My Weight Loss Journey: Gym Follies

I don't know about your gym, but my gym must not own an air conditioner. Shouldn't it be freezing cold in a gym during the hot summer months? I know the point is to sweat your butt off, but I shouldn't be sweating from just starting up the treadmill! COME ON, PEOPLE! People who know me, they know I hate my arms. They are the flabbiest arms with stretch marks...just hideous! I'm sure you're puking at the thought. Well, to keep even remotely cool at the gym when I go for my run, I have to wear a tank top. Yeah, it's pretty frightening. I feel sorry for the other gym goers.

So I get my flabby arms to the gym and I'm sweating before I even get a lap done on the treadmill. I look up and I see the area fire fighters working out on the treadmills in front of me. Now that is enough motivation for me to get my butt moving. There's nothing better to get your mind off you workout than watching a hot, buff fire fighter getting his run on! That day, my workout seemed to last only minutes!

The next time I hit the gym, this skinny little thing gets on the treadmill in front of me and runs a mile. She barely breaks a sweat and I want to kill her. The nice thing about being directly behind her is that I felt like I was keeping up with her, even though I was probably running incredibly slower that she was! The whole time, I felt like I was chasing her so I could beat her up for being so cute and fit. Again, my run seemed to last only minutes.

Last night, I went to the gym. Sigh...let's learn a little bit of gym etiquette people. I was the only person on the treadmills because it was later in the evening and the gym was slow. The treadmills are set up so there are two rows of five treadmills. Most of the people working out were on the weight machines, so that made me feel a little more comfortable with the fact that when I run, I'm incredibly self conscious! So I'm a mile into my two mile run, when these girls come up from the machines to use the treadmills. Where do they decide to hop on???? RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!!!!!!! Now come on, people. When there is room on the treadmills, do not get on the treadmill right next to someone unless you absolutely have to! It's kinda like the "gay seat" at a sporting event or movie for two straight guys. Have you ever noticed that guy friends generally leave a seat between them? Same thing goes for the treadmills! I'm already self conscious enough doing my run, but to have two girls that are way thinner than me barely walking on the treadmill next to me made me want to gouge their eyes out. I've got my iPod blasting away in my ears so I can't hear my breathing, but it probably sounds like I'm about to die on that treadmill right then and there. I'm sure those girls loved hearing that! TOO BAD! Don't get on a treadmill right next to the incredible huffing beast!

Lessons to learn? One...Gyms, crank up the A.C. for your fat members. Two...Working out behind hot fire fighters makes working out fun! Three....Chasing that skinny little witch on the treadmill in front of you makes you feel gratified! And last, but not least, DON'T, I repeat, DO NOT get on the treadmill right next to someone else! Especially someone that is huffing away like they are about to die from the running.

Those are my current gym follies! ENJOY!