An Investment

I recently procured the help of a personal trainer after joining a gym about 2 miles from my house. I was so happy to find this gym, KO (Knock-Out) Fitness. During my college days at WVU, I was a member of Gold's Gym for several months my freshman year. It eventually closed down. I wasn't a member of any gym for a couple years - where did I work out? I can't remember, those times were a blur. I never gained the Freshman 15 but soon after moving into an apartment the weight started to creep up. Anyway, I loved Gold's Gym and KO Fitness reminds me of it a bit. The staff at KO is friendly and helpful, they remember my name! What a concept. People are there to WORK OUT, not grabass and socialize, which is the main thing I disliked about 24 Hour Fitness - the gym I was most recently a member of when I lived in Anaheim Hills.

My new membership came with a complimentary personal training session. I have worked with two other personal trainers and this was the first time I felt this person truly had an interest in helping me reach my goals and was completely capable to doing so. I signed up for 6 months of training 2 times a week. It is a fair chunk of change but I am happy to spend the money on something so important. My personal trainer has pointed out mistakes in form that I would have never noticed or thought of on my own, even in front of a mirror. For example, I have done hundreds of squats over the years and never realized I wasn't getting the full benefit of the exercise. The workouts are hard but I have confidence I'll become stronger. I now actually look forward to going to the gym again. Next, I'm going to tackle the kickboxing classes. So far my cardio has been the elliptical machine because I'm still a bit intimidated by the kickboxing. I plan on getting my boxing gloves Friday on my day off, watch out world!

Crafting in binary?

At times, I've been tempted to get into scrapbooking, as well as stamping. Both of those hobbies seem like they could get really expensive though. When I think of more stuff just sitting around collecting dust, I always talk myself out of it. I recently heard of digital scrapbooking - it's free (to a point) and seems like it could be really fun. I wish I had Photoshop for my Mac but right now I'm busy blowing money on the house and ridiculously expensive skin cream... priorities, ya know.