I did it. I woke myself up at 5:45am and got myself to the gym. There were actually other people there surprisingly. My main goal was getting myself to the gym and I really didn't think about eating before I left. I just did the elliptical but as time was going by, I started feeling worse and worse. I was at 15 minutes and just felt awful. I had planned on doing 30 minutes, but by the time I reached 20 minutes, I knew I had to stop and thank god I did. Right after I got off the machine I felt like I was going to faint, I held onto the machine but knew I was right at the point before I went down. Not wanting to really start my day by fainting at a gym, I crouched down and put my head down. After maybe a minute I felt fine to walk out to my car and leave.
The importance from this is I learned that you really have to know your body. I've fainted a lot since I was in middle school. It's really nothing scary, it just happens to me more than most people. Since it's happened so many times though, I really know the signs for when I'm about to actually pass out. It's helped me prevent it from happening a lot. Today was just another one of those instances. I'm so motivated to do this and to try my hardest. But if I would've pushed myself to do 30 minutes today I definitely would've fainted right off the damn machine. And hey, my ass was up and out the door to the gym when it was still dark outside and I worked out for 20 minutes. That's more than I can say I normally do. It was still an accomplishment.
Work has been really slow this week so my goal tomorrow is to find a really good ab workout to start doing. If I have a "problem area" that would be it. Hopefully I'll find something good to post tomorrow!
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