The weather app promised a week of rain. It said temps would rise into the mid-70s today. Nope and nope. It's actually on the cooler side, which I like better. But the bugs have emerged and while I'm gratified to hear the buzzing of bees, I'm less happy with the tiny kamikaze bugs darting into my eyes and up my nose. Lilacs have bloomed and I catch their fragrance in my driveway even though there aren't any blooms in sight.
The gym isn't too crowded and I'm finally early enough to grab elliptical #2. The first one is occupied. Later, one of the obese older women who's taken to pedaling on the elliptical shows up and is relegated to a Cybex glider until she can use #1 or #2. Not sure why she doesn't trust #4 except that the dashboard doesn't display the notoriously inaccurate HR. A guy gets on #3 and isn't bothered by the machine's inability to access programs. He pedals while staring at his phone.
It's Thursday, which means no Senior class and the gym is less crowded. I do all my DB Shoulder sets without worry. The Aerobics Room is refreshingly cold and I'm instantly dry. I've taken Walking Lunges out of the routine and added another 30 seconds to Wall Squats, for a total of 2 minutes (120 seconds), which is fine. It hurts more than yesterday. I suspect it will be even worse tomorrow.
Last night I found old photos of myself from 2015 when I was at my leanest. I had great round biceps, a flat defined stomach, and a low body fat reading of 14.5% at 103 lbs. I weigh over 10 lbs more than that right now and weighed even more last winter. There's a huge difference in body fat readings from my Tanita home scale, depending on whether I use the "athlete" or "normal" female setting, adjusting for height and age. Tanita's website says to use the "athlete" profile if resting HR is below 60 and you're exercising intensively for 12 hrs or more a week. Which meant I used that profile way back when, but can't use it now.
The difference in body fat readings is a whopping 5%. Online reviews of body fat scales claim that these products tend to overestimate the amount of body fat in regular people, while also underestimating percentages for athletes. So, while there's no way I'm 17.5% BF, I also don't think I'm 22.5% either... Does it really matter? Well, any little bit of encouragement helps and keeps me from backsliding. Am I ever going to drop down to 103 again? Probably not. Unless I get sick. But even just getting back to 109 would be awesome. And my clothes would fit so much better.
Still can't import any pix or vids unless I pull them from YouTube... Been seeing a lot of PetSmart commercials that use that sweet song from the musical Oliver. I'll post that here 'cuz watching Jack Wild, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester and the incomparable Ron Moody is always a treat.
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