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I signed up for a 10-week personal fitness program this week, and today I met with my trainer and hashed out the details. Over the next two and a half months, I’ll be following a fairly regimented diet and exercise program which should help me gain ~6 lbs of muscle and lose ~16 lbs of fat, landing me at about 13% body fat—territory that my graceless, pudgy body had never before dreamed of exploring.
The trainer took a “before” picture, which, in a moment of insanity, I signed away to the program’s advertising team, thus giving them the right to publish it on their website or to plaster it all over their gym. The only way I can prevent that now is by being a dismal failure they won’t want to be associated with. (“Wow, look, this guy ballooned up to 276 lbs on their program! I guess I’ll fork out for Gold’s Gym after all.”) I’m still weighing this option.
He was distressed when I told him I was a vegetarian (“Do you eat fish?” being the obvious follow-up question), but he REALLY didn’t know what to say when I told him I ate out once a day. At least once a day. He tried for a few minutes to convince me of the wonders of sack lunches, but I wasn’t buying it.
“Bringing food from home requires forethought,” I said. And a taste for soggy sandwiches and/or leftover pasta, I did not add.
“Well, I guess we can let you keep doing that for now . . .” he said ominously.
Are my days of eating out every meal NUMBERED??? (Dun dun DUNNNN!)
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April 19th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Um…can you not just go for a healthy option when you eat out? 0_O?
April 19th, 2008 at 9:33 am
For now, that’s what we’re doing. But in a couple weeks he’s going to want more precise control over/knowledge of the exact composition of what I’m eating than a restaurant meal will allow. So I’m slowly getting used to the idea that I’ll be bringing most of my lunches to work from now on. Still haven’t taken the plunge, though. :P
May 15th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
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