I'm Baaaack!!!!

Finally made it back to the gym tonight! It felt great!! It is amazing how well a little sweat and elevated heart rate can make you feel!!!
Oh, I am down 14 lbs in 6 weeks!!! That is almost 3 gallons of milk!!!!! Do you know how hard it is to carry in 3 gallons of milk from the car? Geesh! Only bad thing is I still have about 25 more gallons of milk I need to unload from this "trunk".
One of my bestie friends joined me at the gym tonight! It is always more fun when you have someone to work out with. Things seem to go faster and I dont feel like the meatheads are staring at me as much. Plus, it is nice to know that if my legs start to give out on me while attempting the evil machine they call an eliptical....you'll have someone to tell you that everyone is not laughing at you, they are laughing with you!!
The other cool thing about going to the gym with a friend is that you learn things about them, that you might not know under normal circumstances. Example: my friend can not walk on the treadmill and shake her head no at the same time. Although, she did not go flying off the back of the treadmill, it was very obvious that it was a difficult challange for her. But, being the great friend that I am, I did not laugh at her, I laughed with her :)
So, I am getting back into the routine and I hope to hit the gym a Saturday as well. Maybe a Zumba class to get the day started. Perhaps some time on the bike, weightlifting and perhaps I shall try to evil machine they call an eliptcal. Anyone have any advice on how I can conquer this monster?? Two minutes on that things and I feel like I am going to DIE.....I cant breathe, I start to get confused if my arms are moving my legs or if my legs are moving my arms, I start to hang on for dear life and suddenly I stumble a little and then it happens...my legs are now going in reverse!!! At this point I start to pray. Pray that I can gracefully make it stop with out falling off the back which would then end in about 50 meatheads having to hoist me back upon my feet. It will be at that point I will have to die my hair and learn how to create my self a giant Snooki poof so no one will recognize me as the women that was brutally attacked by the eliptical. I shutter at the thought!