Let's see, how does the old song go?
"It's another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody,
I got some money cause I just got paid.
How I wish I had someone to talk to,
I'm in an awful way."
Such is life, eh? I kind of got on the subject of getting older thanks to several things that have happened lately. My kids started having kids, I realized I'm overweight and out of shape, and I just don't heal up as quickly, or as well, as I used to.
So I decide I'm going to lose some weight and start a mild workout program to try and get is some semblance of shape. So first thing I do is give myself a simple little physical fitness test to see just where I am before I start a program, right? Something simple, something I'm familiar with and can keep doing regardless of whether I have a gym handy or not. So I fall back to my old army days and figure I'll start out with the old PT test we used to do. Simple, right? Push ups, sit ups, and run. Nothing to it.
Now, I don't run, so it's more of a push ups, sit ups and walk, so that makes it even more simple. Just something to get me up off the couch and doing something. I used to do the PT test twice a year before I retired from the Army Reserve and maintained myself in between tests fairly easily. I can do this. I used to max the points on the push ups and sit ups, but I was no body's runner, so I would just try to pass that part, and maybe make a few extra points if I could. No problem.
The test was a two mile timed run. I used to pass it with no problem. Now I can't run around the block if you gave me most of the day to complete it. I used to do about 50 sit ups in two minutes, now I can do 15 and I was DONE. I used to do about 56 push ups in two minutes, not I did 15 and I was DONE. There was no running. I just walked, on a treadmill, for five laps and I was DONE. I've never been in such bad shape in my life.
So I got three iPhone apps that will help. One gives you a program to get you up to being able to do 200 sit ups. One gives you a program to get you up to 100 push ups, and one is called, Couch to 5K, which obviously is supposed to help you gradually work your way up to being able to run 5 kilometers. So I start the programs! The first day of the push ups it has me to sets of push ups, with a rest period in between each set. I believe it was 12, 7, 7, 9, 8+. Five sets of just a few push ups, and then you're done.
The sit ups program was much the same, obviously starting me off very, very slowly. Then I walked again and actually did 6 laps before being completely wore out. I knew that I'd be a little bit sore as a result of doing all this for the first time in a long time, but I had NO idea of how miserable I was about to be.
Ibuprofen and Alieve are my friends. I love them. I shall leave something to them in my will one day. about 24 to 36 hours after my little gung ho episode, I was so sore I couldn't put my shirt on. I couldn't fall asleep because I'd only wake up the first time I moved in my sleep. It was a real nightmare. Finally, it started to ease up and get better, so I was able to move, and to sleep, normally. Usually, as a result of something like that, I'd shy away from making it happen again, but in this instance, I really, really can't.
I have to do something about my weight. I have to do something about what bad shape I'm in. I have to. As I mentioned before, my kids are having kids, and I want to be around as long as I can to enjoy that as much as I can. I am so proud of my kids. They have really done such a great job with their lives so far. I can hardly wait to see what comes next for them.
As for me, yup, still single and unattached, but gainfully employed, just went over 20 years with this employer, 31 years in the business. Been single for 16 years straight now, which is a record for me, lol. I'm not sure if I'm sparing myself, or sparing any other poor woman from having to put up with me, LOL. I guess it is just in how you look at it. Who knows, maybe someone is actually out there just waiting to meet me, or not.
Mac
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