Step 1 of becoming fit is now complete

[exatron]

I took advantage of the client holiday today (Primus bless the UAW) and got a membership at the community recreation center. Most of my time there was spent simply looking at what the place was like and trying to overcome being intimidated by all of the fit people (Yes, there are plenty of incentives).

I still need to decide how I should proceed from here. I can sign-up for a personal trainer, try doing things on my own, or enroll in some sort of "boot camp" class for people who are just starting out with the whole fitness thing. A personal trainer sounds like a good idea, but I always find it weird to be dependent on other people. Doing this by myself probably isn't the best idea since I don't really know what I'm doing (I got an overview of this sort of thing in 9th grade, but don't remember much of it [What an effective class]). The "boot camp" class sounds like it would be a good idea, but I have to do some more research to make sure it's scheduled for a time I can actually attend.

It would probably help to define my goals first. I want to be able to say that I was fit for at least part of my life, actually have some muscle mass on my frame for once, eliminate the fat that has started to creep onto my abdomen, and I want to have decent legs again. My legs used to be acceptable because my previous jobs kept me moving around a lot (it also kept fat more or less at bay), but I feel like the past year at my current job has taken its toll on me physically.

There isn't much to say about my attempts at art right now. A cold I had earlier this week and worsening traffic near work sucked up most of my energy for a while. Now that I'm feeling better, I have a new bookshelf to assemble.

Comments

[kylet.livejournal.com]

Lucky, you've got more incentives than I do ;-)

I was in pretty much the same situation as you were and still am not totally sure of what I'm doing, so all I can say is good luck and congrats on taking the first step there :-)

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Knowing my luck, the incentives will be leaving just as I arrive.

Thanks for wishing me well. The hardest part is going to be finding someone to help me do this right.

I hate having to inform RL people I know about what I'm doing, but don't have much of a choice since all of my options for help require phone calls. My job has taken me to the far reaches of the area in the past year, and I'm currently stuck living with my parents. That probably doesn't sound so bad to other people, but it usually leads to awkward questions that I'd prefer not to deal with.

[kylet.livejournal.com]

I've gotten really bad about following up with replies lately x_x

Better than nothing! At least you know they exist ;-)

Whyzzat? Parents I can understand, but people at my job have been helpful; esp since they may have connections with other fit people? Dunno.

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it. I know you're busy.

The hard part is making sure I don't feel intimidated by them.

The short answer is that it's related to one of my many issues. (This one was created by classmates who couldn't just leave me alone.) It takes me a while to get used to people and feeling like I can trust them. Since my company tries to rotate employees out of testing jobs fairly quickly because they can make people go a bit nuts, I barely get the chance to know my coworkers. Couple that with being assigned to a very large client that I talk to mostly by email, and I end up feeling like I don't know anybody.