Any temptations by your gym

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  • Lesley2901
    Lesley2901 Posts: 372 Member
    My gym is in a centre which has a swimming pool with slides, wave machine etc so it also has a cafe which serves lots of unhealthy food. The smell of greasy food when entering and leaving the building is definitely not tempting!
  • ashlinmarie
    ashlinmarie Posts: 1,263 Member
    Mine is actually perfectly situated by neat, health-focused things. There's a health store, a Massage Envy and a smoothie place, and my shrink's office is two minutes away. :wink:

    Haha that's great! Though if I'd have worked out more in high school, I never would have needed my shrink.

    My mom told me I shouldn't have ran today because I was stressed about all the stuff I have to do for my vacation and I was like, "Mom, running is the only thing that has kept me this sane so far!"
  • cubizzle
    cubizzle Posts: 900 Member
    RED ROBIN!!!! Are you kidding me? Have to drive by it every single time and it still smells yuuuummmm.


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  • yvonnej1
    yvonnej1 Posts: 904 Member
    On my 5 minute walk to the gym I have to pass 7 restaurants and 2 pubs. However the worst thing is that my gym has a cafe area, it has just been refurbished and to publicise it they have hung huge 4ft full colour photos of food along the wall above the treadmills. The other day I was running along with a close up of a plate of pasta in front of me, maybe they think its like dangling a carrot in front of a donkey? :laugh:
  • VanillaBeanSeed
    VanillaBeanSeed Posts: 562 Member
    Right across the street theres a pizza place and chinese resteraunt! Next to ours is a little store known for celling candy!!! lol
    Also on my short walk home, I have to cross through a Dairy Queen parking lot!
  • ccburn5
    ccburn5 Posts: 473 Member
    It seems like every gym I have gone to in Texas has a liquor store close by.

    Haha!! Oh really? Then I am going to the wrong gym....

    No, the only business by my gym is another gym that I also go to. LOL
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    I can resist anything but temptation
  • LGA14
    LGA14 Posts: 3
    hibachi Japanese buffett. luckily, it's not that good. lol
  • MrsCCWoods
    MrsCCWoods Posts: 142 Member
    Mines is right in the shopping center by the mall and there is a mexican food resturant, Red Lobster, Chilli's, Outback steak house, Apple bee's, Elephant Bar, Romano's Macaroni grill & a Olive graden. So as soon as you walk out of the gym those resturants are then first things you see


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  • VanillaBeanSeed
    VanillaBeanSeed Posts: 562 Member
    ^ lol at it not being that good! Way less of a temtation, huh?

    ps 99lbs! AWESOMEEEEEEEEE

    :drinker:
  • jenaissance
    jenaissance Posts: 302 Member
    around the corner, a bakery
    around the corner the other way, a fabulous cafe, deli, and wine shop
    but right next door.....a french chocolatier/bakery that makes everything on site. it smells soooo good in the morning!
  • meagalayne
    meagalayne Posts: 3,382 Member
    It seems like every gym I have gone to in Texas has a liquor store close by.

    Haha!! Oh really? Then I am going to the wrong gym....

    No, the only business by my gym is another gym that I also go to. LOL
    Uhhh Isn't that because there's a liquor store close to, well, everything in Texas?

    The only temptations I find are at the gym already :bigsmile: Great incentive to kick some *kitten* while I'm there...
  • deeharley
    deeharley Posts: 1,208 Member
    Mine now is owned by the same people who own the Subway next door. I used to go to one that was next to Dairy Queen.
  • morningmud
    morningmud Posts: 477 Member
    I would really be in trouble if there was a Baskin Robbins or an Olive Garden!
  • Mallory0418
    Mallory0418 Posts: 723 Member
    Mine used to SERVE temptations. They would order pizza every once in a while and set it out for members to share! It was always on a table set up right by the cardio station. :grumble:
  • linz1125
    linz1125 Posts: 441 Member
    One side is a cupcake shop, other side is a coffee shop, Greek restaurant, and a candy shop. And across the street is lePeep. It's a danger zone!
  • tom_olech
    tom_olech Posts: 139 Member
    Wierd, the only temptation my gym has is a vending machine in the lobby....oh but there is a tim horton next door, then again that is just because its on a campus and students like coffee
  • maryloo2011
    maryloo2011 Posts: 446
    I once bought a protein shake, made by my gym. They used some kind of syrup-y concoction out of a cardboard container for the flavor. Ummmm.........

    Otherwise no, it's surrounded by office buildings :D
  • nnylee
    nnylee Posts: 811 Member
    Wendys~~~~! Sigh. I walk by it all the time. I love Wendys chili.
  • zrmac804
    zrmac804 Posts: 369 Member
    There's a Tim Horton's in my gym, but it always has mile-long line-up of loud bratty kids. That's a pretty strong deterrent!
  • xxTAMxx
    xxTAMxx Posts: 573 Member
    I have to pass a Pizza Hut, KFC, McDonalds, Red Rooster, Subway and a Dominos. The smells are crazy. :sad:
  • weevil66
    weevil66 Posts: 600 Member
    The gym I used to go to had an ice cream place, bakery, coffee joint, and a smoked meat shop., Oh, and they used to have a smoothie bar inside.
  • anels449
    anels449 Posts: 3,187 Member
    My gym has a healthy "bistro" and a spa attached to it. So not only am I tempted to have a tasty, healthy, unnecessary sandwich, but I'm also tempted to get a massage and manicure. >.<
  • elliott82
    elliott82 Posts: 156 Member
    One side is a cupcake shop, other side is a coffee shop, Greek restaurant, and a candy shop. And across the street is lePeep. It's a danger zone!

    mmm le peep is so good. good thing all the ones i've been to are only open during the day and i work out at night.
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    The police and fire stations ;)
  • TubbsMcGee
    TubbsMcGee Posts: 1,058 Member
    I have to walk partially through a grocery store to get upstairs to my gym....the stairs are right beside the sushi station, and there's always a candy display on the other side of it. If I walk around the corner, there's a restaurant, Starbucks, bar and McDonalds (although thankfully, fast food really doesn't tempt me any more)
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    My gym is in a mall complex, so lots of temptations of all sorts lol. But, there is a really excellent, authentic Mexican restaurant next door that is tempting.
  • NamibianRose
    NamibianRose Posts: 151 Member
    I use to frequent a hot yoga studio that was in a strip mall next door to a frozen yogurt place, a Mexican restaurant, a Chinese buffet, and some local southern fare restaurant. It's also very close to a bunch of other bad for you food places. I heard the Mexican place was really good too =\
  • cNhobbes
    cNhobbes Posts: 235 Member
    the ymca near me has like a fing bakery in it. seriously? workout hard--get a donut! #healthfailure
  • ChrisRS87
    ChrisRS87 Posts: 781 Member
    My gym shares a parking lot with Duff's. Local chain famous for it's wings. (I live in Buffalo, these are without a doubt the best wings you'd ever have) I can smell them as I leave the gym.

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