The world’s newest gym bunny!
I joined a gym!
Now there is a phrase I never thought I would write.
I have managed to avoid even stepping inside a gym for nearly fifty years. - oo full of beautiful young things, skinny in fluorescent lycra or bulging with machismo.
However, as the nights draw in, I know I am not going to be able to keep up walking after work: it is just not safe out on the country lanes in the dark. This would usually be an excuse for me to do less exercise. So I had a little ponder and decided I needed to strengthen my resolve and actually join a gym. At least there would be lights and warmth.
Having done some research, I found a couple of gyms that are for women only. What a result! And there was one, situated on my drive home, which seemed to have been set up to cater for gym haters like me. The giveaway clue was the name Gymophobics – yep, that sounds very like me.
They claim to be the UK’s premier inch and weight loss centre. And it takes 30 mins, three times a week, on lovely gentle machines that are powered by air . It’s a big claim - but one that is very seductive.
I booked an initial appointment.
I found a friendly, small organisation, reasonably quiet, but with women who all look like me – no unitards, no stretchy material that leaves you looking like you are wearing nothing. There’s as much chatter as there is huffing and puffing. The machines are not that gentle – they provide a good programme of exercise - but there is no sweaty exhaustion at the end of it.
I have been going now for three weeks and I am still motivated.
Blimey.
I might be becoming a gym bunny.
There are no cardio machines there so I know that it isn’t going to massively effect my calorie expenditure. It’s the inches that interest me and I won’t know those outcome until my first review. However, I do feel that my body is changing shape even in these early days.
It’s different. But good different. And I am glad I am giving it go.
Weight loss so far: 15lbs 😊
