So I spent about 5 hours at the Y today. Yeah, 5 hours. I am ready to take a giant NAP now but thought I’d stop in and share my day with ya’ll. I was told that Allen Smith from Biggest Loser season 8 would be at the local Y that I am a member of. I totally rooted for the guy. We are in the same state and he is just two cities over from me. So yeah, big fan!So, the flyer says he will be there at 9. I get there at 8:30. The girl at the front desk says, “Oh he won’t be here til 11.” Me- Umm, ok. I guess I misread the flyer. So I walk away feeling let down and thinking to myself that there is noway I am hanging out here til then. I decide to do my workout. I do my thing and while I am doing some lower leg weights, Who do I see walk by the window on the outside track? Yep, Allen AKA biggest loser guy. Darn it, I missed the 5k with him! Thanks, girl at the front desk. Grrr. Our Y has really bad COMMUNICATION skills…not just on this either…on EVERYTHING. Anyway, I am not bitter. I just finish my workout. I actually do extra cardio and even more weights because I have time to kill. What the heck, I am there already so why not?
There was also a health fair there today too. So, I go to all the booths and then I go chat it up with Allen and his wife. Really, I spent most of the time talking to his wife. They were so nice and encouraging. They are great. After that, we file into the gym and Allen gives….well, I wouldn’t call it a speech but he just talks about his experience with the biggest loser show, what lead him there, how he is now…..He, like me is a very emotional person so he cried a little, I cried a little, we all laughed a little. It was a great “talk”. So, I knew he was going to do a group workout and being that I already missed the 5K with him, I was all for working out with him. I was already tired from my earlier workout and felt shaky because the sandwiched that subway provided at the health fair were not actually sandwiches. They were, ummm…..Well more like a subway “sample”. Three bites and they were gone! LOL So, I was a little famished but I made it through. Then, it was Yoga time with him. No thanks, I am spent and I am going home. Two workouts in one day is quite enough for me.
I did have some really great conversation with the two of them. Even took a few pics. All in all, it was a great day. He has motivated me even more. Hope you all have a great weekend!
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