Yesterday I went to the gym twice. I went in the morning to Spin Class and in the evening to swim 50 laps. Now this morning, one of my best friends and I are going to lift together then we're going to take a water aerobics class...just for fun.

Yeah...I'm a little addicted.

I remember that feeling....A little hard getting out the door, but once I got started it felt so good. I'm waiting though...just fear I guess...my weight tends to go into huge stalls when I'm lifting, so I want to get 10 more lbs off before I start...you heard it first !

I was a total gym rat throughout my life UNTIL we moved out to CA and all of a sudden I had a three hour a day commute. I went off and on, mostly didn't go. I am firmly convinced without a shadow of doubt that is the reason I got fat. Up until that time I had a fine figure. Once we got here I gained about five pounds a year, so for the next 20 years I put on 100 lbs. I started back last November and haven't looked back. I feel so so much better going regularly. I work out about 2 hours each time; treadmill, weight machines and swimming. Also taking Zumba once a week.

If you aren't going, just do it!

I'm a little nervous about the whole exercising = not losing weight thing, but the gym I go to offers a body mass composition test every couple weeks, so I'm going to do it once a month and see what my numbers are.
It tells you what % your body is of fat/muscle/water and tells you how many actual pounds each are. I have mine from 2 weeks ago today, I'm going to wait til May 1 and then do it again. If I haven't lost a lot of WEIGHT, at least I can see if the fat/muscle distribution has changed at all. If not, then clearly I need to reevaluate what I'm doing.

I agree with you on the part where the struggle is GETTING to the gym. Once I am there, I used to be able to spend 2/3 hours depending on my obligations. This time it is a little different because I have a 6 month old and a husband that works 12 hour days.....
No excuses though, I am going to work my butt off, literally.

Very wise. I wish everyone had access to something like that, I think more of us would be thin! It sounds like you have your head on straight about it, knowing to expect a slow down. Exercise does so many good things to the body!

I know I'm addicted because if I don't get my exercise in, I feel ... just wrong, physically, like I haven't had a shower or brushed my teeth that day. And I feel on edge. I really do rely on exercise to take some of the edge off. (I think that's what I used food for, once, so I've swapped one addiction for another.)

This has happened so late in my life. I was a fat girl in middle & high school & I can't tell you how much I hated gym class. I felt actual dread on gym days. Not just at the ordeal of changing clothes with other girls, just when I thought my body was totally freaky, but also in the classes, where I hid & shrank so much & had such an apologetic, "don't pick on me" demeanor that it affected my coordination & physical performance. I used to forge notes to get out of gym. And I altered & reused actual notes for weeks at a time.

It's unebelievable that I was once that girl. And now you can't get me out of the place. When I travel, the first thing I try to find out is if the hotel has an exercise room. When I visit my mother in Upstate NY, I've got passes for the local gym in her village so I don't miss even a day during my week-long visits.