Having reached the peak of unfitness in my own living memory, shall I join the gym again?
Advantages:
1. Stave off old age.
2. Be able to climb stairs to my bedroom without feeling that my legs will give way and lungs explode.
3. Get Babylicious body - abs to die for; long lean limbs; baby fresh skin - God, better stop, am feeling aroused by description of self.)
Disadvantages:
1. Less time to blog.
2. It costs money.
3. I might end up not going.
4. I might get addicted again (and therefore boring)
5. Will end up not being able to work as late as I want as have to get to the gym AND to the kids ...
6. Would have to buy new kit as old stuff = minute.
OK. What shall I do?
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- Joolz
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14 comments:
This is very helpful, thank you.
Any other comments from anyone?
It will be winter soon in Sheffield, and you can wear roll neck sweaters and elasticated waist trousers - so I wouldn't bother. It is only worth going to the gym for one month in March to prepare for upper arm baring in early summer. Everyone will be impressed with the toned look - and like you even more as your arms degenerate slowly over the summer back to normal appearance. I am a qualified RSA YMCA aerobics instructor (London, Centrepoint 1993) and know this.
I find carrying my lap top downstairs and back up again very good exercise.
What excellent answers!! The point about friends returning in a simultaneous fashion with the reappearance of flabby arms etc is a particularly useful observation. Moreover I too have suffered from Gym Presentism, but did not realise before it was an officially recognised illness. I think I had it really badly at one point. It is clear what I must do now. I will wait till March and then start carrying my lap top around.
Thank you my true friends.
The Guardian today has a news item saying that fat people who try to lose weight are more likely to die young than fat people who don't diet. So getting fit sounds a really bad idea. Not that I think you are fat, anyway, but I am finding the story very consoling today after a week away camping with students and living on saturated fats and Sour Squirms.. and thought you might like to think about health reasons for not joining the gym!
Again, more excellent advice. Thanks so much ... I am actually fat so The Guardian article does apply to me.
I will go and eat cake straight away as have accidentally been Good All Day.
However , I hope this does not mean I have to take students on field trips.... I am afraid I am just not the type to enjoy that.
Hi, it's Rosa!
Disadvantages:
1. Less time to blog.
You will have loads more to blog about though.
6. Would have to buy new kit
Surely this is a plus? When shopping for new kit you could buy new earrings by mistake.
PS. She lies about being fat, don't believe her.
What an angel I have as a daughter.
So thoughtful.
Yes, a whole shopping area opened up to me again. Now that is very temptatious.
And yes. I would have more to blog.
There is always stuff happening at the gym.
But even you have to admit I am a lump of lard.
Rosa, you have convinced me. Am going to join again tomorrow.
(Must find a gym that has tv screens so can watch BB at the same time.)
I would go to the gym if I had another voluptuous woman to accompany me. I did this once before and my friend and I were like negative triggers for all the anorexics that went there - one look at us and their workouts increased in vim and vigour and I can tell you. But I hate going alone.
You, DrJoolz, are beautifully shaped (I remember that BTM down the staircase) and I think you should just turn the whinging about "your alleged fat" OFF because bigger people might already have enough insecurities without hearing little people complaining. If you call yourself fat and ugly and lump of lard and hate yourself, then that must mean that you would think of larger people as much worse than that and judge them negatively and think badly of them and not want to be their friend!!!! *sniffffffles*
But you can still go to the gym and tell us all about it if you promise not to moan about being fat again.
Huzzah to the gym going!
- Rosa x
OK this is the plan. Find a kit to fit ... don't know why but it seems my others have all shrunk.
Go gm and arrange for the joining session thing.
Will request I am given a half hour ONLY programme. Go three times a week. That is do-able.
And I promise not to say I am fat anymore.
I have never seen so many fantastic comments... 11 and counting - This just shows how interested in your gym behaviour (or not) we all are - and in comparing it to ours (or not) I suspect!
Good luck with the 'induction' process, and please let us know how you get on, and what targets you get set. Perhaps you could post your programme and we could all try it? (health conditions taken into consideration of course)
OMG hello again! Yes it is amazinghow alittlepost like this touches peole's hearts. Well I better do it now had I not? Found kit thismorning so willl trundle down to gym this evening. Shall I drive?
Taxi - less arm movement needed
Oh Hiiiiiii Sarah!!!!
So pleased you popped by.
Now I am feeling Reeelly guilty as did not bother to join today.
But my little gym bag is packed and by the door waiting for me to go tomorrow morning.
I WILL do it.
Could not squeeze self into swimming cozzy though so will buy at weekend and in the meantime will huff and puff on the treadmill.
Serves me right really.
When I was at college I went on a pathetic diet once - milkshake mixes and steamed veg. I lost 3 stone in two months along with all my mental capacity.
But now I know a little better.
Hope you are AOK
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