Oh dear god, what have I signed myself up for? We just got back from joining
up for a gym membership at
Cardinal
Fitness in Naperville, and I'm a pretty good mess. We did 20 minutes of
cardio on the stationary bikes with a 5 minute cool-down, and then spent the
next 35 minutes on various machines and free-weights, and finished up with a
few sets of sit-ups. I'm also on a restricted-calorie diet right now, and
trying to keep track of my food intake and activity levels with the help of
FitDay. We'll see how this goes; this
is the first time I've added an exercise regimen to my weight-loss efforts,
so I'm expecting I'll be sore for a week or two as I get into this. For the
first time I've been to a gym in years, though, I actually kept up pretty
well (Erica has been doing a personal regimen for a couple of months now, so
I expected to be left in the dust).