Frigging Diet

I finally realized that I needed  to lose some weight.  None of my clothes looked nice on me and everything was so fucking tight that I was getting exhausted holding my breath all day long.  I looked in the mirror and realized that if I couldn't stand my body, what female in her right mind would want any part of it as well. In fact, I might never get laid again.
     

But that was 11 days ago and for these first hard, difficult, exhausting, frustrating days I have managed to survive.  I completely feel sorry for anyone that is or has been around me.  I have been one self centered bitch doing nothing but talking about weight loss.. So I have lost 12 pounds in just as many days and feel somewhat good about it. I still feel bad for those who have been around me.
      

The problem is that I want to lose another 20 plus pounds and know that it will be impossible to continue this loss, but I intend to try like crazy.  I am, however, making everyone around me crazy by not eating anything not on my diet.
     

It's really a simple diet.  All you have to do is forget about almost every fucking thing you loved to eat and not eat it. See.....it's really simple.....right........Anyway, I am on the South Beach Diet which is really nothing more than eliminating most or all carbs....Simple right.......No.
        

I am sure there are many of you that want to lose weight, but can't get by the first couple of days.  Let me tell you that it is simple.. OK, let me tell you the truth....It sucks........But....if you can make it through the first few days, you are home free.
       

The first few days were a complete and total disaster.  I was ready to kill myself and everyone around me.............But...........it can be done.  So what if I have nice signs all over my kitchen telling me not to eat and with a daily chart of my weight loss....I am only writing this tonight and telling all of my wonderful readers of crapusa.com this because I want to make you as fucking miserable as I have been since the inception...I have not had one drop of alcohol.  (I have just lied to all of you), I have not had my morning bagel. I have not had any bread, pasta, cake, candy, junk food.......etc.
      

But I do know there is a light at the end of the tunnel...Wait a minute ????  Isn't that what you see before you die ????????  My motivation is below.....please wish me luck.

I guess I better go to sleep and dream. After all I have to get up early to go to the god damn gym to help with this.


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Dirty, Filthy, or Healthy ?

The above was taken last Sunday.

The above was taken Today.
                Hard to imagine that such filth has returned for the second Sunday.  Maybe it's me being a complete pain in the ass, but maybe not.  OK, I will tell you where it is.

              The pictures were taken from my cell right in front of L A Fitness where I guess I also went  last Sunday morning.  I have written about this chain before and just don't understand why they would let something like this happen. It is a good health club, but not so quick on keeping up with things.  I know that if I were the owner, regional manager, or someone up the corporate ladder I would have done something by now. Probably would have fired the manager of this location.

          
I am really not kidding about the pictures of the garbage. It is directly in front of the main entrance. Probably no more than 10 feet from the front door and in clear site of whoever is at the front desk checking in customers.    The picture above is of the elevator that has been that way for over a week now.....That is really pathetic...Oh wait....is this 1974 or 2012 ?

          Oh, I took this picture also of the paper towel machine on the upper level. I thought I was going to take a few so as to clean one of the machines before I got on it.   Guess it was hard to do with no paper in the paper machine.
          On an older post, I remember a picture of the water cooler that did not have cold water for almost three weeks......Yes, that was because the plug was lying underneath the machine and nobody bothered to plug it in.

         My question then becomes as to the health issue of going to a gym ?  Is it healthy to work out and be in a gym that is not very clean ?   I don't think so.   What is worse ?  Not working out or exercising or hanging out in a filthy environment ?

        Part of the solution would be to have some really great female trainers like pictured above.  Who am I kidding ?  I would rather they get their act together and clean the damn place.

       Of course one can always buy their own gym for home...... click below.

Dumbbells......aka....Gymbells

I belong to a very big and very modern gym just like I am sure many of you do.  It has a swimming pool, basketball court, racquetball courts, and is on two levels.  It is not as modernistic as the picture above, but very close to it. Like all gyms, it has a pretty big membership and is constantly running specials to attract more people. Again, no different than any other gym in the country.  After all, most people go a few time and that is the end of it.  They have paid the yearly fee and/or monthly commitment that might go on for years.

       I am not like one of those people.  I try to use the gym at least five days a week. Actually, I enjoy going there in the morning as it is a pretty good way to start the day.  I have been retired for a while from a real job, so this is one of the things I  do daily to keep my sanity.

       
I won't mention the name of this this national chain that has hundreds of locations around the US, but manages to only have one cities initials in their name ??????  The entrance to my gym is someone similar to the one above with the following exceptions.  There are usually about 4/5 people behind the counter and someone is responsible for scanning that small plastic card that we all have and keep with our keys. This is by far not a very difficult job, and every now and then I see that little scanning machine facing out, so that it can be done by myself or anyone else entering the gym. I would think this would be a great idea for the following reason.  The people usually behind the desk are either on their call phones, or busy bullshitting with someone else behind the desk.  They seem to do the same think waiters do in a restaurant when you are trying to get their attention and they just look the other way...  What the fuck gives with that ???? Just not cool.  At least not all the time.

