Project Hot Mom - Week 3

So, the exercising thing is going quite well. The first week I went to Curves four times, last week I went three times and I fully intend to go four times this week. I’ve already gone twice already. I’m also still taking Alex on walks at least 3 times a week. Unfortunately, I’ve had cut out my afternoon walks at work because it’s just too hot, and I come back into the building drenched in sweat like I’ve been out pig wrestling or something.

Going to Curves is pretty much as cheesy as you’d think it would be. Chubby middle aged women with no rhythm in their matching velour sweatsuits pumping their arms as they march in place “feeling the burn”. Sometimes they’ll do special little moves, like a step kick while waving their arms around crazily. Some will do the twist. If you’re really lucky, someone will use the hula hoop in the center of the circuit. That’s always fun to watch. Admittedly, I hated it the first week. The workout is a good one, and more often than not I wake up the next day with sore muscles. But I couldn’t seem to shake the “I don’t belong here” feeling. The next week was better, I even started to see some people my age. This week I’m actually enjoying it, and I caught myself doing little dance moves on the “running in place” pad.

I haven’t been doing so well on the food front however. Yesterday was the first day I was actually successful in eating only “allowed” foods. Of course I tried to cheat. I tried to sneak a bag of peanut M&M’s into our cart at Costco, but John found it and made me take it back to the candy aisle. On my way to return the offending bag, I passed a table piled high with chocolate doughnuts. I almost cried.

I’ve weighed myself both at home and at Curves this week, but I’m not sure of my progress. My home scale says I’ve lost 6 pounds, the Curves scale says I’ve gained 1 pound. I’m inclined to believe the Curves scale because I expected to gain a little after starting a resistance training program because of the whole “muscle weighs more than fat” rule.