Two posts in one day! Mon dieu!

Just wanted to get a couple things off my chest...

As many of you followers know, I joined a gym week before last. Great, fine, whatever. I went 4 days last week, felt pretty good about getting back into the grove of things. I went today after work to get do my arms/chest and legs routine and to get 20 mins or so of cardio in. As soon as I walked into the gym I felt uncomfortable. I hopped on the elliptical and started a quick 5 minute warm-up before heading on to do my weights... and then when I went to do my weights I realized: this gym has, like, NONE of the machines I'm used to using. They didn't even have a squat machine. At all. Not a seated one, and not a standing one either. I spent a good 30 minutes just using free-weights -- which is totally fine, except that I'm not paying $35/mo just to use dumbbells, especially when my best successes were accomplished using a variety of different machinery in conjunction with free-weights. I was just irritated. This is a brand new gym that opened (although it's a chain - LA Fitness)... I just realized today that I really kind of hate it. I'm not comfortable there at all - I seriously feel like the fattest person in the place, and it seems like almost everyone that goes there knows everyone else. It just had a weird vibe for me. I dunno - maybe I'm just a crazy person. Anyway...

So I headed over to Golds after my workout and ended up talking to the GM over there about a membership. They can offer me $23/month - with no sign-up fee. Sweet! Plus, as soon as I walked into the place I just felt like I was "home" - I mean, it's the gym I had been going to for almost 4 years, so I guess that makes sense in a way. Everyone is SO nice there (all the staff), and the people that work out there are just there to workout. It's not about looking all sexified, it's not about socializing, it's just about getting your sweat on and working hard toward that rockin' body. Plus I know like 3 people that go there so maybe I can get myself a gym buddy in the process.

Anyhoo - I think I'm going to go ahead and cancel my LA Fitness membership tomorrow, and sign up with Golds again. I feel really awesome about this decision and it just makes me even more excited to continue on this weight-loss journey!