Month: February 2010

The gym I am a member at is like 5-7 minutes from where I work, so during the week I go right to the gym afer work. However my gym is like 10-12 minutes from where I live so on the weekends it’s sometimes more of a struggle for me to get myself there.

The funny thing is when I was first checking out gyms when I moved here I went to a Golds that was only 3-5 minutes from my house, but I didn’t love it – it was older and actually reminded me of my prior gym, which I didn’t love. I ended up joining a beautiful new Golds that was across town, but when I signed up it said I could have a “metro pass” or something that meant I could go to any Golds.

Well in the year and a half that I’ve been a member at Golds I’ve only gone to the new one and finally yesterday I decided to see if this “metro pass” thing was legit because I remembered that the older Golds didn’t have a card scan like mine did so I wasn’t sure how it would work. So I went prepared to drive to my Golds if this closer one wouldn’t let me in. Turns out I just need to sign in and write my membership number on their log.

It was a fine gym experience, I MUCH prefer my Golds, but this one had the same treadmills and it pretty empty. So I plan on doing on weekend workouts there or even an occasional evening one.

I still haven’t made it to the gym 4 days a week yet, but I think being able to use this closer Golds it will help. However I have bumped up my runs. I am doing at least 3 miles on the treadmill and feeling pretty good. My ankles have been a bit tender, I think I’m going to get some braces for them, but other than that my body is adapting well!

The second half of last week and into the weekend I felt terrible…I was outside all Wednesday afternoon without a coat and it got pretty brisk…later that night I felt a mild cold coming on.

Instead of hitting up the gym this weekend, I was hitting up airborne and Nyquil on the couch. I really THOUGHT about going Sunday, but convinced myself otherwise.

I got to the gym yesterday and saw one of the signs on the door that instantly motivates me “Showing up is half the battle.” It’s true. I’ve never gotten all the way to the gym and then had a shitty workout. If I’m there I go full force, but it’s the getting there that’s hard for me sometimes, especially on the weekends. My gym is about 7-8 minutes from work, but like 12-14 minutes from home – so I find getting there on weekends hard sometimes.

I have yet to hit my 10 miles a week yet…I also need to hit more 4 day work out weeks, as opposed to 3 day work out weeks – even though 3 days is better than 0 days. However my spare tire of a stomach isn’t gonna just fall off by itself.

I do however think I’ve found I way to perhaps finally get past my weight plateau and his name is Isaac. Isaac is my NEW trainer. Yes in 16 months I’ve gone through 3, well he is my 3rd. I was bummed that my last trainer drastically cut back on clients due to a new job, but within 10 minutes of working with Isaac I was pretty damn hopeful. Isaac is a good looking built black man who doesn’t take crap. I really prefer working with guy trainers – I feel they push me more and that I try harder. Isaac isn’t my type – however one of my best friends I could see falling head over heels for him – but it’s good that I’m not attracted to him because it’s easier for me to talk to him about my weight or what parts of my body I don’t like. So yesterday Isaac and I “eased” into legs and when I said eased – I mean he KICKED MY ASS (err legs) so hard they were noodle like today. That’s not completely true…I’m hurting today, but not like semi-paralyzed which is never a good thing. Isaac had me do lots of leg stuff, but no with machines at all. We did different squats, things with weights, jumps, lunges, leg lifts and calf raises. I feel like I not only learned a lot, but I enjoyed it. I think the big key to my weight loss is changing up my routine, I think my body acclimates to what I do so I’m excited to learn all kinds of new things and hopefully see results!