Lesson in Life #4682
It is not always wise to buy shoes on ebay, no matter how attractive the price may be.
A 10, is not always a 10 in the world of shoes as I have come to appreciate.
See, I finally got off my ass today and went to the gym here at work on my lunch hour. I have been saying this for years, and well, it has been years since my shade graced the halls of a gym. My goal is to do 25 minutes on the elliptical trainer, the 4 days a week I work. The last 3 weeks I wake up at the godforsaken hour that I do, and well, choose not to grab a bag of workout gear.
However, I figure that after the chocolate binge the other day, I should at least attempt some kind of exercise.
Ironically enough, it wasn't the exercise that was the killer. It was my shoes. I had pins and needles happening down there, and my big toes hurt, pressed up at the end of my shoes.
I went for the good deal and bought my last cross trainers on ebay. Such a great deal I now need a new pair that doesn't deter me from exercise, because frankly, I don't need the help. I guess I will bite the bullet and *gulp* buy the damn things in person and actually try them on before I buy them! Who knew?
When I got off the machine, I nearly fell forward between the hurting feet and just that odd feeling of getting off one of those machines and the world just isn't right for a few steps. I hope I can keep this up - in a few months, it may help to trim off a little extra me. Or, just mean that I am better at keeping up with Junior!
2 comments:
Heh. I am in the same boat as you (except my mother gave me the shoes because she didn't like them - on me, they make the baby toe on my right foot fall asleep).
Same goal, pretty much - elliptical for 30 minutes 3-4 times/week. I find its more of a mental break than anything.
And I thought about the nanoblomo thing - I just don't have time in November.
Want a virtual workout buddy? :)
Sounds good to me, and we have an excuse to get new shoes!!!
the mental break is nice.. driving home on the freeway just doesn't cut it, and when I get home, the last thing I want to do is attempt to find time to work out...
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