What shall I do? I have been thinking to myself. Currently things are not going to plan, and I it ain’t half bugging me.
Firstly…. I have noticed how great people are while I lose weight, but as soon as everything goes a bit haywire I get not such great and I have to say potentially damaging comments like, “well I think you’re just getting bored of it now”, “I don’t think you are trying very hard anymore”, “I don’t take much stock in this diet” and “I don’t think you need to eat as much as you are”.
I am not bored of it
I have been trying very hard and I am very frustrated about the last month.
The diet has worked up till now.
If you read the science, (look at my blog BMR and TDEE ) it works and has done.
Anyone who knows me should also know that telling me I am bored of something or am not even really trying anymore normally results in me going “meh you’re right, I can’t be bothered lets go to KFC!”
I am very much the sort that says ok if that is what you think I might as well prove you right, rather than the no I’m not like that and I will fight to prove it. I can’t help it, it’s the way my brain works. After 4 months of brilliant weight loss and increasing self esteem, to have a month of ups and downs really does affect me, and with life generally giving me a mixture of positive and negative things to deal with, the old self esteem and self worth does take a bit of a battering.
So please keep the negative thoughts to yourselves. You can’t be praising the route I have taken when its going well and then slate it or disagree with it as soon as it goes a bit wrong. Again I repeat NO, I have not got bored with it, NO I am not giving up, YES I am trying as hard. I am frustrated and angry with myself and the situation. It is not what I had planned, or the way I wanted to see things go.
Now at the end of my last blog I said I was going to have to have a rethink and regroup. I have been thinking that I might join a gym. There are quite a few around here, and after a few weeks of discussing it with friends and family I decided I would take myself around them and see what I fancy.
Now I’m not giving up the RC classes, but I’m looking at going to the gym before work during the week and poss on the weekend to do resistance training and weights.
When did gyms get so bloody expensive!?! OMG!! I looked at a couple of the big names in Gyms. One told me I would eligible for a corporate discount. Gosh I thought that’s good, and what wonderful low price would I have to pay??? £71.50 a month! SEVENTY ONE POUNDS!! Just for a month!! To use a gym that seemed over run with kids. I couldn’t think of anything worse! David Lloyd I will not be joining you!
The other and most likely one I might join is still £65 a month, and I would be tied into a 12 month contract. I could do a monthly rolling contract but then I would be paying an extra £10 a month for that privilege.
So my questions are why is losing weight and keeping fit so bloody expensive? Can I warrant spending just over £90 (gym & Rosemary Conley membership) a month? Is it really something I can commit to? Am I ready to? Is my health, wellbeing and dreams of a future I dared to dream 5 months ago worth £90+ a month? Will going to the gym make £65 a month difference to my body?? What price do I put on my goal?
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Hi, I also attend Rosemary Conley classes and I know where you are coming from. Please don’t listen to negative comments. I love your blog and look forward to reading it every week. You are an inspiration and have helped me so much on my weight loss journey.
Hi.. Thank you.. I hope you are enjoying the RC classes as much as I am.. How are you getting on with them? x
I agree that making a lifestyle change is often very expensive. Learning how to shop to consume healthier foods, joining a gym (or purchasing the equipment to workout at home) are both costly in terms of money and time. This is no different than anything else – everyone has a unique value system. Take some time to realistically assess your goals (if you haven’t done so already). If joining a gym can you get closer to your fitness goals think of it this way. At the end of the year if you could purchase your goal would it be worth 1,080 pounds? Or better, yet – if you were given yourself at your goal for the year would you sell it for that amount of money to return to your old self. I try to think that way when I’m feeling discouraged about pursuing a goal, and if often helps me assess my priorities. Good luck on your journey. As they say – each day is just that – ONE day!
Hi.. Thank you.. Those are good ways of looking at it.. Its so I can do different types of exercise.. I do a lot of cardio and I think some resistance training and weights would wake my body up a bit as I think it’s got a bit used to the zumba and cardio classes…
Got some thinking to do..
I’m no trainer, but I think that for most beginners weight training gives the biggest, fastest, pay-off. Building muscle helps to improve metabolism by helping your cells to consume more – it maximizes everything you do. Good luck!!
I’ve lost 2 stone since Jan but in April, I lost 200g as I was getting fitter and denser from joining a Crossfit Box. I’m a totally different shape now and much fitter than ever I though I could be! Still 82 kgs so a bit to go but it’s a journey, not all about the destination. I’m on at my OH to join the Box but he doesn’t want to part with the £45. I say to him you’ll swap that money to get off the toilet at 75. 🙂
You are the second person to suggest crossfit.. Pity I can’t find a class near me… Bit more research me thinks..