New Recruit

[clawguard]

Wow... I just wrote a nice intro, hit preview... and then it asked me to login. There goes all the text I just wrote... :-/

Take 2.

I grew up through college without doing anything particularly athletic, as such it's only through the genetics on my mom's side that I've never been overweight. That being said, I've never been particularly fit either. After graduating college I finally broke out on my own and gained a bit more weight (the "freshmen 15" that I managed to put off till after college ; ) due to me not eating right and not doing anything.

Fast forward a couple years and I've moved to NYC proper (Manhattan), started walking home from work (~3.5 miles) when the weather's good enough, joined a gym, got a trainer and decided that I like cooking ; (albeit, I've been cooking dessert. I don't eat it, I give it away ;; ) I've also lost weight and gained muscle (being able to throw 25 lbs around where as before I was unable to do one curl)

Now having been living in Manhattan for a few years takes a toll on one's finances (gotta love paying the same as some people's mortgage for a studio apartment ;; ). I'm having to reassess various "frivolous" expenditures. Having been seeing my trainer for over a year, I feel that I've learned a number of various exercises and that it's gotten to the point where she's just making up routines for me. That's something that I really should be doing for myself, I've just been making excuses.

Time to stop the excuses.

To that end, I've gotten the rebel strength guide and will be reading through that to start educating myself.

Goals:

100 pushups (just a thing some coworkers and I are doing)

Eating better, try for a paleo diet (some things can't give though... what's a chicken cordon bleu without goat cheese and breadcrumbs?? )

Gaining weight (and losing the fat I do have)

Gaining the knowledge to make up my own workout routine

Stop paying my trainer to do something that I'm capable of doing myself. ;

[Tom Kenobi]

Welcome aboard! I did the same exact thing too when I did my intro! I guess that's what we get for trying to get too long winded. From what I've read from Steve's articles and the content that is in the Rebel Strength Guide(although I do not have this guide myself), you will be more than equipped to drop that trainer and do the workouts on your own. Woot to saving money! Again, welcome aboard!