This week I visited with the wonderful ladies at the Siskey Y. When we first started this blog, the YMCA offered to give each of the writers 3 free training sessions with a personal trainer - sweet! I finally bucked up and made the appointment. The first meeting was very stress-free; of course I didn't actually get to working out with the trainer, but soon I will be professionally forced to - yay!?
This first meeting was a "get-to-know" you appointment, and I heart Jennifer and Marcia who helped me out. They both were nothing but understanding and forgiving as I confessed my lack of interest in sweating, which is amazing since they both totally oozed health. Regardless, I got lots of good info - including the idea of writing down as many excuses for not exercising as I can (fun!). I also learned that the Y offers a free nutrition class twice a week regardless of membership - free is good for me.
The result - Jennifer and Marcia hooked me up with a trainer that sounds perfect. It seems she knows what it's like to struggle with weight - finally, a girl I can connect with. I requested a female trainer because I'm just not ready to sweat in front of a strange fit man who keeps telling me what to do - I'm making progress, but I'm not ready for that yet!
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Right on! Finally you are getting serious. The Siskey has some excellent trainers. Prepare to be put through hell as you get in shape. You should post the daily times that you will be there so folks can come by and give you some motivation and encouragement. I highly recommend the 5:35 am MWF spin classes, great instructors, great workouts.
The Siskey offers a ton of classes for all ranges of fitness, newbie to hard core.
Really? "Finally you are getting serious"? What a jerk!
Losing weight is a struggle, mentally and physically. You're changing behaviour patterns and over-coming addictions. It's a mental warzone, especially at first.
If you can't leave out the negative comments, why don't you just shut up?
Rock On Sister!! I'm just starting out too and just subscribed to keep an update on this blog. Don't be afraid to try something new. I just bought boxing gloves yesterday! And I try to go walking/hiking daily because that's what *I* love. Any little bit of exercise is better than none. I'll be cheering you on. I saw your photo posted here. We are built the same, and we have similar goals. We can do this!! And I will be cheering you on.
RT
If it's the same mr. annonymous since day one, at least he wasn't too vile today...I do agree, he likes to get his digs and cheapshots in, but maybe that is just his nature and we have to accept people for who they are, not who they "should" be, for who are we to judge in how other's express themselves freely. So I give him a pass today since he sorta seemed encouraging, though it kinda creeped me out that he would want to know the time she'll be at the Y...please Melissa, tell no one, big smiles! :)
ok... if you want to talk to a BIGGEST LOSER.. then get in touch with my Wife. Over the last 5yrs she has lost 100lbs, ran a half marathon and she just turned 50 in Dec. She did this Completely on her own, no personal trainer, no fad diet plan (Weight watchers, Jenny Craig..etc.), no surgery, and no party to root her own at the gym while she sweated every morning at 5am before going to work an putting in 8-9 hours a day working 40hours a week. From swimming to bike to weights to cardio to ....
she has done it all and you can too!
Oh yea.. because she did all this all on her own.. her company gave her a complete makeover. Now theres your BIGGEST LOSER!!
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Really? "Finally you are getting serious"? What a jerk!
Losing weight is a struggle, mentally and physically. You're changing behaviour patterns and over-coming addictions. It's a mental warzone, especially at first.
If you can't leave out the negative comments, why don't you just shut up?
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Anon @February 25, 2011 10:40 AM
Well, well ...speaking of negative comments...
OK, yes, a bit creepy asking for workout times, I'll grant you that. The point was mostly for the blogger to state times and be held accountable. Accountability to others, be it a workout group, or family, etc, is one of the most recognized way of successfully achieving weight loss.
I have no intention of stalking the blogger at the gym, sorry about that.
Hope the Y did not CON you into a $66 a month membership??? Hum, don't they get a lot of money from the United Way???
Let's try and be nice to one another, we all have different opinions about this blog(ger) but we all can agree that eating right and staying active (when possible) is very important to sustained good healthy living. Find what works, whether proven medically or something brand new and off the wall and keep at it! Stay true to you and try not to make the same mistakes again...Enjoy your weekend Melissa and fellow posters :)
Good Job and Good Luck!
"Really? "Finally you are getting serious"? What a jerk!
Losing weight is a struggle, mentally and physically. You're changing behaviour patterns and over-coming addictions. It's a mental warzone, especially at first.
If you can't leave out the negative comments, why don't you just shut up?"
Sheesh. Who peed in your corn flakes?
I'm a personal trainer for the Y as well (not Siskey) and I think its great you are getting with someone who can show you the proper way to exercise. A lot of people who start these weight loss journeys get so frustrated because they work out so hard with very little result. What a trainer can do for you is show you how to workout smarter, not harder (you will still work hard dont get me wrong) By knowing how to do the movements properly will assure you are getting everything out of it you can. I dont know if you are working with a dietician in this journey, but diet is 90 percent of your success. You eat a honey bun, you will have honey buns! :-) Good luck and I think its very brave of all of you to post the ups and downs of your fitness journey. Stay with it because your health and fitness is a continous journey that will not only make you look good, but you truly will feel better over time!!!!
Just be honest with yourself. The problem is not food and the "Addiction" The reason for being obese is the same issues over and over and over and over. Something happened in your life that you cannot handle or are afraid to face and since you do not know any better, you take the easy way out. Begin by admitting your personal pains and then use excecize to release the stresses. This is what our bodies and minds are built to do.
Not every fat person has some deep psychological trauma causing their obesity. Most are just fat because they eat way too much. Why burden everyone with some psycho babble?
Good for you. I'm three years into my weight loss journey and burnout is hitting me hard. If I see you at the Siskey I'll say hello.
Not every thin person has some deep psychological trauma causing their skinassity. Most are just thin because they live in fear of not being accepted for who they really are. Why burden everyone with some psycho babble?
Most people are thin are that way because they watch what they eat and exercise. Only a tubber would consider a healthy fit person as an oddity.
I found this very interesting quote in the March, 2011 edition of Diabetes Forecast magazine:
The researchers found that the lower the body mass index (BMI) and the lower a participant’s waist circumference (an indicator of fat around the waist), the greater the participant’s exercise capacity. After dividing participants into four groups (BMI 25–29.9; BMI 30–34.9; BMI 35–39.9; and BMI over 40), the researchers found a corresponding decline of 10 to 15 percent in exercise capacity with each increase in weight level.
So, as you continue to lose weight you will enjoy greater endurance, in addition to weight loss.
Keep up the good work Melissa!
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