Jettisoned Ponderings

I’ve been working at Max Muscle over a year now just part time but always wanted to take on more hours. Its what I love doing, but we’re the little guy around here so there’s only one of us at the shop most of the time. That makes it difficult to get in a lot of time. To the point though, some things have been unfolding the last couple months and now I’ll be getting full time hours. I put in my two week notice to my other job Saturday and am quite anxious to have a fixed schedule with set income now. My other job was at a sushi bar and the inconsistent traffic plus a late schedule made it impossible to get my meals in on time. I can’t stop to heat up my food and eat it during a rush of people. We all know that regardless of whether the training is in place nothing is gonna happen if the nutrition isn’t nailed. So missing one of my meals (anywhere from 600-1000 calories for me) makes a huge impact on my day and its not like I can just double up the next meal.

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m now the only one doing custom nutrition plans so this works in my favor. Frequently people would see me eating (only one in the shop, remember, so I usually bring my food) when they’d walk in and ask what I had. It works out better since we have a number of regulars and they’ve seen the changes in me having gained an extra 20lbs of lean mass since I started there. It fits well because its rarely ever take out and I can twist it around to pitch a meal plan package for them from a number of different angles. I hope it’ll pan out. People are quick to get a trainer to help them in the gym, but hesitate to get the same sort of help when it comes to their diet. Just reading a few articles here and there online doesn’t make you a nutritionist by any stretch and everyone’s body is unique. I’ve seen people get frustrated far too often and quit thinking that the problem is in the gym when really its everything outside of it. Prime example was a lady who came in and had been using an app on her iPhone to track her food. She was only getting around 1200 calories per day, but the problem was that she was only getting about 40-50g of protein a day. She was just thinking calorie bottom line like many people do. That whole "Calories in vs calories out" idea is true, but greatly over simplified.

Overall its a change for the better that I’m looking forward to. Is it the highest paying job? No. Does it cover all my expenses (including supps) with some left over? Yeah. Am I glad to have a job right now? Damn right I am, many people are without one entirely. Is it what I love doing? Absolutely. Most importantly I have to thank my wife, GeminiJedi, for being supportive of all this.

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