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I am not usually the type to hold my tongue but it was 7:00 in the morning and I had come early to inquire about membership before heading upstairs to my office. But, I really knew after his first few comments that I wouldn't join because of him and he decided to let that gem of an insult slip out the crack of his mouth…

Awww, I hope you feel better soon! Don't worry though, stick with it. We can do it!!!!

Thanks, Ashley! I think I will stick with my treadmill, little free weights and Jillian for right now until I can get somewhere else. But that gym was very convenient, right underneath my office over in the connecting building.

This actually happened to me before as well. I had certified cash, out right to buy a new vehicle and was treated very poorly until they found out I had the certified check to pay right out but they had pissed me off enough where my husband and I decided to go and purchase a car else where.

I write for a living so writing a letter about his behavior is nothing to me, easy peasy. But I just wanted to get other people's opinion about it because I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to get him fired if I was just being too sensitive. I am honestly not a sensitive person but his comments pissed me off. I wanted to…

Yes, very serious. It was an annex to a gym associated with my place of employment. And honestly, I have never been to a gym before except the all women's gym called "Curves." So, I had no idea the kind of protocol to expect when heading into the front door. I just know that I was very discouraged after what he said.

I am a paralegal at a large attorney firm that is worldwide. I have better things to do than make up fake stories. I have had horrible experiences at restaurants, clothing stores, and even Chuck-E-Cheese. Does that mean that those places "don't hire bad people to promote their business?" Please!

Horrible thing is that it's a gym associated with my work place. There are 6 annexes to the gym so that's rather small. But I was just very turned off by this guy's attitude and pretty intimidated after that because I'm just thinking "Is that what all trainers feel about overweight people!?!"

No, he doesn't own the gym. But he commented that the other three people who were supposed to be there that morning called out. He was rather dilly if you catch my drift! Just running off at the mouth with his off the wall conversation topics while he walked us around the gym.

I called to ask for management after my friend and I left. I got a voicemail. I did leave a message but also seriously thinking about writing a letter to corporate office.

I am intimidated by the next two levels as well. I was just sitting and looking at the intro last night and was thinking "WTH have I gotten myself into?" LOL....but nothing beats a failure but to try!

This is how I felt the second time I attempted and quit. It was like some of the worst pain I'd ever felt.

Trust me, you aren't missing out on anything at all. To me, a diet that you aren't able to maintain 80% of the time will fail. I want to still eat what we've come to know as "junk food" every now and again and that's nowhere in Jillian' s diet. That's how I knew it wasn't for me.

I've done the Shred two times prior to this time. My decision to do it every day depends on my body and the way it feels. The last time I tried it, I quit after day three. The pain was overly excruciating. I am on day for today and for some odd reason, I feel great. I feel nothing like I did the last time. Every night, I…

I know! It's crazy but that means we are working hard. Let's keep it up ladies!!!!

No, it isn't! But we must push through.

Exactly! I don't do diets. They don't work and it took me years to finally realize that I am still going to eat Olive Garden's bread with Alfredo sauce, when I go to Happy Hour at Friday's, I will have a margarita AND a Mudslide with a little extra vodka on the side, plus; I like to have wine every now and then, and I love…

I only weigh myself 3 or 4 times a month on Sundays. That is it. More will drive me up a wall and discourage me. I don't feel like being in a funk daily so I refuse to weigh in every day. I have a friend who weighs in once a month and she loves to see the change on the scale that might not come from week to week. So to…

For me, that was the reason I didn't like it growing up and then going into my adult life.....it didn't taste like anything. I don't like food that doesn't taste like anything either. But now, I cannot drink pure water and can always tell the difference between spring and pure. I am not touching tap water with a ten foot…

Water has been my biggest change. When I first started my journey, I DESPISED WATER and always have. You couldn't pay me to drink it. But, there were three things I noticed when I drank water. 1.) The first thing being that I lose more pounds in a week (weigh in every Sunday) if my water intake is 8 cups or higher. 2.) The…

Way to go on the weight that you have lost. When I initially lost weight, my husband noticed after about 30 pounds. I noticed that I looked thinner after about 20 pounds. Keep working hard and don't give up. Whether people notice or not, it's about you and what you see when you look in the mirror. I didn't care who…

This is a great idea! Good luck with this and I'll be motivating you along the way.

So, I said I was going to do morning workouts but I have a friend doing the Shred with me and it's better for her if we do it in the evening. I haven't been going to sleep until 12 in the morning because I am so energized afterwards.

I have seen one of her diets before. Realistically, I don't eat that way and for me, it would be just that.....a diet. One that I either wouldn't stick with or that I would for 30 days and on the 31st day pig out from everything I couldn't eat for the first 30 days. I have found that I do better by simply watching what I…

Congrats on finishing up day 2. I finished up day two as well today. I keep saying I am ready for day 3 but that's just me trying to motivate myself. I am not aching. Hopefully it won't be too bad tomorrow. Good luck on day 3!

You look AWESOME!!! Way to go.

Day 2 was harder than day 1. Looking forward to day 3 though.

Thanks!

I think the most important thing is just health at his age. But that sounds like a great idea...push him into healthier eating habits by explaining the benefits of picking fruits and veggies first and then his meat and a starch if they are options as well. Refusing to eat what you know is good for him should not be an…

Someone told me one day that I had to want it for me or it would never work. They were right. I tried for years to lose weight and was doing it for all the wrong reasons. I finally decided that I was losing weight because "I" was unhappy, "I" was uncomfortable, "I" couldn't fit my size 5 jeans anymore, and "I" wanted to.…