Wow what a tripping sort of past few days. Literally tripping. I am now at my parent's home in York, PA and will be here until Tuesday. My Father retired a few weeks back and the kids (all 4) have planned a surprise party.
Yesterday was a rest/travel day. It was a LONG travel day with canceled flights and late arrival. The second (and longest) leg of the trip was on a jam packed flight with screaming babies and turbulence. Still I found much to be grateful for as I actually did make it across the country in one piece and in good health at about 2:00 AM.
My parent's were waiting up for me (see how things never change?) and could not believe how much I had transformed my body in the past 7 months. They both thought I was getting a little "big" after I flexed for them. At least that is what they voiced to me. Today, however, at an event with their friends they were parading me around like a kid again. "Look how amazing she looks!" and "Karla is body building" and my Father... "You should see her, she has bigger muscles than me now". Funny people those parents...
I guess it wasn't such a great idea to do that KILL QUADS workout just before hitting the bed the night before this trip. I can barely walk today and am grabbing walls and railings everywhere. I did manage to take a bit of a run today. I took a 2.5 mile jog all around my old "stomp'n grounds. It was a run to try to stretch out my quads but also to actually go around to these places where I used to spend so much time. It was fun. Oddly it was also warm here today. Warmer than it has been in Oregon. I ran in tank shirt and shorts and was hot. People here are as a whole more out of shape than in Oregon. I have yet to see another person jogging on the streets.
That said, I visited the local LA Fitness and got a tour. On the free weight floor I counted 7 women and only 5 men. The women were lifting fairly large weights as a whole. I was favorably impressed. I drug my Father to the tour because he has gained a lot and is now retired and eating way too much. The trainer there measured his bf% at 42.5 which is pretty ridiculously unhealthy. My Father didn't join today but said he would go on a free pass with me over the next days to see if he can get into this. My Father bet me and the trainer that he could do a pull up. We walked over the the assisted machine thinking for sure we would win and my old man nearly cranked one out. He attempted a wide grip pull up with all that fat! He didn't quite get his chin up and over but he was only off by a few inches. The trainer and I gave him props for that. We were both surprised.
I am not sure if anything will come of this but I would sure like to see him take an interest in getting fit now that he has so much time. It would be sad to see him loose his health over the next decade due to apathy.
Oh yeah and the sales manager introduced herself to us as we were over cracking up so loudly and having so much fun. She got the quick rundown on my Father and then turned to me and said, "It looks like you workout" Of course my Father answered for me with, "She is a body builder"
I have two spare bedrooms and a spare bath for anyone willing to make the trip. 
Give Truth About Abs a try. It's working really good for me.
