I could hardly wait and I'm not really sure why I was so excited to put my body through touchier. I mean, who does that! I do, I do!!! So here's how it went down...The night before I had packed my bag and had all my work out stuff ready to go. Went to work, and as the clock ticked on I was getting more excited to begin my journey with Planet Fitness. If you have one in your town, I highly recommend you check it out. Good base, great machines and a fun environment to work out in. I dressed and headed out after 5...even though it was pouring the rain yesterday, I didn't care, and I just couldn't wait to get started.
Pulled in the parking lot, scored a parking spot in the front row. I hurried up and shut my car off and jumped out like I was a kid headed to a party. Odd for me. I walked in and it took me back for just a moment, I was excited to be here but the self doubt took one last stab at me "can you really do this? I think not." I quickly told the self doubt to check it’s self at the door. I approached the counter, checked in like I had done this a million times before. They welcomed me and gave me a tour, a t-shirt, all the bells and whistles.....and a black card. See this black card is important, it's what you use to check in, to make it legit that you where here to work out.
After the tour I headed straight to the treadmills. I had already decided that I was going to start here. There where three rows of treadmills, all with people focused and working out. I of course decided just like in school that I wanted to be in the back row. I didn't want people to stair at me so the safest way for me to avoid this would be to find a treadmill in the last row. So I looked...full. Ok well the second row wouldn't be that bad, so I'll check there....full. WHAT?!?! Are you kidding me, this 32 year old hasn't worked out since HS and I am about to show the whole world just that! You have to be kidding me. I looked at the front row and low and behold a treadmill open. It was like a neon sign was hanging above it with my name on it saying this is it, get on and hold on. I knew if I didn't take that one I might be waiting awhile. So I walked quickly to it, put my jacket over the side and starred at this machine. Now what!
It was a good thing that the two ladies beside me where well into their work out, running like they had just stole from the Coach store. I felt a tad defeated because there wouldn't be a chance that I could keep up with them. But wait I wasn't there to keep up with anyone, I am here to take care of me. I started to push buttons...9 hole mode or weight loss mode. Well not a fan of golf so I picked the weight loss mode. Then it asked me for me weight. Really! This screen is like a movie screen and you want me to type in my weight...great! I did it quickly and went onto the next question. How long did I want to do this...well I committed to 30 minutes...but let's do 45. Then it said push when ready. Ok...I'll do that. I quickly put on my headphones, turned on my ipod and placed it in the holder. Just as I began to push start the Top Gun Anthem came onto my ipod. This was the song that I would start my work out too...I laughed and pushed the go button...
I was off. Walking at a quick pace. But in the back of my mind a red flag started to wave. "Amanda you knew better!" Everyone knows that you don't just jump on something or start working out with out warming up first. And since it had been over a decade since I had worked out, I really should have listened to this warning. By now I was 10 minutes into this treadmill and it was started to pick up speed. My legs felt like jello and I kept telling myself to fight through this. I got to 20 minutes and my shins where ready to separate themselves from my body and head home. I continued to push through. Somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes the lady to my right was done and a big guy took over her spot. Since I was listening to my ipod I didn't really notice at first that he was trying to talk to me. It was either that are the fact that I was so overwhelmed with not feeling from my waist down I might have blacked out for a moment. I glanced over towards his direction and realized he was trying to get my attention. I took my headphones off and he said "Hello." I turned and said "hello" but failed to remember that anytime you take your eyes off the target on a treadmill you risk the chance to fly off. Well....I almost did a face plant from losing my focused. I quickly regained, he apologized and I went back to looking forward and holding onto the bars with a death grip. The little heart icon that told you how fast your heart was beating went from 140 to 162 in a second.
By 35 minutes I was feeling pretty good, that I had already accomplished 30 minutes of working out. I even jogged every 8 minutes. BUT that was because I couldn't get that part of the treadmill to shut off. So I jogged...by 40 minutes the sweat was pouring off my face and I looked like I had been working out for hours. If only they knew HA HA HA. When I reached the last 5 minutes the machine began to count down. I felt like I had a small victory, that I should jump up and down, I had made it! When I finally hit 0, I stopped, but the funny thing about being a on a treadmill is when you stop you still feel like your on it. I stepped off the back and felt like I was going to run right into row of treadmills behind me. I stopped, settled myself. At this point I wanted to do the elliptical but they where all full. So before someone stole my treadmill, I jumped back on and did another 15 minutes. Those 15 minutes felt like a walk in the park.
By the time my hour was up I felt like I had run a race. Though to many people it wouldn't of been that exciting, it's not a big deal to accomplish what I did. But for me it was. This is my life, this is my choice and this is what I'm doing. Yes there will be days that I won't want to go, but that's when I will need to dig down even deeper and realize that this is a must, this has to be done. The end result will be great and I can't wait to begin to see it happen!
Though I might be a little sore this morning, I am ready to jump on tonight and get moving! Make this a great day!
Weight loss: 0
Total weight loss: -107 pounds.
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