I've only seen pics of this guy. Not a face to face yet. Pride was choked down today as I placed my call. Didn't take long for him to call me back. I told him I was going to join the gym today after work. He told me he was hearding cattle. I didn't hear beating hoofs so he must have been on a break. He said he would meet me this coming Thursday at 7:00. And, "You do have some homework to do before then." To which I thought, "Homework? Before our first session? Isn't it enough that I'm going to join the gym and work out all three days leading up to our meeting? " He continued, "What goals are you trying to accomplish?" "Well a little over a year ago I was diagnosed as borderline diabetic. It should have terrified me enough that I would have lost the weight, but I gained. So that's one goal. The other goal is my image. I am disgusted when I look in the mirror. If I never had to look in a mirror again it would be too soon (and now my throat is choking up and tears are in my eyes while I'm on the phone with a complete stranger.)" "Between now and Thursday you need to write down everything and I mean EVERYTHING that goes in your mouth. If it goes in...you write it down. Make a list of any part of your body that you have had pain issues with in the past (glad he clarified that...I have a feeling I'm going to be getting pain in places that aren't supposed to have pain). Be ready, we are going to get on the scales. I won't share the number with anyone. It will tell us what we are working with (like he won't see me and figure that out?) When you come to the gym, come in clothes you can move in because we are going to be moving. We will be doing benchpresses and many others because our goal is to build muscle to get your body working correctly. Your body isn't going to like how we are going to change it at first so you will hurt. And Tammy, I will kick your ass."
I don't necessarily think this is a nice thing to say to someone you've never met before. My FB friends have been very supportive tonight. Of course my posts have probably caused them some sort of comic relief. Nevertheless, I have received encouragement which is what I will need a lot of.
So I went online to look at his pictures. Uh huh...he doesn't look like Bob or Jillian...more like Rambo???
And since he gave me the assignment of writing down whatever goes in my mouth...I got out the food journal that I was going to use last year because I had read that writing down all food you eat is a key to successful weight loss. The journal has been in the desk drawer since a few days after it came home. I did find it...there is nothing to write down though...he gave me the directions of writing down anything that goes in my mouth right before lunch. Ironically, I haven't had an appetite since. So in the last 48 hours I have eaten a bowl of cereal and a breakfast burrito. (The cereal was last night's dinner)
Can't wait to meet Mike on Thursday....
I did go to the gym today. First time there. Got my key fob to open the door. That's exciting enough to me that I can go there whenever I want. But after the paperwork and a tour...I jumped up on the elliptical. My original goal was 20 minutes. However, the Zumba music had a nice beat and I just kept going. I reached 30 minutes and the song wasn't over so I just kept going. At 33 minutes the song was over, BUT if you know me well...you will know I can't stop on an odd number unless it were a multiple of 5. Even though 34 is an even number it would sound stupid to say "Hey, I'm cool...I was on the elliptical for 34 minutes last night." So I went to 35 for good measure. I plan to go back tomorrow and Wednesday in order to try and whip myself into shape before I meet Mike. I was alarmed when I got off of the machine and looked around. There are things hanging from the ceiling that people pull themselves up to and do chin ups...okay surely they have been working on that for a while. I don't see that happening ever, but I am going into this with a positive attitude...
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