In other news...

I've had the week off work this week, and done a lot more than think about LPG and moan about Yahoo Messenger. On Monday I met my parents at my late grandmother's flat, to see if there was anything I wanted that wasn't specifically mentioned in the will. While I was there my mum got me to take the tv set to the golf club (mum's on the board of directors on the golf club, which sounds a lot grander than it actually is). The golf club TV had broken, so mum arranged a replacement. After I'd put the "new" tv set in place and plugged it in, I took the old one to the tip. However, throwing the tv set over the wall and dumping it in the skip wasn't as satisfactory as it could have been, because the skip was full and it only fell about three feet. As a result, it didn't break into a million pieces as I was rather hoping it would. So, only a little bit rock'n'roll then.

I had planned on joining the gym on Tuesday, but in the end I spent most of the day being a bit lazy (only a little bit lazy, mind). I felt a bit guilty about this so I went out for a cycle ride in the evening. Did an impressive 16.5 miles! Which isn't bad at all considering it's the first time I'd ridden the bike in about six weeks. Well, it seems like six weeks.

Wednesday........ what happened Wednesday? Can't remember. Must have been a humdinger of a day, Wednesday.

On Thursday I finally got round to joining the gym. I'd been thinking about it for a few weeks now, and decided that unless I get off my arse and do something about it, I'll end up putting on a good few pounds over the winter. Hell I think I've even managed to put on a few lbs over the summer, and that's with a bit of cycling. Anyway, I was introduced to the various machines, and spent an hour doing a fairly leisurely work out. I booked a session with a Personal Trainer (three half hour sessions are included in the joining fee) which leads me to......

.... today, when I had my first half hour with the PT. He showed me a cardio workout which takes half an hour, and includes the cycle machine, treadmill, cross trainer and rowing machine. I felt like I got a better workout in half an hour with the PT than I did in an hour on my own, which is exactly the sort of help I was hoping to get, so that I know I'm doing myself some good when I go. I think I'm going to enjoy going, I certainly don't feel out of place in there, or feel like I'm the odd one out or anything like that. All I have to do now is keep it up! By the way, current weight is 16stone 7lbs, or 231lbs. A further weight update next week, folks!