I'm In the Process!

The process of switching gyms! I've been at the YMCA ever since I lived in Alabama. When I moved back up here, I joined the Auburn YMCA and have loved it. In the 6 years that I've been there, I've made some really great friends, have lost enough weight to equal a 4th grader (or one of my bigger 2nd graders), and have enjoyed the benefits of a new facility, but now I think it might be time for a change.

With my move into Kent, I'm now further away from my gym (that is down by the Super Mall.) Also with the gym being so far away to make my hour workout, shower, and drive time, I have to plan for 3 hours before I need to be at work. Therefore I'm waking up at 4:30am and leaving my house by 5am. Lately I've been rolling out of bed at 5:12am, which makes me late for the gym. Going to bed by 8:30 to get 8 hours of sleep has also been really hard lately too, soooooo

I'm trying out a new gym. It's an LA Fitness. It's less than 5 min. away. It sports a swimming pool, free weights, weight machines, 4 racquet ball courts, a basketball court, spinning class, and multiple cardio machines. I've been in 3 times already and love it. I love the getting up later, I love the workout, I love the less time it takes me to get to work (i.e. the less gas I have to pay), so far I pretty much love everything. The one thing I can't figure out though, is why the heat is on in the morning up in the cardio area!?!?! Anyone? Anyone?

I will totally miss the people at the Y, being able to wear whatever I want and not caring who was going to see me ( I worked out with all the old men), the relationships I built with the machines (-you know what I'm talking about. You always go to the same machine too, for some reason it's your favorite machine), and being able to plug into a machine to hear the tv and not having to have an ipod to hear it. But I'm pretty sure I'm switching...now comes the hard part, telling the YMCA I'm leaving.