Week 6: Feeling Pimp

 My Coveted Jeans

Last week was supposed to be my week 6 but I fell off the wagon and only made it to the gym twice. Fail. I didn't get to cash in on the workout reward I was holding over my head: a Lululemon workout top. I figured maybe the reward wasn't something I really, desperately wanted but it was more of a need that I thought I should have and thus just used it as a "reward."

So I raised the stakes and decided this week I would buy myself a ridiculously expensive pair of jeans that I so desperately need. No really I do need them. For some reason I only own skinny jeans now and I feel totally ridiculous wearing them with sneakers which is all I feel like wearing lately (even though I don't own said sneaker yet but anyways I digress). So I am buying myself a pair of Seven Dojo jeans that I used to have a few years ago but don't have anymore and I am really not sure where they ever went. Sometimes I clean out my closet and give things away because I am "totally over" them for like a moment. Then I wonder where all my cool stuff went. Meh. It's good for feng shui anyways. But also they were on my Xmas Wish List which I am still working through acquiring everything on there.

So I did make it to the gym three times this week and I have really increased the weights on all of my exercises so I am feeling strong and starting to see more definition. I don't fit in my jeans differently just yet but at least I am feeling better. I upped my cardio time to a whopping 20 minutes now three times a week instead of 15 minutes so you know that's pretty great (for me). I kind of sadly admire those girls who go on the cardio machines for like two hours at the gym but you never see them stretch or even lift a weight. So strange.

iStayFit exercise example

I must say though that my lifesaver in the gym is my trainer. And by trainer I mean the iStayFit application for my iPhone. I plugged in the workout routines from the Body Sculpting Bible for Women into the application exercise logs and I use it for reference when I am at the gym. It totally gives me confidence because I always have my routine with my on my iPhone and if I forget how to do the exercise I can look it up and it will show me a diagram of how to do it with proper form. It's such a great tool and it also allows me to track the weight that I last did so I can stay the same or increase it.

This week was a great week in the gym I felt like I really have progressed and gotten into the routine. Now I will steadily increase weights until I finish classes (first week of April) and can switch up the routine to four days a week isolating muscle groups. That's when I really will mean business. These past few months have really just about getting into the gym and getting my muscles and cardiovascular system somewhat prepped.

Thanks to all 46 of you who voted on my Week 5: Gymetiquette on what I should do about the gym bully:

• 43% thought I should just get over it
• 28% think I should just go back to my old gym where everyone was kosher
• 26% said that I should tell the gym owner about the gym bully

Since then I haven't seen that scary girl at the gym (thank god) so I haven't felt the need to talk to the gym owner. This week I was at the gym I was there during a peak time (6:30 PM) and there was over a dozen people in about a 500 square foot space. Talk about claustrophobic. So when this gym contract ends (at the end of April) I will move on back to my spacious old gym that is free of gym bullies. I can't wait. They also have towel service, a separate stretching room, and a ladies only area should I feel shy.

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