First impressions….the program.

So if you haven’t ready my schedule post yet, I encourage you to take a look at the wackiness of my daily life.  That’s truly an average day here at L.I.F.E.  Which by the way, I’m just going to call LIFE.  It’s painful to type in all the periods.  I’m doing all this damn workout stuff – I’m allowed to be lazy with my punctuation.

I’ll start with the other participants.  There are about 27 of us doing the program at the moment.  A whole mess of new people came in the same day as I did…I guess the end of August was pretty slow.  Who are there other people?

Interestingly enough, they don’t fit easily into a box.  There are a few ladies who are older than me – between 50 and 60 – who are looking to lose some weight and get into shape, some staying for a week some for 4 weeks.  A few closer to my age doing the same.  They are from all over – one of my new friends is from Lebanon!

There is at least one professional athlete (girl, a snowboarder) who is training.  There’s two guys who have lost 25-50 lbs on their own and want to tone up and get into shape.  One is a dentist.   There are 2 guys that are spending 8 and 12 months here respectively and hope to lose literally hundreds of pounds.   There’s a casting director for a popular television show who is a pistol…she’s here just two weeks.  There’s some folks who have already been here as many as 9 weeks and are staying another 10.  Everyone is different levels of fitness…I’m fitter than some, many are fitter than me.

3-4 weeks is a popular length of time to stay…but by no means am I “long-term” compared to some of these folks who are dedicating months (or even a year) to change their bodies.

The trainers I’ve worked with so far have been very encouraging, and seem knowledgeable.  My favorites so far are Rob and Marco.  I have worked with trainers before, so at least I had some idea of what to expect!  For the most part, I’ve found them very encouraging and they push you in a good way.

There have been some hiccups….they signed me up for a bike ride even tho I don’t ride a bike (yes, I’d told them), you’re not sure who to talk to about the internet not working.  I thought I had a massage appt, but after rushing to take a shower and then waiting 1/2 hour after the day ended I found out it was not to be.  But mostly things have been smooth.  I think having so many new people start the same week was a challenge for the LIFE team…I imagine it’s not always so feast or famine!

They mix it up quite a bit – every day is different.  There’s never a chance to get bored.  I go from weight/circuit training to volleyball on the beach to swimming to yoga – there was even a “cardio movie” where we all did cardio while watching “Adventureland.”  Kinda fun way to spend a Thursday night, with Ryan Reynolds and that chick from Twilight.

Saturdays = boot camp on the beach, which was absolutely the hardest thing I’ve done so far.  That deserves its  own entry.

Best outcome of the first week? Feeling like I can make it though the next month.  There was no activity where I was unable to “show-up,”  I didn’t always finish every exercise, and I didn’t always keep up with the pack, but for the most part, I’m going to say I finished 85%.  Which I think is DAMN GOOD considering what I’m up against here.

I can do this.  And I will!  And Ryan Reynolds will totally leave that Scarlett chick for me.

Ok, maybe not that third thing.  But the other two?  Totally!

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