Today I went down to Texas Instruments in Dallas for a session about their new calculator, the TI-Nspire. WOW .... what a tool!! Tom drove me down and went to visit Mike and Liz for awhile. I'll write more about the Calculator and the session elsewhere ... probably on my Education Opinions BLOG. The session ended at 4:30 and Tom and I decided to go to Matt's in Lakewood. This is a Mexican Restaurant we used to frequent when we were dating and they have the best Chile Relanos in Texas ... in my opinion. They use pecans and raisins in them .... yummy!! We sat outside and the weather and lighting and everything just said "Fall" and comfort. It felt nice to be in Dallas. I do miss it .... we don't go there often enough. We drove by Tom's old house .... it hasn't changed, but the neighborhood around it sure has .... lots of townhomes and condos springing up. Is that good?? Or bad?? I'm not sure. When we get rich, I wouldn't mind having a condo in Dallas somewhere.
We left Matt's as the sun was beginning to set and took 30 south of the City to I-35 North. The skyline is awesome .... and George Strait's "All My Ex's Live in Texas" was on the radio ... and traffic was thick but moving smoothly .... and it just felt good to be in Dallas, Texas. We got home at 6:30 pm and it was already dark. College football all over the TV. the only bad thing is that it is a little warm .... high 70's .... lows in the 60's .... and we need rain ... but all in all, Fall is good!
As for my workouts .... I am still going!! I'll tell you .... I am glad I have those young men waiting for me ..... it makes me show up when I otherwise might talk myself out of it!! Friday I didn't have a paid appointment, but Tyler said he would work with me for free ... ((He included 15 free sessions in my annual package)). I hadn't worked with Tyler for several weeks ... he usually hurts me or at least pushes me close to vomitting .... Brandon doesn't do that!! And I had never done legs with Tyler. The workout he put me through was very different from what Brandon and I usually do .... different machines, different exercises, slightly different muscles. He made me do calves which I haven't done before .... and he made me do them until I couldn't anymore. Today I am beginning to feel the calves ..... tomorrow will be even worse!!
Swimming is going really well. I am now to the point where I can just keep swimming. No need to stop unless my goggles fog up or begin to leak. I am actually pretty amazed by that ... in 8 weeks I have gone from being able to swim only 2 lengths at time to swimming as long as I want. I think doing the weight lifting had really helped with the swimming. My arms just do not get tired. That is pretty cool.
Oh .... and I haven't reported my measurement results .... after 6 weeks of training ....
- Weight -2 lbs
- Body Fat -1%
- Neck -1"
- Chest +1/4"
- Shoulders +2" (we question original measure on this one but Tyler measured me 3 times this time ...)
- Waist - No Change
- Hips -2"
- Right Bicep -1"
- Left Bicep -1"
- Right Thigh -1/2"
- Left Thigh -1.5"
- Right Calf -1/4"
- Left Calf -1/2"
All the trainers were standing around while Tyler measured me ... and they were all very encouraging about the results. They said I won't begin to lose weight until about 8 weeks in .... maybe more. Damn if they don't all know my weight and my body fat and all my weaknesses now ... sigh ....
1 comment:
You're doing great! Keep it up!
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