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So, I hurt my back a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been going to the physio
to get it worked on (i.e. have someone’s elbow jammed into my butt and
back). He’s banned me from basketball and anything more intense than slow
cycling or walking or stretching and core work.



No intervals and no basketball make Katie angry.



On top of that, this depression business is not improving. Because I can’t
really exercise hard, I don’t feel like exercising. So I’ve been slack in
that department, and as such my mood is getting worse. It’s really hard to
get interested in anything, and I’m just not feeling like doing anything but
sit on my rear end. I’m starting to almost resent going to the gym because
people keep cancelling on me – I would too if I was still training, because
petrol is $1.60 a litre and interest rates have just been put up AGAIN, so I
can’t blame anyone for it – and PT Manager Paul is trying to help, but
doesn’t understand how this kind of thing messes with your mind. His answer
is “suck it up and deal with it” or “just changed your attitude” or “just
fix it” – not exactly getting the problem is I WANT to fix it and get into
it, but I just CAN’T. It’s not like I enjoy being slack or feeling like crap
most of the time.



On top of that, being told “you don’t look like a trainer” and “you don’t
look fit enough to run Boot Camp” is not exactly helping the situation. I
realise that PT Manager Paul is running the Boot Camp to get as many people
in as possible, and wants the best trainers in there, but I was recommended
for the job by the other chick that runs it who said my personality and
style would really work with it, and Paul shot it down. I don’t know if it’s
for the reasons at the top of this paragraph, or something more sinister,
because his girlfriend is now doing it instead.



I’ve applied for a part time job (well, several of them) to get some extra
cash coming in on a regular basis. PT is a little erratic at this time
(winter, money issues) and it’s a sh*t time of year to try and get business,
cause no-one wants to spend any money, and I think if I have some cash
coming in regularly, I won’t feel like such a failure, and I won’t feel like
I HAVE to sell, sell, sell at the gym, which is what I feel like a lot of
the time.



And I hate selling cold – if someone wants a PT, they’ll ask for one, but
our managers are getting ripped by head office to sell more triple packs and
fitness age assessments and so they just sell to anyone who’ll pay. Most of
them just want to learn how to use the equipment and then never train again,
great leads, which I then get rorted for, because I didn’t convert them to
spending $60 an hour every week. They spent $70 to get 3 x ½ hour sessions,
do you THINK they want to spend that every week again?? Most of them just
want to come in, work out, and leave – a gym membership is expensive as it
is – and the membership guys are doing it tough too trying to sell them.



Urgh. I’m sh*tted at the moment. Really.

This is so me. Ever find you just can't find the time to fit everything
in???



By Richard Glover (
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/quick-tips-for-selfimprovement/2008/07/04
/1214951022001.html )



"YOU should see this," says Jocasta, pointing to a paragraph in the
newspaper. "It says a disciplined writer can create a novel in just one hour
a day, spread over a year. You're always whingeing about how you'd like to
write a novel. You should get started. It's just an hour a day."



"Ah, yes," I reply, waving my own newspaper, "but it says here that a
determined person can achieve a firm butt and flat stomach in just half an
hour a day. And while there are already lots of novels in the world, there's
a real shortage of foxy middle-aged guys with firm butts. So I may need to
prioritise."



"You could do both," she says. "Add them together and it's only an hour and
half a day."



I feel backed into a corner but not for long. "What about this?" I say
triumphantly, pointing to a fresh section of the newspaper. "It says here
that you can keep your own chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs,
spending just 15 minutes a day. Also if you meditate for just 20 minutes a
day, you can achieve peace, contentment and a 30 per cent increase in your
IQ."



"Well," says Jocasta distractedly, "I don't know about the extra IQ but I
could certainly use the eggs."



I stumble to my feet. "My point is that there are not enough hours in the
day. Everyone wants you to spend an hour a day doing their special thing but
if you add up the hours, it's totally impossible, so you go around feeling
like a failure even though there's nothing you can do."



"So," Jocasta says, "it's goodbye to my dreams of a novelist husband with a
firm butt. But I'd like to hear more about those chickens."



