Anyone gonna be one of "those" gym people on Jan.1?

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  • deb3690
    deb3690 Posts: 59 Member
    Oh yes....I already am! I joined a small local gym and the looks I get! I'm sure they will accept me pretty soon....The smiles.....Im sure they are all betting I will drop by March....Jokes on them...I'll be dropping pounds!

    I contracted a trainer too....her chief job is to help me find ways to stick to it....I already know my staying powers will be tested in about a month or two. So I'm trying to plan ahead.
  • judithmurray
    judithmurray Posts: 25 Member
    Me too !!
  • chinoplata
    chinoplata Posts: 12 Member
    I'll be at the gym first thing in the morning. If I happen to miss it then I'll go for a jog. Starting the year out strong!
  • lasmit4477
    lasmit4477 Posts: 308 Member
    Yep, I'm gonna be a resolutioner at the gym on Jan.1

    I've been sick since Xmas.... my plan was to avoid the gym for the first few days of Jan but now I have to be there and get back in the flow. I'm also gonna be starting at a new gym. I'm gonna be one of those peeps.
    And people like me will be glad to see you there. I have been in the gym for the last 5 years. I always love to see new people and most importantly, I love to see them in March. ;)

    Stick with it!


    ^^ I concur!!!
  • tbrennofagerland
    tbrennofagerland Posts: 2
    Good for you!!! What an accomplishment on so many different levels!
  • FreezingMist
    FreezingMist Posts: 12
    Heck yes i am! Its always good to start ovr again. And this yr i really need to!
  • rubyalison
    rubyalison Posts: 28
    I will be!
    I am joining today because they have a special price ending today, then going to work out for the first time tomorrow.
    I'm a little intimidated - starting from Zero fitness wise - but I'm looking forward to it.
    My goal is to get to the gym at least 5 days a week.
  • swingsintherain
    swingsintherain Posts: 121 Member
    Kind of? I've been going to the gym here at school sporadically (since I'm required to pay for it with student fees, might as well use it!), and haven't been for the past few weeks due to being home etc (kinda hard to get there when you're in another state :/ ), but my plan is to be there more regularly this year, starting tomorrow (because they close at 5 today and I'll be working till then).

    Assuming, of course, that I wash my workout gear between now and then. :)
  • jr1985
    jr1985 Posts: 1,033 Member
    haha nope in fact I probably won't be at the gym for most of Jan and will just work out at home... I don't like being out in the snow if I don't have to, and I don't like crowds at the gym.
  • _KATzMeow
    _KATzMeow Posts: 336 Member
    Already a gym memeber, now I would make my lazy *kitten* get out and go more often!
  • 5stringjeff
    5stringjeff Posts: 790 Member
    I actually started being one of "those" people on Saturday. But I've had some prior experience with strength training and general fitness from my military days. I've also set attainable goals for myself, so I'm not just going in to lift and run haphazardly.
  • DLSlim
    DLSlim Posts: 92 Member
    Only if the new year deals are good enough!
  • MumOfADuo
    MumOfADuo Posts: 294 Member
    Yep, I'm gonna be a resolutioner at the gym on Jan.1

    I've been sick since Xmas.... my plan was to avoid the gym for the first few days of Jan but now I have to be there and get back in the flow. I'm also gonna be starting at a new gym. I'm gonna be one of those peeps.
    And people like me will be glad to see you there. I have been in the gym for the last 5 years. I always love to see new people and most importantly, I love to see them in March. ;)

    Stick with it!

    Lol I WORK in a gym (try that when you are 75 pounds overweight for your self esteem lol) and the 'regular' gym people get a little frustrated with the resolutioners because all of a sudden the parking lot is packed, the classes are JAMMED and the newbies act like they own the place lol....it would be GREAT if they would stick it out past February but MOST of them dont...so I LOVED your comment about how you LOVE to see them in March!!! SO TRUE!!!!!!!
  • MumOfADuo
    MumOfADuo Posts: 294 Member
    I will be!
    I am joining today because they have a special price ending today, then going to work out for the first time tomorrow.
    I'm a little intimidated - starting from Zero fitness wise - but I'm looking forward to it.
    My goal is to get to the gym at least 5 days a week.

    Dont EVER be intimidated!!! Take it slow... and if your gym is great, they will NEVER let you feel intimated!!! I started working out at my gym 100+ pounds over weight...now I work here, still about 70 pounds over weight and I love it......the only time I feel intimidated is when my self doubt creeps into my head telling me Im not good enough!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! PROUD OF YOU!!!!!
  • Lacole216
    Lacole216 Posts: 97
    Don't make a Jan 1st resolution. Make a June 1st resolution. As in, you're going to start going to the gym this week and you're gong to go 3-4 times per week, every week, until June. If you're still going in June, you won't have to make any more resolutions because it will be ingrained in you.

    As a bonus, if you're still going in June you can look forward to starting your own "I hate noobs" thread in December

    I like this...:smile:
  • BrotherBill913
    BrotherBill913 Posts: 662 Member
    My hiking club is meeting in the mnorning, Were getting snow now and gonna be about 20 degrees, good day to hike off 8-9 miles :)
  • Larela
    Larela Posts: 17 Member
    Don't make a Jan 1st resolution. Make a June 1st resolution. As in, you're going to start going to the gym this week and you're gong to go 3-4 times per week, every week, until June. If you're still going in June, you won't have to make any more resolutions because it will be ingrained in you.

