with fitness. Dammit.
You got it. If the book ever actually gets published, the first copy is yours.