Body Thoughts I've been thinking about getting back in shape. I realize that so much of my body is hopeless now that I've been nursing for almost seven years (3.5 with my oldest and 3.25 with my youngest two, in addition to the stretch marks that Andreas gave me. I made it through two pregnancies with no stretch marks, but the third did me in. But even though I'm now stuck with one piece swimming suits that always look like they are made for old ladies, I want to look as good as I can look. That's only one part of me though. There is another part that says why bother, when the sum total will never look good again? It's depressing that I have so long left to live (accidents and illnesses aside) and everything is all downhill from here! Agh! This is negative thinking, obviously, and I guess I like to believe that at least I can still improve in some ways, so I've been toying with the idea of starting to work out again. It's hard, because it's one more thing to add to the workload burden that I always feel, but it's a healthy thing to do that may help my brainpower as well. It's also hard because there is still that voice that says what difference will it make anyway? So, I was reading asitwere today, and he too is starting to work out again. This is what his friend, a trainer, had to say: 1. cardio ("every day"; 30-60 minutes; moderate intensity) I don't think I could do cardio every day. I guess I need to think about how much I want/can do with my time. I was thinking about hitting the pool once a week, biking once or twice a week, Pilates twice a week, and then maybe something else? I could do a class up at school, or I could run to school, but that may be a bit much to start because it is five miles uphill. It's something to think about. My man and I are also talking about working out together, such as mountain biking, and that would also contribute. I'm hoping that maybe we can stretch together as well. I'm pretty flexible, but I definitely need to work on tightness in my hamstrings. Okay, my x-ray data collection is done, so back upstairs I go. Actually, I realized that I never powered the x-ray source up to 40 mA, and though I got good data anyway I'm running again. I like it to look as good as it can, maybe increasing the second order peak. Second work fuck up of the day. The first was a very expensive mistake. I was switching out the sample holders in the source, and this is second time I've done it. The first was months ago. I had someone helping me, but I still messed up. I dropped the sample holder, and it is broken. It is not a simple piece of equipment. I'll let you know how much it ends up costing. Probably close to a $1000. Shit. At last I'm working. Things have definitely improved in that deparment, thank goodness. |