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Originally Posted by ANewCreation
I am sorry that you had such a bad time but I am so interested in hearing about your personal training sessions. I have been thinking about getting a personal trainer and I was wondering, if you don't mind, could you share with me where you found yours, what you're going to be doing, cost, time comittment, etc?
I think there's a chance of firming things up for the future & you are going about this in the best way possible.
Keep us posted--I'm very interested in your progress!
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Hi ANC!
To be honest, it wasn't that bad. Of the PTs at my gym, he's the one who "specialises" in helping people lose weight, so I'm sure he's seen it all before. He was definitely really positive about me starting working with him, for instance, when I told him about my fitness goals and the way I'm trying to improve my diet, he was very supportive.
Everyone else at the gym when I was there were middle-aged ladies and gents. Who, whilst wrinklier, were
still in better thigh-shape than me!
My PT is one of two or three who are "attached" to my gym - but they're freelancers, so they probably work at other gyms too. When I signed up there I already had PT'ing in mind, because I've been at gyms before, but am too good at making excuses about going to work out. I reasoned that if there were someone else - someone I'm
paying and who thus won't accept my excuses - waiting for me to get there, then I would indeed have to get my sorry behind down there.
I bought a "triple pack": a package of three meetings to try it out. There's a nifty deal that if you get those done and work out another four times within a certain amount of time (something like four weeks!), you get the cost of the triple pack back as credits on your gym card, which you can use on things like time on the sunbeds
The exercises seemed to be focussed on posture, balance and strength. We're meeting again this coming Friday and Monday next week, and then we'll talk about *gulp* the options for carrying on. But I'm already pretty sure I want to, because this 1-2-1 contact with a pro is something I want to take advantage of. I don't know what the financial commitment is going to be, but I expect it'll be quite hefty - to me that's an incentive to invest in myself (gosh, doesn't that sound like management faff-speak!), something I haven't done for much too long.
I really hope that my PT sessions, along with weight training and running, combined with my changed diet, will give me a sparkly new gorgeous body
My main problem will be patience. As in I have none *snort*
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Originally Posted by dragonwoman64
those mirrors can be tough at first, I still have blech moments when I look up and see myself. But when I'm checking my form doing the lat pulls, I get a kick out of seeing the better shape my body is in now. much better shape.
PS I suffer over my upper arms and my thighs too. I carry a lot of weight in my legs. It sucks, but we're working on it.
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Going for a shower in my house is TORMENT for me, because there's a great big whopping mirror in the bathroom! Arrgh!
Getting used to it though....slooooooowly arrgh
Oh btw, do you remember me mentioning filling up my time with good activities, partly to reduce my "Nothing else to do but sit on the coach and pig out" time? I joined a choir last week and am enjoying it very much!
(well, not that it's full of Irish people drinking, but the smiley is meant to convey the yay-ness of finding something I really enjoy doing
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