{"id":31,"date":"2007-08-30T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gregbueno.com\/wp\/vexvox\/2007\/08\/30\/892_momona_st\/"},"modified":"2007-08-30T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T20:36:10","slug":"892_momona_st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregbueno.com\/vexvox\/2007\/08\/30\/892_momona_st\/","title":{"rendered":"892 Momona St."},"content":{"rendered":"

(And no, I did not see Superbad<\/em>. I don't think I'm the target audience.)<\/p>\n

Today marks the second day in a row I went to my apartment building's workout room to use the treadmill. Working out is not part of my fabric, and it's not a habit I developed. There was a summer in college where I had a gym membership, and for a while, I managed to lose a few pounds. It all came back when work and school took over my life. I got a free membership to Gold's Gym through an old job, from which I got laid off. So no, I didn't have that membership for long.<\/p>\n

When it comes to prioritizing expenses, I'll put music gear far above physical fitness anyday. I'm too cheap to pay for a membership with the gym on the campus of my current job, although that may change depending on the raise I may get in October.<\/p>\n

With such a spotty history with exercise, what spurred me to go to the workout room of an apartment complex in which I've been living for 10 years? Well, I stepped on my dilapidated scale earlier in the week, and adjusting for the broken meter, I've inched closer to — if not crossed — the 205-pound threshold. I haven't been happy with my weight, but I wasn't so distraught to do anything about it. For many years, I leveled off at 200 pounds. When I was working at Waterloo Records, I managed to shave down to about 185. Walking eight hours a day, four days a week can have that effect on a person. But then I got an office job, and I got it all back … and then some.<\/p>\n

I told myself if I ever start inching beyond 200 pounds, I'd finally crack down. Well, that day has arrived. I can't keep saying my clothes are shrinking forever. The shirts are getting smaller because I'm getting bigger.<\/p>\n

So I'm taking a very holistic approach to this whole working out thing. I'm not going to turn into a gym rat and\/or bunny. I'm not going to start tracking every little thing I eat, and I'm not going to start downing supplements, although I did look into fat burners this evening. (Ruled out — they have stimulants, and I have high blood pressure.) If anything, I should get into the mindset that I'm doing this for my blood pressure.<\/p>\n

But I want to start pulling away from the 200 pound mark. I wouldn't mind being 170 or 160 again, but I don't want to set my expectations too high. I'm going to start with very short-term goal — walk the treadmill 20 minutes a day, everyday<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I want that to become a habit, something that wouldn't make my day complete were I to miss it. I won't care about the impact it'll have on my blood pressure. I won't care about how much weight I might be losing. I don't want any of that stuff to distract me or get me down. I just want to be able to get into that workout room everyday and walk for at least 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

It's like when I had to start taking my blood pressure medicine. I resisted and would "forget" to take it. But then I decided I just need a time in the day to do it and not think about it. I started feeling so much better, I made sure the habit stuck. Now it's to the point where on some mornings when I'm not completely awake, I'll ask myself if I took my medicine. I can usually feel the effects of not<\/em> taking my meds within an hour or two, but most times, I'll discover I did indeed take them.<\/p>\n

I'm using that sort of short-term vision with working out. Concentrate on the task at hand, and when it's mastered, take a step back to see what are the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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