February 13th, 2011 | Posted by acidicice

Gym is going okay. We have figured out a routine that allows us to take Babyice with us. He loves the Club-V kiddies area at the gym and the ladies there say he is very well behaved (I suppose it's a good thing that they don't have to feed him, otherwise they might have banned him ). Rudi and I have both been for our ignition sessions and are currently following the exercise plan given to us.

 

I met with the Personal Training Manager (PTM) on Friday to discuss who I would be doing my PT sessions with. After discussing my personal needs and what my goals are he recommended that I go with one of the PT at the club who is a body builder. From the looks of his picture he is a pretty good one. The PTM assured me that body builders don't just help people bulk up and become ripped, but that they are excellent at weight manipulation and body sculpting. He told me how they would need to pick up weight and bulk up for a competition in 12 weeks and then would have to drop weight for the next competition in 6 weeks time. He said that I will see results quickly and that I must not be preturbed by weight training. Apparently weight training doesn't just build up muscles, but helps your body burn fat moreso than cardio. Read up on some exercise myths on their website here. He asked about our eating habits. He said that eating right is 70% of your effort, exercise 20% and rest and sleep is 10%. Currently we are not on an eating plan and are not eating well. I try my best to eat healthy things at work, but once I get home in the evening Rudi is usually preparing something delicious. Our meals in the last week in the evening include: Macaroni and cheese, Chinese take-out, KFC and home made hamburgers. Sucky. I know.

 

I've got my head around the exercising part, but I am yet to wrap it around the eating right part. I've been on so many diets/eating plans in my life and even though I've had varying degress of success with all of them, in the end I failed at each and every one. It goes well for the first couple of weeks and then I get bored/demotivated/feel deprived and I fall off the wagon. Once I've fallen off the wagon I beat myself up so badly that I convince myself that I cannot do it and I give up. I recognise the pattern and I know I am sabotaging myself. I hope I can change this. I should at least stick to a good eating plan while I am seeing the PT to optimize my results and hopefully the results I will see will motivate me to make it a lifestyle and to keep it up.

 

We have a lot of bad food in the house that we will need to get rid of before we can start. It is too easy to grab a marshmallow easter egg, fizzer (leftovers from Babyice's party) or bread when you're looking for something to snack on. I couldn't possibly throw the food away, so I'll have to figure out what to do with it. I don't believe in binge eating before you go on a diet/eating plan since this just compacts the problem in the end.

 

Rudi and I went shopping for some gym gear yesterday since we don't really have clothes to exercise in at the moment. We both got a pair of Nike cross trainers. I bought myself two lycra pants, two t-shirts and a sleeveless top for Rudi. I also finally found a combination lock for the gym lockers so I can lock away our bag while we exercise. The lycra pants I bought for myself are extremely tight. I didn't try them on in the shop and I'm not even sure they have a bigger size. Rudi reckons they look fine on me and that I'm going to be losing weight anyway, so he thinks I should keep them. I can still wear them, but they are really very tight…I hope I see results very quickly. Having gym clothes as a goal to fit into is a bit weird if you ask me!

 

I'm wearing in my new shoes at work today and will be going to gym again after work. Quite looking forward to it