Body Time!

 So, as you know, winter is gone. (did you know you're not supposed to capitalize the seasons such as Winter, Spring, etc....not unless you are using them as proper nouns.) I live across the street from the local YMCA and I have routinely joined, cancelled my membership, joined again, cancelled again. I usually only cancel for like a month or so to give myself a break and to let the people who make New Year's resolutions get out of the way. I hate going to the gym and having to wait in line for anything. I really do. I don't wait. If you know me, you know I would never wait. I would (and did) change course, but I won't wait. I decide to use another machine, do another set where I am, or maybe just walk the trails, but I absolutely will not wait for a machine. If someone is just sitting on it talking to someone I am THAT person who asks them to get up so I can use the machine.

    Also, if you're new to my blog and you don't know this, I am about the youngest person going to my particular YMCA. Not kidding. I'm 60. I am the YOUNGER one there. It's so much fun to give these old people a what-for! Let me tell you....they give it right back! We have some saucy old ladies and old men in our town.  Many of the people who go on a regular basis are veterans of the Viet Nam era, but we have some older older folks too; and we (the others) would go through Hell for our folks.  I don't ever wait on a machine, but I'll sure a heck help someone who is using it to be able to use it better or more efficiently. It's how my mama taught me. (See what I did there? I didn't capitalize "mama" because I didn't use the word as a proper noun.  Had I said that's how Mama taught me, then yeah, I will capitalize the word.) You're welcome.

    I cancelled the membership back in January and I haven't been across the street since. That's been about  what, 9 weeks? I went in today and wow, let me say it, that place is so so so so so different! They have all new up to the last minute great equipment. I took photos of everything and have uploaded them onto Facebook and Instagram. I was super impressed. I will actually need to schedule a fitness trainer to go through the machines with me now. I have different goals than I did before. I have about 25 pounds to get off of my torso, and at the same time I want to build up my thighs, arms, and chest. I am not saying I want to be a body builder, but I wouldn't mind impressing people who remember me as the fat lady that rode horses with them, or the heavy-set teacher that they knew back in the day. I'm not fat-shaming, so please don't email me. I know what I was, and I'm not there anymore. I decided to fix it. It didn't work for me to be heavy. If someone else wants to be so, that's their deal.

    The YMCA is an amazing place really. Ours doesn't have all the fancy stuff. We don't even have tanning beds, a hot tub, a pool, or any sports leagues. we are just a gym and we are into working out, spinning classes, yoga, pilates, and making fun of each other. That's what we do. I walked in and a particular older gentleman who likes to flirt with me in front of his wife asked me if I could remember his name. I said I did. He said "Good, tell her, she forgot."  He's so cute. She smacked him. They have been married longer than the oceans have been waving, so she wasn't concerned about me picking him up and carrying him off.  She told me once she never worried about anyone kidnapping her adorable husband because by supper time they'd bring him right back!  I don't doubt it. He's a mess.

    All of the new work out equipment is designed to help older people and people with possible disabilities. The line up is amazing and if you just did the standard routines you could get through all of the machines in just under 40 minutes. That will be a good program to start. I can do that, then walk on the treadmill for 2 miles, then maybe do the battle ropes there or wait until I get home. I have  set at home I use now after dark. I take them downstairs and attach them to the fence and allow the cooler air to keep me going. It's been too windy and wet to do it this week, but I'm thinking anytime soon will be another opportunity. We're in Oklahoma...it's a matter of time before the weather changes in your favored direction.

    So that's it. I won 't state my current weight, but you can bet after I reach my target weight and meet all the metrics I'm hoping to meet, I'll post a few "shameless gym selfies" as a friend recently quipped. I don't mind. I am in a sort of contest with myself. If I make it I'll take me out to dinner! I like that. I'm really really nice to me. I like me, that's why I work so hard to make me better. I hope you'll join me with your new selves too. Just get up, make it happen if you can. Those calories aren't going to burn themselves; I mean,  a few do, but not as many as you really need to be burned to make any real difference. Have a good one!! 

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