It's definitely new year, the gym is busy, in fact at peak times the gym is heaving!
The regulars in the gym get upset with suddenly having to share.
I saw something, I think on Facebook that said "to all the regular gym members complaining about us newbies, we didn't mind having to share our pubs and favourite drinking establishments with you over the Christmas break".
The regulars usually snidely remark that the newbies will all be gone by March.
Unfortunately it is mostly true and it does sadden me a bit.
For me it's trying to reach them with a few key points:
1). After a break from exercise the body needs time to adapt to exercise, to begin with not all muscle fibres are fired to engage in a particular activity, the brain to nervous system to muscle link takes time to recruit more fibres, this makes it harder in the beginning, but the body adapts! Eventually to get used of the continuing demand the body improves, usually people have given up their routine because it's still too uncomfortable by this point, which is a shame.
2). The number of joggers post Christmas increased my way, which is great and very healthy but if weight loss is the goal, 70-80% of results happens in the kitchen and I don't mean doing crunches on the kitchen floor, I mean your eating habits :).
3). Relying on just measuring your body weight can be demotivating, your hydration levels fluctuate day to day by a few pounds so this makes a difference! If your goal is to improve visually then be brave and take a before picture, don't dwell on it, it's there for when things get habitual and you can take another soon, revert back and see the progress you have made. Or go by how your clothes fit, or measure different circumferences, like your waist, but give it a least a week or two of good habits.
That's the key, don't aim for the perfect lifestyle, I don't have one of those! Just do your best to make the realistic habits you have put in place habitual, because that's when things start to happen!
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