Wait, what?

As I exited the gym tonight, I was offered a hot dog, a churro, and a beer! I laughed, and suprisingly easily responded, "No, thanks!" But I must say, I continued to chuckle down the block. It wasn't just a coincidence that the hot dog vendor set up shop outside the door of my gym. The gym hired him for their Grand Re-Opening after their weekend remodel. To compliment the hot dog cart, they had a table set up for beer pong, and a table set up for flip cup inside the gym, in the stretching area. Very entertaining to watch while working out.

Then, I met Winston. I hadn't known about Winston, but I guess he's a celebrity in the Marina. He's a 95 pound bulldog. I actually saw him out for a walk last night as well...walking very slowly! At least his owner walks him a lot. He's huge! I learned the details of Winston because tonight, a business man walking next to me stopped the owner and asked, "Wait, is that Winston?" The owner replied that indeed it was, and they bonded over their mutual ownership of bulldogs. The businessman then got back on his phone and told whoever he was talking to about Winston's legacy in the Marina. What a crack-up! I thought I'd see if there are any photos of Winston on the internet, and I found these photos on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/squirrelmonkey/464049951/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/squirrelmonkey/464043142/in/photostream/

Yup...he's huge. Makes the Goldendoodle that I want look tiny, huh, Paul?

Lazy, lazy girl!

So I joined a gym out here in San Francisco, and the paying of the monthly membership hasn't been enough to motivate me to use the membership! I've decided that, basically, I'm lazy when it comes to working out. This shouldn't be a surprise...this is something I experienced when I had a gym membership at LA Fitness in Scottsdale.

However, I'm determined to be better about going to the gym! Why? Because I want to be in better shape, to drop a few pounds, and to get stronger! I don't only want to...I need to.

So, here's the deal: I've increased my gym membership from 0 times per week to 2 times per week, but so far this is as often as I've been going, and this has only been for 3 weeks. And I haven't been able to "find the time" (a.k.a., be more motivated) to go more than this. So, I need to be motivated to increase this to 3 and then 4 times per week at least.

My goal is that in putting this in writing, I will be more committed to it. I have 3 more days left this week to make it to the gym 1 or 2 more times to reach my goal (of 3 - 4 times) for the week. We'll see if I can do it. My problem is that I tend to find excuses. Mine tonight is, I don't feel good. I have a headache and my right ear is throbbing and plugged. I kind of feel like I have an ear infection, not that I've had one since I was a kid! So, either I'm actually getting sick (like the numerous kids out of school today due to illness), or I create hypochondriac excuses so I don't have to work out! We'll see!