Health Trekker, Day 11, Sept. 25,09

Welcome to my new Blog site. I also came up with a new name that is both positive and appropos! I will be experimenting with this page and adding information as we go along.

This morning after I went to my lab appointment, I spent an hour working out at the gym. My muscles and joints are still protesting and voicing their incredulity at my putting them through such an ordeal after spending the last two months basking in the comfort of my recliner. My therapist, Mr. Gestapo, informed me a few weeks ago that even though my recliner has a handle, it does not qualify as an exercise machine, so I gotta do what I gotta do. He has a nifty little machine at his office that I sit at and turn handles in large circles making my rotator cuff feel like it is being ripped out of my arm, then he hands me weights with instructions, do 2 sets of 20 or 30 each. After ten I feel like my arms will fall off and lay at my feet like two limp noodles, but I do my best to comply. So working out 20 minutes on the treadmill is almost like a vacation until I get off and my right hip decides to go on strike and I hobble to the ladies room appropriately called the "rest room" for a brief respite before I tackle the bike. Now the bike is a piece of cake except for the pain in my left leg each time I make a revolution. So another 20 minutes of "Oh my god, why am I doing this "as I smile lamely at my daughter who is literally bouncing up and down on the elliptical with a blissful smile on her face! Senior citizens were not meant to work out in a gym with teenagers giggling all over the place, but I at least have my kindle book to read while I work out and take my mind off the whole process. I am still telling myself this will get easier after a few weeks, months, years....

I came home from the gym and raced right to the fridge. I had to fast before the lab work then went straight to the gym, totally forgetting I had planned to eat a granola bar first. So I had breakfast,snack,lunch and then tackled this BLOG research project. Funny how it took me a whole hour to burn 200 calories and about five minutes to eat 600! Guess I better go watch my YOGA DVD and get busy with Mr. Gestapo's list.

I hope you all enjoy this new BLOG site and will comment on how you are doing with your quest for being your best! Have a great weekend and we'll touch base again on Monday.
ROCK ON!