     Then comes the amount of equipment that is always broken and seems to take weeks to repair. Why is this ?  Why can't there be someone there on a regular basis to fix these problems ?  I am sure that I am not the biggest pain in the ass when I mention this.  I hear people at the gym complaining constantly.  It is not that no one knows a problem exists, because they do.  I wonder what the manager does all day ?  Oh, I know.....busy on his or her cell phone.

     There have been a few televisions that have also been out for a while. Is that what modern day business is today ?  Is it the fact that nobody gives a shit ???????   Wait......here is the best. The water cooler pictured above (taken from my cell phone yesterday ) has not been cold , or had cold water  for a while. I have managed to drink from the one on the left because it had ice cold water........Yesterday I happened to bend down near the machine and noticed the plug was not connected.  I decided to do nothing about this, knowing damn well it will be that way until some cleaning person finally discovers it or some maintenance company comes to take the machine apart.....Again, it is so hard to believe that I am the only one to have noticed this ?????

     If it weren't for the fact of certain other positive features of this gym, I would probably leave, but what the hell, I am just an average guy.
     Only in America kids, Only in America ?????

The Gym

There is a reason I try to go to the gym on a daily basis. No, it is certainly not to be able to look like the guy on the left.  I am also sure that a good portion of my readers (that would be you) go to, or belong to a gym.....

     Well, my reason is a little different.  I go probably because of my head more so than my body. I find it really settles me, and puts me in a good mood whenever I go.






Of course......................one of the major reasons for going.........................is.......................................

     Yeah......Don't I wish ???????  Actually, I really look forward to going to the gym each day. I get out of the house, drive a few miles, and there I am at the new and modern LA Fitness.  Naturally there is a pool, racquet ball courts, basketball courts, and a bunch of other things that I don't use.....But, I do get there and am amazed on a daily basis as to how the 2 or 3 people behind the front desk are always yapping on their cell phones and seem to be doing me a favor by swiping my membership card.  Oh well, this is America, and they are certainly entitled to personal time........especially while working......
     OK, now I am settled and on one of the many warm up machines to do some peddling for about 20 minutes....This is the best part of the morning because it is on the mezzanine and in direct view of everything going on.... There are TVs all around and I always have the option of watching one of the many Kardashian programs on E. Why that is always on is completely beyond me.  But sometimes I am lucky enough to watch the news.  It's also very comforting to listen to some asshole on his or her cellphone discussing their life.  Why they allow mobile phones there is also beyond me.

         
But I continue my exercise and my looking around at some of the whales. I then make my way to the treadmill and spend some more time there.  Again, I am usually lucky enough to listen to some conversation about what some pathetic guy or girl did last night.  I wish I didn't have to , but they are usually speaking on the top of their lungs with their stupid blue-tooth in their ear.....
     Success......It is now time to go back downstairs and hop on some of the machines for my hip, legs, arms , etc.   This is the part I really look forward to because there is lots of stuff always going on here.

     Some of that stuff is really, really, good, and sometimes really bad.  

       
The bottom line is, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. But then again, don't we want to lose at the gym ? Going to the gym can be so rewarding and other days a real bummer.......Enjoy your workout.

I Phones at the Gym aka why do only women do this ?????????????

Back in Feb, I wrote a little crap about cell phones in the gym. Now, several months later I find it is time to update this. Notice that even the title has been updated.  Today while at the gym I got really pissed at people on their mobile devices.  It is one thing to be talking loud during a workout, but now there has been a new dimension added.  Not only has it been added at my gym, but seems to be only from overweight females.  Your probably wondering what that is ????????  It's these fatties sitting on their ass, talking ( I mean yelling ) on their phones, but not working out.  Not doing a damn thing other than talk about how their social lives are.  How do I know ?  It's simple.  Everyone at LA Fitness knows because they are just sitting on their fat ass's and yakking away, but not using the machine.  The only use of the machine is that of resting that fat ass on it.  Why do they do this ? why must it be done at the gym ? Why is it that important to let the world know what they are doing ?  No one gives a shit about their dull, boring, pathetic lives.  I want to go up to some of these people and scream in their face at the same audio level they are speaking in.   But as annoying as that is, what is worse is the inability for someone else to use the machine they are on.

It's not really a problem if and when they are on the tread mill because then I just hang out and watch them pant and sweat and prepare for a major collapse right there. But when they are on one of those obscure machine (where there are only 1 or 2 ) that is when it becomes a problem.

I am really not picking on fat people, but I have to call it like I see it.  What I really would like however, is to hear the other end of the conversation where she is talking about her wonderful social life.  I am sure that is really a big thing !   But on a lighter note.............Happy Memorial Day to All.......