It's my first day in a bona fide health club. I have made it through the first door. I have been intimidated by cardio-machines that have control panels that look like you need an instruction manual to operate them but I am determined to get some kind of work out today at this gym. …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: In the Gym.
I have a confession to make. I have never worked out in front of other humans in a health club. I have briefly looked in on and walked through a few gyms in my life and frankly, they scared me. I walk into a gym and I am immediately that girl in junior high: the last one picked for the team, out of sorts and painfully aware of my overweight body. I never even tried working out at a Bally's or some other big health club. I pictured them filled with athletic people all sweaty and moving fast …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Enter The Gym
I am writing this as I cool off in the private hydratherapy bath treatment suite at the Spa at Trump which is located in the Trump Hotel Chicago. I can crawl in and out of the bath to go have a seat by the window and glance at this beautiful city. This is the wind down from my first day at the gym. I will follow this with a nice steam and then a stimulating shower before I head home after a rather triumphant day of exercise. Read on... …