Gym Shorts

By now you've figured out that I'm back at the gym and you know why.  To catch you up to speed, the weight loss had been moving along great and I've hit a wall.  I know that I need to move beyond this wall to achieve my goals, but I feel like I'm stuck and I have been for a good month now.  This week I will shake things up.

In case you didn't know, I'm a people watcher.  At some level we all provide entertainment in our normal behaviors.  I know that I do.

There is a new group at the gym.  They travel in a pack.  There's four of them.  I call them the Paki Posse.  Yup, 4 men - Indian (hence the Pakistani).  Yes, I realize they might not be from Pakistan, but for the sake of a cute nickname, that's what I call them.  They seriously crack me up.  They travel together always.  The four of them get on the elliptical machines, workout for "their time".  Then all four get off, and move to the recumbent bikes, workout for "their time" and all four move to the next station.  They are never ever apart.  Cracks me up.

I have also seen two men that we will call Sweaty Stan and Sweaty Steve.  Sweaty Stan was on the treadmill in front of my elliptical.  He's just running away like nobody's business.  Then I notice that his black shirt is really soaking wet and his hair looks like he just stepped out of the shower.  That's when I realized that everytime his foot lands on the treadmill sweat sprays off of him onto the people on either side of him and all over the treadmill.  This went on for a full 20 minutes.  I would have died if I was working out next to him, but the people that were the recipients of his sweat shower seemed oblivious.

Sweaty Steve was at least a good looking guy.  LOL.  And truly, a bit less sweaty.  I was on the stair climber (honestly, I do not know the true name for this machine, but it is killer).  And directly in front of me is a row of treadmills.  Here comes Sweaty Steve, and he cowboys up to the treadmill and starts his run.  He is sweating so much that this sweatpants were wet in the butt.  Truly an awkward moment.  LOL

Coming up in a future post I'll tell you all about my trainer Luke, Alejandra the Pilates Guru, August the massage and hip hop chicka, Hoppy Hannah, and Camo Carol.

Meanwhile, let's keep our fingers crossed that I am able to break through this wall once and for all this week!!!