Workout

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:00:07 GMT

While I was working out today, one of the trainers, who was working with someone while I did my thing nearby, looked over and said "You've lost a lot of weight," and I gave some variation on "huh?" and, when she said something about "since you started," I said something about the surgery and about muscle being denser than fat. It's not just that this isn't a weight loss program. It's that if it had been, I'd have stopped exercising long before I lost weight, because exercise doesn't seem to affect my weight: what I've lost weight from is the Bell's palsy (or, more precisely, the prednisone I was given to treat that) and the gall bladder surgery. I don't know how long that trainer has been seeing me there; it may have been several years. But I still don't know how to answer those remarks, especially in that sort of context that's part appearance and part health. Also, the gym has been posting "daily fitness hints" for the last couple of weeks, and today's was to take "before" photos and measurements. That's going to be irrelevant to what a significant number of people want, because it has nothing to do with ability: even in terms of the fitness culture, along with those who want a better mood, there are people whose goal is to improve their marathon time or their basketball game.

That aside, it was a good workout, and afterwards, when I went into the usual Starbucks, the woman looked at me, and said "Tall whole milk hot chocolate" and when I said "you got it" told me it was on the house. Which was a nice extra.

( the usual numbers, in weights and reps )

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I am not happy with the vet

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:39:32 GMT

The cat is basically fine.

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Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

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I am not happy with the vet