So I’m at the gym today and I see someone out of the corner of my eye step onto the treadmill beside me. It’s a young girl in her Catholic school uniform! I see people wearing all sorts of stuff at the gym that I don’t consider work-out wear, but this one took the cake. She was standing on the treadmill, setting up her stuff and she wasn’t even wearing running shoes or sneakers! I thought to myself, “OK I’ll sit back and watch this play out…”

She held her own fairly well, wasn’t breaking a sweat but then again she wasn’t running either. When she finally did increase her speed, damned if I was going to let her beat me! I kept going past my time, feeling my legs burn and my chest begin to burn but I was determined to go farther and longer than this girl in a school girl uniform! Immature I know. She floundered just when I thought I might pass out, grasping at the bars on the treadmill to hold herself up…and I slowed down, as if I meant to stop soon after her. Sigh. Just a little friendly competition at the gym.

But this post is meant to be serious in the sense, I don’t understand people who choose to work out in what looks like uncomfortable clothing to me. I couldn’t imagine sweating up a storm in jeans and a sweatshirt! I also need proper footwear; it just makes everything go smoother if your feet and legs are happy. I’m not saying go out and buy expensive gear and top of the line yoga pants etc, it is possible to find exercise clothing for reasonable prices. The more comfortable you feel, the more apt you are to keep at it and return for your next work out. Ach, call me crazy.

My new goal is still what I posted last time, getting to the gym MORE but in those visits it’s to build up endurance. I’m so pleased with how my knee feels; how I sometimes don’t feel any twinges of pain AT ALL! And if I do, I stop…I don’t push it.

Another goal? My Guy and I are eating more fruit. We said we needed to eat more but both of us struggled with how high maintenance fruit can be…really. It seems like such a chore sometimes! We’ve been preparing up fruit salad to bring to work and we’re loving not only the awesome mid-morning snack but the way it’s making us feel too. It’s a little change but we really do notice a difference…I have to say in all honesty though, we eat very well. There’s no junk food in the house but we do keep some digestive biscuits around for a sweet fix with tea…or I’ll have a handful of raisins, chocolate chips and almonds.

Perhaps our biggest indulgence is beer and wine. Of course these are loaded with calories! My Guys current fave? Howe Sound Brewery’s Rail Ale Nut Brown. We first discovered this beer before Christmas and his eyes still light up whenever we pick some up. One of my favourites? Stanley Park Brewery’s 1897 Belgian Style Amber. Mmmm, so crisp and clean I can taste it now! I do love my wine still, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes a cold beer really hits the spot. So maybe this is where we indulge…where do YOU indulge? Oh and indulge responsibly. Of course.

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