Weddingbee Blog

January was a great month for me. After fighting it for 8 years, I have finally embraced the gym. It’s amazing. Before, I would shudder at the thought of going. While I was there I would do a half-ass job, doing 30 minutes on the elliptical and rushing home to eat a big dinner.

What changed you might be asking? Well, my friends and I started a little competition on January 2nd. Who could lose the most weight? (calculated by body percentage and not actual pounds) I was already planning to cut some calories and eat more veggies and fruits, but this got my butt to get a gym membership as well.

Now, there’s a guy at the clinic where we all work at that gives us fitness advice, and he told us to do weights in addition to our cardio. I hate weights. I hate being by all the stinky men and I hate trying to learn to use all the strange torture devices they call fitness equipment. But, I went with my friend and we learned them all together. I did notice there are a lot more girls doing weights than I remembered.

I love weights now! haha I can’t wait to work out my back, my abs, my legs and my arms. It’s fun when you know what you’re doing. There’s nothing worse than walking up to a machine, searching around for knobs like a blind man, trying to decipher the crytic pictures they call instructions, checking to make sure no one is looking at you, and then walking away because you can’t figure out what to do. (You know you’ve been there too….don’t lie) I feel like an expert now, adjusting the chairs with ease and people have actually asked me how to adjust seats and use machines. I would have laughed if you told me this a month ago.

I also do cardio after 30 minutes of weights. I either take a class, run, do the treadclimber or step machine for 30 minutes then do 20-25 minutes more on the ellipitcal. I do this about 4 times a week. I get so disappointed when I can’t make it to the gym. Again, I would have laughed if you told me this a month ago. I can’t believe my whole mindset has changed after only a month.

We weighed in this morning and I won the competition. I lost 5.6 pounds which is a lot considering my starting weight. Oh my prize is great. We all commute to Los Angeles from Orange County together. If you’re not from southern California, you can’t begin to understand the torture. Even with carpool, it takes forever. I win a week of not driving and it’s our last week on this rotation, so I never have to drive here again in the horrible traffic that is southern Cali. Woohoo!

I feel kinda bad for winning because I won so much more than just not driving. I lost weight, have a whole new attidude about fitness and I feel great! I have 5 more months until my wedding and I actually feel like I can acomplish my goals. It feels good. I actually only have 5 more pounds to go but I do want to tone up in the process.

What are you doing to reach your finess goals? Try going with a friend. It has been the secret to my success.

Oh and just for fun an interesting article on which helps you lose weight more: diet or exercise?