Hey, don't come to the gym with me!

Statistics say that working out with a "fitness buddy", logging all your exercises, and keeping a daily food journal are large keys to one's success. Personally, I find that only two out of three of these things are true. I did start the habit of keeping a daily food journal online which also tracks my calorie burning and consuming as well as weigh-ins. Though I haven't been logging while on this keto diet, I feel as if the habit is not gone and if I were to go back on a regular healthy diet tomorrow, I could pick up where I left off with this. At this time, with Shane as my rock at the gym, I don't do any sort of logging on how many repetitions or what strength training exercises I do. I know at some point when I have to do strength training on my own without a trainer (because I can't afford him forever) that I will have to track what I do. Since strength training is always the activity that I won't do for myself, I already know that this will be a huge challenge for me. However I cannot, and do not, agree with the idea of a fitness buddy.

Whenever I invite a friend or neighbor to join me at the gym, I don't work out the same. I love the company and it's nice to actually have someone to talk to instead o f doing the same mundane music or watching a crappy movie in a theater but the truth is I don't push myself the same. It's much like when you eat while watching TV or playing on the computer and you just don't realize exactly what you're doing because you're distracted. In fact, sometimes I find that I'm so focused on what I'm doing that I zone out and don't even hear my music anymore. I used to require visual stimuli of the TV even if I was listening to music but now I find that I would much rather watch people around the gym and leave myself to my thoughts. I do some of my best thinking at the gym lately. I think about what I have to do when I get home. I think about what I will wear to work tomorrow. I think about what my schedule for the week is like. I think about how cute that guy is and how hot it is when he does pullups. I think about how different I feel from the old Gina i've worked so hard to get rid of. It's just a lot to wrap my mind around.

I wish I could say that having someone to go to the gym with motivates me, but the truth is I think I'd rather do it alone. Even if I'm the first one to suggest someone joining me, I prefer to go and stay for as long as I want and work on whatever machine I want. I really wish I was the type of person who was motivated by having someone join me, but I find that even when someone has similar goals I find it just doesn't cut it for me.

To each their own, but I hope that will change someday.