Working Out... Who Knew???

    As most of you know, I play the sport of Curling, (Yeah, that's right. The sport with the rocks and brooms!), which is so much fun. Anyway, I haven't ever really exercised besides dancing in a musical play I am in, or just hanging out with friends and going for walks or hikes. I've always thought exercising was boring. However, the thirty-five pounds I have gained since the beginning of the pandemic has me disappointed and embarrassed, lol. It seems the only place I gain weight is in my stomach, and it's pretty big right now. I have so many clothes that I love to wear, which I can't because I'm too big to wear them now.

    Also, when I am curling, after two rounds, which lasts about twenty-five minutes, I am sucking in air and trying to keep the food I ate on the inside of my body, so I knew something had to change. 

    So, I thought that I would try joining a gym to go and work out at. I decided on Planet Fitness because it's cheap, there are tons of machines to work out on, and the place only seems like it only has fifteen people in there at the same time, and so all of the machines they have are wide open. I thought if I paid for a membership to a gym, it would motivate me to go exercise often, and you know what? I have been going regularly for the past couple of weeks when I joined, and I have lost five pounds. It turns out that exercising regularly helps you lose weight. Who knew? 

    I am also having fun when I go work out. It's only ten bucks a month, and no contract. They have this machine called the HydroMassage. You lay down on your back, and there are powerful water jets that massage the back of your body, and it's awesome. I do it before exercising on the machines, and then again after. It's awesome.

    So, anyway, the only reason I bring this up is because, I will be honest. I have depression. I know it's kind of a normal thing to happen, but I get depressed sometimes, and I have found that since I have started working out at the gym, my mood is better, my insomnia issues are way down, and I have been feeling really good lately. I accredit all to exercise. 

    I am still unhappy with my gut, but then again, I went to a critic screening of a movie tonight and ate a whole tub of popcorn and a big bottle of Coke, so it's my own dumb habit I need to kick. Anyway, I just thought I would share that.

    This next subject is heartbreaking to me. I have been writing a Choose Your Own Adventure book for Elliot and my nephew and nieces, and I had to move and rearrange some things around. I wanted to put my computer desk in my bedroom, but while I love the new change, but for some reason, when I hooked everything back up, my file was erased. So now I have to start over again. I'm sad, but I know where I was at with the stories, so that should help a little bit, but I'm bummed I had to start over again. I also made a new blog for my creative writing juices, and have been fun having that with writing prompts. I even wrote a nice little short story I might share on here as well. We will see. 

    Also, one other project I am working on is something I learned about from the book, and not as good as the book movie, Ready Player One, where they talk about interactive fiction, where to write a story, but there is a game going on too, it's just all text. For example, you can tell the computer to search for a box. Then maybe the box has a lock on it, and so you examine the room to find a key to open up the box, but it doesn't have any pictures, it's all text based. I have started one of those, but it's on my back burner.

    I have also been seeing a lot of movies lately, so if you want see or listen to my Freaking Film Fanatic podcast where I review the films I see. So, as you can see, I have a lot going on, and it's all pretty hard work, well, hard for what I am doing, lol, but things in my life are more positive that they have been in a while, and I actually owe a lot of that to this blog, and all of you who read it. I love writing these blogs, and if only one person reads them, then I will continue with writing them. 

    I hope that you are all doing well, and not sick. I will try to write another post for Christmas at the end of the week. Oh, I also bought me a little Chromebook, since I am planning on going back to school if a couple of months, and thought it would be easier to take notes with....and play a few little games on the side. Anywho, stay safe, and I strongly encourage you to get your Covid shots and boosters. I don't want to lose a single one of you readers.

Take care until next time!