So I feel as if I am in total Detox. This is the 5th day without Coffee, Sweets, and alcohol and I am starting to feel it. Now I must admit that I was expecting this to happen since I am quitting cold turkey, but the mood swings are a little too much. I have been a little snappy with some and the other night I put the TV on and found myself getting emotional when the news came on. I literally sat down and felt myself getting upset when the news covered a story of inner city kids talking about how they were upset about their arts program being cut. I am serious. Here I am a 30-year-old man crying because the arts program was cut! Wow, diets can totally change your hormones. Ok, enough about this, lets talk about my day.
So it started off like the rest of the week, healthy breakfast, nice mid day snack and then a lunch of organic lentil soup and a smoked turkey sandwich on whole-wheat toast. Now, tonight was my first real session with my trainer. I made sure to eat dinner an hour before I left work for the gym. My trainer, JC, is great. He has trained pro football players, major athletes as well as professionals such as myself. We started off warming up, so he said. For me, it was more like jumping right in. I had told him that my main goal was to get leaner as well as building up my muscle mass and increase my upper and lower body strength. We did a lot of squatting and lunging and some other exercises that I am not sure how to explain. All I know is that mid way through warm up I was dripping sweat and feeling a burning sensation in my calves. The best part was when JC explained to me that in a couple of sessions I should be able to do all of the warm up exercises that we did together, back to back without stopping. He also explained some other warm up techniques that we will be incorporating into the routine; one of which was dragging weights back and forth and the other was flipping over monster truck tires. Hmm, I hope that he realizes that he is training me and not a pro football player. But who knows, maybe after a couple of sessions that will be me!
After warming up, we moved to weights and the machines. I have to admit that after the warm up session I felt a bolt of adrenaline! I actually felt great. However, after the hour training session was up I was one sore guy. Now what happens next will make you laugh. I headed back to the locker room to change, and the lock on the locker broke. It wouldn’t open. I looked like an idiot cursing at my lock and pulling at it. It was only 5 years old. How could it break! I am pretty sure that the guys in the locker room thought I was a lunatic or trying to break into someone’s locker. So I had to go to the front desk and have them cut my lock off. That’s right folks, they had to come in with those huge cutters and cut it off the locker. There I was with sweat dripping down my face from the extensive work out I had just done, and they cut off my lock while about 5 guys watched. After that I showered, got dressed and headed home. I am still sore as I type this blog. I am really looking forward to Saturday and meeting with my nutritionist. I look forward to what she has to say about healthier eating. The best part is that my trainer and nutritionist are working together to create a regiment for me. Well off to bed. On a sad note, I said goodbye to one of my best friends who is moving to LA tomorrow morning. Please send her good thoughts! She will be missed. Also, Spread the word; tell friends and family to follow my blog. I promise, I will make it exciting. I am even pondering getting a colonic. Thoughts on that?
I have been wanting to get a colonic too!!
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