CatahoulaLover
Stall broken and Exercise
Dec 13, 2012
So for weeks I've been in a stall. I say a stall because I never really lost. I went from 341 up to 350 and back down again several times. Of course I knew stalls were possible and of course after losing 100lbs I figured I was about due for one but that didn't make me any happier. Mr. scale and I had words every morning and they were not nice words.
Still I weighed at the doctor last night and I was 340 and this morning when I got up I was at 339. Finally I dropped below the 340s. I was getting very frustrated. Especially since I had started working out and knew that I was supposed to be losing. I mean I'm walking at least an hour a day 3 miles an hour and doing weight training on 2 days a week. Something had to give.
On the topic of exercise. I really hate it but even more I don't like having a personal trainer. I mean for one thing I just feel like I have to be on his schedule. I work, a lot. And sometimes I get home early and sometimes late. And to be able to say
"every wednesday I can be there for training at 6pm" is just really hard to do. And of course there is no walk in PT.
The other side to that is the PT goal. See I know they get paid crap and they are supposed to upsell thir clients. I heard them talking about it when I was working out. But I don't need their supplements. My cheap ass fish oil from Costco does the exact same thing as their $30 bottle of premium fish oil. And the Lean Pak for $99 a month is complete BS. First off there is no proof to any of their claims about fat blockers and carb blockers and fat burners. Not a single valid claim. Not to mention it's packed full of stimulants. And I do mean packed. So I tell them no I don't need it and then they want me to join bootcamp classes and the biggest loser competition. These things are $300 a pop and besides that I can't even do half of the exercises because of restrictions on my knee. So it would be a total waste.
Then come the protein bars and shakes and snacks. I tell them hey I already have my favored shakes bars and such and your stuff is packed with carbs. Carbs are good! he says. Um then why were you trying to sell me a carb blocker earlier? Yeah see it's just a pain and it's every. single. time. Very frustrating that he spends 10 min of every session at least, trying to get me to buy shit I don't want.
Then there's the nutrition advice which I've said no I don't need that I have a nutritionist. And they spend another 10 min wanting me to go over nutrition. I can tell him 100 times that I don't need my nutrition evaluated and they still want to go over my entire diet. Ugh so frustrating.
Really all I want to do is go to the gym when I want to and work out without being hassled.
But really I still hate exercise.
