Making Richard Simmons Proud
I joined a Gym. They were having a special sign-up deal $15 a month for two years. That's not bad if you consider that JR is paying at least three or four times that a month where he works out.
It's a Ladies only Gym, but not like Curves in anyway. Some of the girls there are hard core. And even though there are plenty of women in worse shape than I, I'm still intimidated.
This is one reason I HATE working out. For one, my workout clothes are never as trendy as some. I just can't see blowing cash on clothes I'm going to sweat in.
Secondly, even though it's an all women Gym there are still people judging you. I know I'm guilty of looking around and critiquing the way the bigger girls just putz around, when I should be congratulating them for even getting off their asses.
So it makes me wonder what Miss Size 2, who doesn't sweat and has a killer tan, thinks about my white jiggly thighs on the treadmill. It's hard to focus on yourself when you're thinking about everyone around you. Sometimes it makes me work harder, other times I quit before I start.
It's just not a world I'm comfortable in and I feel like everyone there can tell I'm a fraud who doesn't belong. For example, the girl who signed me up was shocked that I was turning 25 this week. She thought I looked 17.
I was not flattered in the least. Either she thought I looked young and immature without make-up and wearing the perviously mention sloppy clothes; or she thought to "get in good" with the older lady by saying she looked young. I for one thought this girl wasn't old enough to drink.
But I'll go several times a week because I am getting married in a little over a year and want to be in peak condition. I'm terribly afraid that "living in sin" will turn into "living with cellulite" if I don't stay on top of my weight (not that I don't already have cellulite but you know what I mean.)
So wish me luck in losing these last 15 pounds and staying away from the Cheesecake my mom baked for my birthday.
It's a Ladies only Gym, but not like Curves in anyway. Some of the girls there are hard core. And even though there are plenty of women in worse shape than I, I'm still intimidated.
This is one reason I HATE working out. For one, my workout clothes are never as trendy as some. I just can't see blowing cash on clothes I'm going to sweat in.
Secondly, even though it's an all women Gym there are still people judging you. I know I'm guilty of looking around and critiquing the way the bigger girls just putz around, when I should be congratulating them for even getting off their asses.
So it makes me wonder what Miss Size 2, who doesn't sweat and has a killer tan, thinks about my white jiggly thighs on the treadmill. It's hard to focus on yourself when you're thinking about everyone around you. Sometimes it makes me work harder, other times I quit before I start.
It's just not a world I'm comfortable in and I feel like everyone there can tell I'm a fraud who doesn't belong. For example, the girl who signed me up was shocked that I was turning 25 this week. She thought I looked 17.
I was not flattered in the least. Either she thought I looked young and immature without make-up and wearing the perviously mention sloppy clothes; or she thought to "get in good" with the older lady by saying she looked young. I for one thought this girl wasn't old enough to drink.
But I'll go several times a week because I am getting married in a little over a year and want to be in peak condition. I'm terribly afraid that "living in sin" will turn into "living with cellulite" if I don't stay on top of my weight (not that I don't already have cellulite but you know what I mean.)
So wish me luck in losing these last 15 pounds and staying away from the Cheesecake my mom baked for my birthday.
posted by SassyJill at 12:43 PM
1 Comments:
Ummm... When I spoke with you weren't you about to eat cheesecake?
Anyway, I think it's great you joined a gym. I've been thinking about joining the one by work. A lot of my friends are members there but they never go. I'm afraid that I'll be the same way. They have lots of good classes but none of the ones I want start at a good time for me. We'll see.
I think you look great though. Don't worry about what the bicthes think of you. And, besides, I am still often told that I look 22. You just get over it eventually.
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