lurkernj
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- Joined
- Jun 4, 2008
I'm BAAAaaaaak,
So I left off Friday heading to lunch with a girlfriend, I did have a tasty salad with fruit nuts and cheese. I also was concerned about my exercise dilemma, so I took one vacation hour so I could get some in. I went to the gym for a bit with my spare time. When I was leaving, I was approached by one of the managers offering a "free assessment" when I come in again. I thought "well, why not" so I made an appointment for Saturday. I knew the purpose was to try to get me to purchase personal training sessions, which I wasn't entirely opposed to. I'll get to that in a moment. The rest of Friday was great. I had some chicken and cauliflower soup then went to put makeup on the kids faces for the riverwalk. Then I set up the snack table and sold snacks, of which I didn't eat any. In fact, in anticipation, I brought a Kashi bar in case I was hungry to stave off the temptation. So, all in all, a pretty good day.
Saturday I went to the gym for my appointment. I apparently need to lose 47 lbs, and have 37% bodyfat. So we went along with the rest of the appointment and did some exercises and had some discussion about lifestyle etc. Then came the high pressure sell. Like I said, I was actually slightly interested in getting some sessions, but apparently it is $149 inital fee, plus $30 per 30 min session, and you have to sign at least a 3 month contract for a minimum of one session per week (but would need to work out 3x per week for it to work- so twice on my own). My brain quickly added this up to over $500 over the course of 3 months (he suggested I needed at least 6 months, but could start with 3). I said I thought that was pretty steep and that my husband would kill me. He suggested I call him right then and there (I did not). Long story short, I was finally released and given another appt time for today at 4p to give him a final decision. Honestly, if I wanted to do it, my husband wouldn't really care, but I felt that was a big committment of money and time. When I really thought about, it over the weekend, put the money part of it aside, it would be crazy of me to think that I could commit to going 3 times per week for 3 months. My time is not my own right now and while I am planning to get to the gym more, I can't gaurantee it is always going to be possible. Now I'm left with this awkward feeling that I don't want to go to the gym anymore. Currently I'm planning to go today to tell him no, but I'm sure it's not going to be easy. I might just chicken out and call him.
The rest of Saturday was pretty good. I made a pot of that weight watchers vegetable soup, I did add some white beans to it for protein. I had that for dinner with some chicken before I left to put makeup on the kids faces for the riverwalk. I got home at 10:30 Saturday night from the riverwalk. I was hungry and DH brought me takeout from the church roast pork dinner that he served at that night. So I made a small plate of pork, mashed pots, and some string beans. I don't really consider that bad, since I didn't really eat much dinner prior.
So I left off Friday heading to lunch with a girlfriend, I did have a tasty salad with fruit nuts and cheese. I also was concerned about my exercise dilemma, so I took one vacation hour so I could get some in. I went to the gym for a bit with my spare time. When I was leaving, I was approached by one of the managers offering a "free assessment" when I come in again. I thought "well, why not" so I made an appointment for Saturday. I knew the purpose was to try to get me to purchase personal training sessions, which I wasn't entirely opposed to. I'll get to that in a moment. The rest of Friday was great. I had some chicken and cauliflower soup then went to put makeup on the kids faces for the riverwalk. Then I set up the snack table and sold snacks, of which I didn't eat any. In fact, in anticipation, I brought a Kashi bar in case I was hungry to stave off the temptation. So, all in all, a pretty good day.
Saturday I went to the gym for my appointment. I apparently need to lose 47 lbs, and have 37% bodyfat. So we went along with the rest of the appointment and did some exercises and had some discussion about lifestyle etc. Then came the high pressure sell. Like I said, I was actually slightly interested in getting some sessions, but apparently it is $149 inital fee, plus $30 per 30 min session, and you have to sign at least a 3 month contract for a minimum of one session per week (but would need to work out 3x per week for it to work- so twice on my own). My brain quickly added this up to over $500 over the course of 3 months (he suggested I needed at least 6 months, but could start with 3). I said I thought that was pretty steep and that my husband would kill me. He suggested I call him right then and there (I did not). Long story short, I was finally released and given another appt time for today at 4p to give him a final decision. Honestly, if I wanted to do it, my husband wouldn't really care, but I felt that was a big committment of money and time. When I really thought about, it over the weekend, put the money part of it aside, it would be crazy of me to think that I could commit to going 3 times per week for 3 months. My time is not my own right now and while I am planning to get to the gym more, I can't gaurantee it is always going to be possible. Now I'm left with this awkward feeling that I don't want to go to the gym anymore. Currently I'm planning to go today to tell him no, but I'm sure it's not going to be easy. I might just chicken out and call him.
The rest of Saturday was pretty good. I made a pot of that weight watchers vegetable soup, I did add some white beans to it for protein. I had that for dinner with some chicken before I left to put makeup on the kids faces for the riverwalk. I got home at 10:30 Saturday night from the riverwalk. I was hungry and DH brought me takeout from the church roast pork dinner that he served at that night. So I made a small plate of pork, mashed pots, and some string beans. I don't really consider that bad, since I didn't really eat much dinner prior.