    I like this way of thinking!
  • Factory_Reset
    Factory_Reset Posts: 1,651 Member
    Nope. I'll be at home doing it like I have been for the past few months. Nobody else needs to hear my skin flapping around when I do a HIIT workout.lol.
  • Lindaendall
    Lindaendall Posts: 177 Member
    My gym isn't open tomorrow :sad: but I will be exercising somehow, probably a long walk or get my home stepper out.

    I was part of last years 'resolutioners' who joined MFP (Jan 2nd) and the gym so I am really pleased to say that it does work for some of us. I feel so much better, fitter and thinner :happy:

    Happy New Year to you and hope you do not get crushed at the gym with the January rush :laugh:

    Linda
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Actually I'll be running not one but two Road Races on January first. I'll probably be less likely to trip over people than I would at the GYM on NYD.

    According to Yelp I was at the GYM 249 times last year which means I ran outside/Did connect fitness 100 days. My workout sheet says I got 349 days of 30+ minutes exercise.

    I started January 2nd of last year. January 1st I went to the Patriots game, sat in the TOP TOP TOP level of Gilette and the walk up to our seats almost killed me. I was offered tickets for yesterday's game. Had they been the ****ty 400 section seats I would have taken them just to run up to my seats and laugh.

    Instead I stayed home and enjoyed the game from the Warmth of my house and didn't have to wait 2 hours to get out of the parking lot.
  • Texafornia23
    Texafornia23 Posts: 177 Member
    Nope, but I love seeing all the new people there on January 1! It brings a new energy to the gym... even though I have to wait longer for weights.
  • PoisonDartFrog
    PoisonDartFrog Posts: 220 Member
    Yep, I'm gonna be a resolutioner at the gym on Jan.1

    I've been sick since Xmas.... my plan was to avoid the gym for the first few days of Jan but now I have to be there and get back in the flow. I'm also gonna be starting at a new gym. I'm gonna be one of those peeps.

    Sort of....I joined a gym about 6 months ago (July 5) and had a fittness assessment as part of my initiation (measurements,flexability tests, strength tests, etc). I have another appt on the 1st to have another assessment to see how far I've come (and to get a baseline for 2013). I know my strength is way up and I am down a pant size (but don't think I have lost much weight).

    I am "resolving" to go to the gym more frequently (right now I am going 2x a week religiously, and a third or forth time some weeks). I want to increase to 3X a week at least every week this year.
  • rubyalison
    rubyalison Posts: 28
    I will be!
    I am joining today because they have a special price ending today, then going to work out for the first time tomorrow.
    I'm a little intimidated - starting from Zero fitness wise - but I'm looking forward to it.
    My goal is to get to the gym at least 5 days a week.

    Dont EVER be intimidated!!! Take it slow... and if your gym is great, they will NEVER let you feel intimated!!! I started working out at my gym 100+ pounds over weight...now I work here, still about 70 pounds over weight and I love it......the only time I feel intimidated is when my self doubt creeps into my head telling me Im not good enough!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! PROUD OF YOU!!!!!

    Thank you so much for your words of encouragement!!
  • 1sisrat
    1sisrat Posts: 267 Member
    i was a gym monkey for years, then when I was pregnant I developed pre-eclampsia and couldn't work out. After the birth of my daughter I had to take it easy for a while, I have about 10 more lbs ot lose till the pre-baby weight is back. I'll be at 130 again. I may be joining a gym again to start lifting again. I need the muscle back.
  • Lady_Bane
    Lady_Bane Posts: 720 Member
    Im going to be there like I am everyday. Was even there on Christmas day.
  • jerber160
    jerber160 Posts: 2,607 Member
    then again, it's looking grim. I slept in (8:30) after being up at 4 checking in at MFP.... and I'm gonna shovel some snow instead. Maybe, we'll see..
  • sausagepaula
    sausagepaula Posts: 43
    It was my aim to be one of those gym people. I am a member of a gym which is closed today. I need to get back to going there but in all honestly January crazes me because you cant get in the car park and the machines are busy. It is a lovely friendly gym though and will get back to classes when they start again tomorrow. Strangely I love seeing newcomers in class. I am also fortunate enough TO have a smaller gym in my apartment block (although i will be moving soon).
    At the monment though i havent done anything due to a bottle of wine last night.. i hardly drink, i now know why!! i may do something later. Its always my plan for January 2nd to be my day to get back to routine so im not stressing too much!!!
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    I don't work out in the gym. I do it at home. But yes I am working out today.
  • Bobby__Clerici
    Bobby__Clerici Posts: 741 Member
    Im going to be there like I am everyday. Was even there on Christmas day.
    This how I feel.
    It's just another day for me.
    And I usually go when the herd has thinned - 10am or at 1:30pm
    I am always relieved and saddened come March, because you know what happens.
    Most of these drones wash out and quit on themselves.
    Oh well.....
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    If I actually join a gym, it won't be until like May or later....so I won't be part of the New Year's/January rush..lol.

    This is me as well. I hate the gym, especially the gym I go to (it's best for the price and location - across from my office, it has child minding, but it's INSANE when i go)

    But, I'll be joining around April. I think I'll have to have some personal training sessions, I was one of those 'wander around the gym, lost, and then get on the treadmill' kinda person - I have no idea what to do!!

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