I move over to the computer. "All I am saying is there's a lot of gratuitous
advice on offer." I bring up Google and type in the phrase "just an hour a
day". There are 9900 web pages, all bristling with tut-tutting advice. In
just one hour a day I can be fit, rich, learn violin and have a working
knowledge of Hungarian. Spend the hour "in selfless service" and I can
change the world. Spend it listening to Celtic music and I can radically
lower my blood pressure. It certainly needs lowering. All this pressure is
making me panic. How to choose between learning Hungarian and saving the
world? Between "marinating myself in positive thoughts" and achieving a
working knowledge of domestic plumbing?



Jocasta suggests I try a shorter time frame, just to fit it all in. I change
my Google search to "just 30 minutes a day". This time I get 26,300 web
pages. I discover that in just 30 minutes a day I can make $5000 a month,
live five years longer, learn pro guitar and be fluent in Spanish.



The shorter time frame seems a good idea. I narrow it again, inserting the
phrase "just 10 minutes a day", and get 30,300 pages of advice. In just 10
minutes a day I can read War And Peace, learn conversational Italian and
become a pole dancer.



"Five minutes a day" is even better. In that time-frame I can develop a
beautiful bust-line and become closer to God.



I add up the lot. It comes to 73 hours a day of constant activity, not
including sleep, work or eating. But I will have rock-firm abs, fluency in
six languages and a regular supply of eggs.



That's the trouble with this sort of relentless advice. Everyone talks as if
you are stupid if you don't meditate, do yoga, walk for 20 minutes and read
all instructions carefully before use. You're also meant to check the
batteries in your fire alarm, constantly supervise your children's homework,
make soup from scratch and adjust your wing mirrors before ever putting the
car in gear.



If we did everything demanded of us by public health officials, mental
health experts and safety campaigners, we'd need 300 hours in every day,
would never be able to sleep or work and would still wake up every morning
with this vague feeling of guilt and underachievement.



I catch a reflection in the computer screen. Behind me I see Jocasta walk
past with a skipping rope, an MP3 player and a frypan. "All you've got to do
is multi-task," she says over her shoulder. Half an hour later, she's back
from the kitchen. I notice she has achieved more shapely calves, a working
knowledge of Finnish and is holding a freshly cooked omelet.



"I'd have preferred to use fresh eggs," she says, "but my husband has yet to
build the hutch for the chickens. It's because he spends too much time on
the computer."



She may have a point. Right now I'm in the process of setting up a website.
It's called "just 10 minutes a day". And it offers this advice: spend just
10 minutes a day listening to people giving you advice about how to spend
your time and you'll soon be so confused, guilty and weary that you'll want
to do precisely nothing.



Luckily, doing nothing for just 10 minutes a day .

But not in the good way.

AUSTRALIA has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation,
a new report says. The report, Australia's Future Fat Bomb, says 26 per cent
of adult Australians - almost 4 million people - are now obese, 1 million
more than the last calculation in 1999. The findings mean Australia is the
world's most overweight nation, ahead of the notoriously super-sized
Americans, who have a 25 per cent obesity rate.

"That, unfortunately, makes us the heavyweight champions, a title we don't
really want," said Professor Simon Stewart, the author of the report and
head of preventive cardiology at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
in Melbourne.

The report says that 9 million adults have a body mass index over 25, making
them overweight or obese, an increase from 7 million. Experts have called
for obese people to be given gym discounts and for surgical waiting lists to
be prioritised on the basis of weight loss.

The report presents the results of height and weight checks on 14,000 adult
Australians nationwide in 2005, giving the most thorough picture of obesity
since the AusDiab study in 1999.

The data suggests there will be an extra 700,000 heart-related hospital
admissions in the next 20 years due to obesity. Almost 125,000 people will
die as a result.

"I would regard this as the biggest threat to our future health," Professor
Stewart said. "As we send our athletes off to the Olympics, let's reflect on
the fact that we would win the gold medal now in the world fat Olympics if
there was such a thing. The health care system is going to be overwhelmed by
weight-related hospitalisations from knee replacements through to heart
attacks and strokes."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/health/australia-pips-us-as-worlds-fattest-nation
/2008/06/19/1213770827371.html



OK, so I don't actually think it's THAT bad, because they've based the
bloody thing on BMI, which to me is a ridiculous calculation. Height &
weight and nothing more? Several of the guys at my gym, despite being
incredibly fit and healthy, having very little body fat and being incredibly
strong are classified as morbidly obese.



