A return to the gym

I rejoined the Shepherd University Wellness Center (read “gym”) after a six month absence.  They have built a marvelous new facility which I plan to go to at least three days a week to try and get my weight down once again.

I used to go to the old gym primarily because they had a scale which showed weight over 300 pounds (and I am a good 40 or so pounds over that figure… OK, that’s my fatman admission). The new gym has replaced that scale with an electronic one that doesn’t go over 300 … when I stand on it it gives an ERROR message.

I didn’t check out the locker room before I joined, so now I’m paid for the year and I have to find another scale somewhere. I don;t know if the old gym, in another building half a campus away, is still there. I’ll check tomorrow and see if I can weigh in.

There is also a new danger built into the new gym: The Wellness Cafe. Now I have a gym where I can get coffee… and EAT… after working out. This is a big problem for one with minimum control like me. I’ll get through it, though.

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