I'm Hooked

nickollette113

Hey guys!

My SO and I joined a gym last weekend and started going Monday. We're on day 4 and plan on going every weekday, in the mornings, taking a break on the weekends. I called some gyms in the area on a whim last week, for pricing and services they offer etc. Narrowed it down to two and the tour proving to be the tie breaker. We're happy with the gym we chose, the price, the variety of equipment, classes, childcare for the little one while we're there--all of it.

My main apprehension in all this is that, we're in this as a team. He wants to lose about 40-50pds and gain muscle. I want (need) to lose 100 for my first goal and work on strength training. I've let the baby weight (and then some) from the little one stay too long and am just now mentally prepared for everything involved with losing weight in a healthy way. I used to have a problem with bulimia for 2 years before I found out I was pregnant, so when the urge to lose weight popped back in my head this time, I jumped at the chance to join a gym before reverting to unhealthy old habits. With all that said, I can EASILY see myself obsessing over working out and eating better. We're only finishing our first week and I'm kind of panicking about not going this weekend. I know my body will appreciate the rest and I don't want to overdo it, but I also love how I have felt this week.

My SO seems to be struggling with this first week--really sore and achy, physically, but mentally he says he feels amazing. So, I'm hoping the weekend of rest will be a good recharge for him and that it will be easier on him with week 2.

We're not doing anything too strenuous, considering we are both overweight (me a lot more so than him) and have been pretty sedentary up until this week. So, we want to allow an adjustment period of our bodies remembering how to move before really kicking it into gear. This week has consisted of 20-30/min, light to moderate effort, on the bike for warm up cardio and then the "circuit" of weight machines they have set up for people in a time crunch, doing 2-3 reps of 10-15 (depending on the machine). I also found some videos on YT for BodyRocker.tv and have started doing a few of those focused on abs, which I don't do much with at the gym.

At the end of day 4, I'm sore and achy, but in a good way. He's REALLY sore and achy. We're trying to take this on as a team effort--to keep each motivated and on track. I think he's overdoing it on the weights though--trying too high of a weight this early on. I keep trying to tell him to knock the weight he tries to go for, back by 2 or 3, and to let his body get acclimated before worrying too much about pushing limits. But, I think what he thinks he's capable of doing and what he's physically able to do are on different pages. This is both annoying and worrisome--annoying in that he's being so stubborn that he can handle it when his body is clearly saying otherwise and worrisome in that, I don't want him to get burnt out because he's pushing himself too hard too early. Arggghhh!

I've also found this site and started tracking everything, food I eat, exercise I did that day etc. And that alone has been a pretty good motivator for me

Well, that's my current health & fitness life story Sorry for the super long intro!

Ohhh, also. I did my 1 week weigh in today, and have somehow managed to gain 4 pds?? I'd love to know any insight on that one! Along with the new exercise this week, I've changed my eating dinner and a snack only, to eating 3 meals with 2 snacks throughout the day, but keeping them relatively healthy (well, compared to how I was eating anyway). So, I'm not sure too many calories is the culprit, let alone responsible for 4 pds in only a week.