-NYSE1-’s BodyBlog

One day a friend of mine asked me if I would train with him at his gym.  I agreed to train with him and little did I know what I was getting myself into!  I asked him about his gym and he told me the name, “Planet Fitness.”  I asked him how much he paid a month and he told me that it was only $10.00.  I figured that it couldn’t hurt being that I was already a member of LA FITNESS, and it was another gym where I could train to get a little change of scenery and workout with a friend for cheap.

I arrived at the gym for the first time not knowing what I was in for.  I immediately paid $58.00 to sign up and to receive the $10.00 a month charge without doing investigative work on the gym.  I got my membership card and immediately walked in the gym with my bag and all.  I was stopped by a manager who told me that I couldn’t bring my bag into the gym?!?  I was like why?  He answered, “We’ve had problems in the past where people have stolen dumbbells.”  I was like, what the h*ll?  He then proceeded to tell me that I couldn’t bring my gallon of water into the gym and then instructed me to read a sign that was posted up outside the entrance.  After reading this I thought to myself “how gay!”  So I put my bag back into my car and proceeded to head into the gym and smelled pizza?!?  I looked over at a table and there were 10 boxes of pizza sitting there.  I was like, WOW, is it someone’s birthday and my buddy said it’s part of customer appreciation day.  I was like….”how gay!”  Instead of motivating people to lose weight, they were encouraging people to have bad eating habits…what a gym!  I even looked across the gym and saw an overweight lady chasing a slice of pizza hanging from the front of her treadmill…I thought to myself…”how gay!” 

So then I wanted to warm-up with some dumbbell action and asked where the heavier dumbbells were.  I was told that their dumbbells only go up to 75lbs. All of my lean heads out there understand what I am getting at….”how gay!”  No 125lb dumbbells?!?…straight disrespect right there!  I was doing some light curls and heard a fire siren so I immediately dropped my dumbbells and ran outside.  My friend ran out after me and was like, what are you doing?  I responded, “That bitch is on fire!!!”  He was laughing hysterically at me and said that when it got too loud in the gym or people dropped weights loudly a fire siren goes off to restore all order?!?”….I was like…”for real?…how gay!”  I went back in finished my workout and heard the siren a total of 8 times and that last siren was because of me.  I slammed my weights to the ground because during dead lifts, that siren went off and I was right underneath it and that could have caused me a serious injury!!!  PLANET FITNESS IS FOR SISSY’S OR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT WORKING OUT…THIS IS NOT A REAL GYM.  MY FELLOW FRIENDS…DO YOU AGREE WITH ME OR NOT?  SHARE YOUR COMMENTS AND FEELING ABOUT THIS…

I have always hated apples as a child.  You couldn’t get me to eat an apple if you held a gun to my head, no matter what.  At the tender age of 32, for some morbid reason I decided to give this thing called an apple another try—–Whoa!!!!  This was no ordinary apple, it was absolutely delicious!!!!!  I asked my friend what kind of apple I was eating and he said it’s not just an ordinary apple but a HONEYCRISP APPLE—and I was like what the hell?!?…This is the best tasting low calorie (only 80 calories to be exact) fruit that I will never again live without!  Sure they are pretty pricey at $2.99 a lb. and I just paid $8.48 for 4 apples but hell, to my taste buds and body, it is worth it!  These are the best tasting treats I have ever eaten if you don’t believe me just try one and I guarantee you’ll be hooked!  Everyday, I eat 2 of’em…lol  I guess it’s true what they say about our tastebuds, they change every 7 years…lol

We all know that Halloween is here and it is a time for candy, candy, candy, and that’s right, more candy.  I have never really had a sweet tooth until I started my diet.  Peanut M&M’s are my absolute favorite.  I was just curious as to what candy you all have a weakness for?  Let me know…

I started my diet last thursday, eating fresh vegetables, chicken, tuna, along with tilapia along with many other healthy foods.  Sunday is NFL day in my house.  On this day I used to spend countless moments eating pizza, chips, beer, wings, along with other tastey deserts!!!  We all know that Halloween is around the corner and guess what was sitting on the coffee table unoticed?!?  Yep…a bowl full of those tastey little peanutty M&M’s (my weakness) sitting on the coffee table.  I never thought I had a sweet tooth until I started this diet and actually felt that those little yellow tastey bags were calling me!  I continued to watch my football game drinking a bottled water thinking to myself,  "one bag is not going to hurt me.  Come one just one little bag."  As the budweiser commercial approached I began to think of how wonderful that beer looked when in the past I never really paid much attention to commercials during football games. I didn’t even know that my taste buds had so much life in them, or at least I never noticed, until I saw these foods that I used to enjoy and eat carelessly!  Following that commercial a Domino’s Pizza commercial appeared…I shouted out loud, "NOT FAIR!!!" and by that time beads of sweat were dripping down my face as if I had just finished an hour of cardio at the gym.  Just as I was getting ready to break down and eat all 10 bags of those tastey little peanutty M&M’s, my microwave timer went off and the fresh Tilapia in the oven with green beans was complete….whew!!!!…Saved by the bell!  I wonder what would have happened if I had 5 more minutes?!?…