sNEMatii’s BodyBlog

You schedule the rest of your life around your workout and scheduled meals..

When the staff at you gym know you by name, because you’re in there everyday..and they ask you where you were on you were on your off day.

They call you out when you try to sneak out without finishing your cardio.

You can’t remember the last time you dressed up because you’re in gym clothes all the time.

Supplements become part of your monthly budget.

You get nervous when you realize you only have 4 scoops left…..

Wearing heels is so frickin’ uncomfortable……!

Veins excite you..(yes, that would be me..)

You only shop around the perimeter of the grocery store.

A tray of eggs a week is nothing to you.

You’re ’splurging’ on gym wear.

You have no social life coz it will slow your fat loss…

Proud of your callouses.

You can’t find anything in your kitchen to ‘cheat’ on your diet  with (WTF!?)

You’re super-sensitive about people’s opinions on your eating habits/lifestyle.

You find yourself shopping for a lunchbag/cooler big enough to hold 5/6 meals.

I think I’m gonna need therapy after this.

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What happens when you’re faced with a tough decision…do you stick with the old, tried n’ true that have never failed you or do you dare to test those unchartered waters like Christopher Colombus or Vasco da Gama to discover distant lands? Why do I have to choose, why can’t I have both?

I know I sound like a cryptic crossword, but that is what I’m dealing with today.

Btw, I need to work on the booty….ideas? With cutting fat, goes the butt.  Other than squats, that is. My trainer has already promised an obscene amounts squats (oh, joy!). I’m leaning more towards new-fangled ideas…..deads? I love deads. Maybe I need to get back to basics. When all else fails, there’s always Wonderpants… I’m thinking of investing in a pair.

I’m one week into my cut, things are going well. My only complaint is there’s not enough time in a day to fit all my meals in. I wish I could get all 8 in. I’m dropping weight pretty rapidly, today I was down another pound and a half. It’s kind of scary considering I just started, my goal was to drop 8-10lbs and I’m already down 3.5lbs. I’m eating a ton of food (sooo sick of tuna!!) and losing weight pretty rapidly…reminds of Stephen King’s "Thinner". That’s a testament to the thermic effect of food, the right food.

Another thing I love about cutting…veins..lol! I don’t know why. I love looking down at my arms and seeing how vascular they are getting (a cardio bunny’s nightmare!). I’ll be taking some pics soon. Pics motivate me on days when I’m just not feelin’ the gym.

Can’t wait to do this again….a clean bulk then cut until I am where I want to be muscle-wise.

Wish me luck.  

I don’t know what to say because I’m very disappointed. I respect trainers because of course, they know what they are doing. But it saddens me to see trainers at my gym mistreat clients and members at my gym. Talking to my friends who work out at other gyms, I am told it is a common occurence, but I think if you are part of an establishment, you should try to hold yourself to a higher standard and act more professional.

Today I had one of my two personal run-ins with a trainer at the gym I go to. I was in the middle of a superset with a pair of 15s and 20s. I was resting when a lady walks up and without even acknowledging or asking, starts to take one of the 15s. So i start to explain to her that I was in the middle of a set, I’m almost done and she can have them. She puts it down then picks it up again, that’s when I realized, her trainer had told her to just take it. It wasn’t her fault, I didn’t it against her. As for her trainer, he stands there eyeballing me, giving me the ‘what are you gonna do?’ look. That’s what got me boiling, I walked past him to re-rack my weights and he’s still looking at me as if to challenge me. That’s what sent me over the top. The girl next to me was nice enough to let me use her 15s to finish my set, then I left. I went straight to the front desk and and let them have it. It wasn’t their fault but they need to reign their trainers in. I was upset. Over the past year, I have watched these trainers make fun of clients being their backs, AS they work with them. This poor clients are paying them money, only to be made fun of? They mae fun of other members, openly…. I understand that they bring in revenue, but these demi-gods have been left to run the gym. Everyone is so afraid to get in their way because of their lack of courtesy, they literally steam-roll over people especially when they are trying to show-off to their clients. That’s just one of the many turn-offs. And as far as gym etiquette? Forget it! They are above it.

I wish I could lie and say this doesn’t bother me, but after a year, I was bound to say something.

Lead by example.