Ooopps! I did it again......

Signed up for a gym membership that is. It has been a week now, I signed both Justin and I up. Standard 2 yr contract. Got in at the tail end of their grand opening sign up special so did not have to pay any type of sign up fee.

Now I have not had the best of luck using gym member ships when I've signed up for them in the past...twice. With the exception of Curves, which I don't really view as a typical gym.

I would be good for a couple months and then just stop going. I just could NOT keep up the will power to go work out on my own and by myself. I'm sure there are those out there that can relate. This is the new Gold's Gym all the way out here in Tooele and boy is it nice inside! They have a lap pool, sauna, hot tub, basket ball court, 2 raquet ball courts, spinning room, aerobics room, cardio cinema room, a small but seperate women's exercise room with weight machines and cardio machines, big locker rooms, a huge main workout area with all kinds of weight training machines, free weights, cardio area and one of the best things (IMPO) a (we'll watch the kids while you go workout) daycare service!!!

It has been nice having Justin there to ask me, "Have you worked out today?" and of couse I get to ask the same of him. I think this will help to keep us both on track with getting into better health (and of shape too of course!).

My weight is still at a plateau, part of the reason for joining the gym, but my body composition is still chaning as well as the shape. What that comes down too is that I have been replacing fat with muscle. While this is deffinately a good thing and I do love it, *sigh* I also want to see the #'s on the scale start to go down again. So, I've also commited to seeing a trainer 2x per month there at the gym. My reasoning is that the trainer will know what exercises I need to do and in what orders and how often in order to maximize the fat loss and gain muscle where needed. My lower body is fairly strong. My upper body and core are deffinately not equal in streangth though and one of my goals is to streangthen and shape those parts of my body.

Now I need to find the will power to get up early enough in the mornings to do a class or two during the week. The offer classes like spinning, total body conditioning, yoga and a couple aqua classes too.

Please send me lots of stick with it will power vibes for both the new exercise part of my lifestlye change and also to the diet portion of it. There are days when the only thing that sounds appetizing is cookies and ice cream, though I don't follow through on it as the thought of eating only cookies and ice cream makes my teeth hurt and stomach turn at the thought of eating that much sugary sweetness.