All I’ve got to say is EAS kick butt! When I sent them an e-mail yesterday I didn’t expect any kind of help from them, but to my surprise they are going to give me the best help I could have hoped for, education. Basically what they are doing for me is providing me with a personalised exercise and nutrition plan, and because I have limited funds they are going to help me to chose the right supplements to maximise the bang for my limited buck.
So to get me started they need to collect some information about me. First of all for the next four days I have to record everything I’m eating and drinking in a food diary. I think this could be quite an interesting exercise, given my food habits are not the best and really need to improve. Other information they want from me includes food likes and dislikes, time available to train (this could be a tricky one), weight, height, and body fat %. According to the person I’m dealing with at EAS, I can go to my local gym and will be able to get the body fat % test done for about $10-$15, so that sounds sweet.
So I then decided to get myself a gym membership here in town as I really don’t have all the gym gear I need to maximise my results (more words of wisdom from EAS). So while it’s going to strain my finances to perform this physical transformation I think things such as my dream of a wireless network etc can go on the back burner for another million years, I think my physical self might be slightly more important. So the big mission now is finding the right gym that I can actually afford to join.
A few years ago I was going to the local Universities gym just about every day of the week, but that gym is quite a distance from where I live, so it’s not exactly the most practical place to go. So I had a quick search through the yellowpages.co.nz and found a gym that I think has everything I’m looking for and is only a 5-10 min walk from my house, which is ideal given I don’t have a car. So tomorrow I’m going to take a look at their gear, and if I like what I see I’ll get some prices from them and try and organise the money to get signed up, while I’m there I’ll also get the body fat % test done to maximise my time.
So all and all I think this new lifestyle is coming together nicely, and while its going to cost me a lot more money than I had hoped (or afford), I think it’s a worth while investment in myself which is well overdue. I’m already amazed at how my inner monologue is trying to stop me from making these changes. I sometimes catch myself thinking “you can’t afford this”, “you’re never going to be able to complete this thing, you’re not strong enough”, to which I reply “the hell I’m not, you evil brain! ” So I have somewhat of an inner battle ahead of me, but luckily I have this blog to help keep me focused on my goals, and remind me of why I’m doing this… because I deserve it.