Why, you ask? Well, muscle is denser than fat - 1kg of muscle and 1kg of fat
look vastly different. 1kg of fat looks about twice the size as 1kg of
muscle so if you put on muscle, you might weigh the same, but look totally
different. For instance, I do not look my current weight (despite my PT
Manager's protestations that the reason I'm not getting clients is cause
I've got a fatter arse than other trainers), but I don't look it because
it's a lot of muscle as opposed to all the fat it used to be. I used to be
this same weight, but it was all fat. Now there's quite a bit of muscle
kicked in there, I look markedly different.



Go by BMI, body fat and measurements THEN we'll see who's is the fattest
nation on earth. :-)

So, my PT Manager is a bit of a tool at times. And it appears JUST TO ME at
present. Everyone else who's heard how he's spoken to me has said "holy
sh*t, what the hell went wrong there??!!" Ended up in tears several times,
and I think cause he knows he can do it, he likes to try and intimidate me -
being 6'5", islander and an ex-army ranger, it often works.



Still trying to get some more clients in - thinking of going back to WW just
to try and see if I can get some people from there. Seeing as how last time
I went NONE of the women there exercised, they all just wanted to eat
better. But I've had some success with a few of my clients, they're looking
better, feeling better (especially my lovely lady with sciatica - realising
that session with me make her better).



Making other people feel better is my job really, that's why I love it. All
the politics and such just piss me off, that's why I though PT is for me -
I'm my own boss, and I don't have to worry about working with bitchy women
and idiot managers. Oops, missed that one! As I am STILL helping out with
floor hours (making gym look pretty and getting everyone out at night), I am
doing Sunday nights. I play basketball Sunday nights, and so had been coming
in, leaving early to play. Boss didn't mind. THEN new general manager comes
in, she who's won all these awards and sh*t - like anyone cares, and goes
"no, someone has to be there the ENTIRE time." So, I get reamed. All because
little miss receptionist whinged to her friend the new GM. Serves her right
that her botox went wrong and now she's all wonky.



And now, to top it off, they've introduced "Operation Shape Up!" Everyone at
FF will be fitness tested, including trainers. Based on guidelines that
(after looking at them) some Olympic athlete decided were OK. To get full
marks in the sit & reach test (flexibility) you have to get over 28CM past
your toes.



Let's do it together, shall we? Sit on the floor, legs out straight and feet
up against a step or chair. Now, keeping your legs straight (no raising
knees) reach as far forward as you can towards your toes and hold it out
there for 3 seconds. I can get 7cm past my toes, and I'm a trainer who works
on her flexibility every day with clients. Anyone care to share their
results? I've done this test on HUNDREDS of people, only one got anywhere
near it, and she does gymnastics.



But, I have a recommendation. DON'T do Body Combat (my favourite class)
followed by Pilates. You'll mess yourself up. I was screwed for 3 days. I
think it's cause I hit in Body Combat (it's an aerobic shadow boxing /
kicking class) like I'm in a boxing match, not little soft taps like a lot
of the ladies do. Then pilates just messed with me.



But, will try to post more - I've been a slack b*tch. But I have been
reading everyone's blogs - promise - just haven't got around to venting on
mine. Perhaps I should - then The Boyfriend wouldn't cop it!

So, interesting things have been happening recently.



I didn't run the half marathon last Sunday (even though I'd signed up and
paid and received my running kit). Why? Cause I was an absolute idiot the
Monday before and thought "Gee, haven't really done any long runs for this,
will get one out of the way today." And proceeded to run 16km.



And proceeded to get shin splints 8km into said run.



Now, considering that was pretty much the furthest point of my looping run,
I had no option but to a) go back the same way (8km) or b) keep going (8km).
I kept going and collapsed in a sad little pile when I got back to the gym.
Then my manager told me to go and get a client upstairs that he had for me,
and I dutifully went off, only to find that about 15min-20min into my talk
with her, I suddenly feel like I'm going to throw up, and excuse myself. Get
halfway to the stairs and almost pass out (world spinning / eyes
unfocussed), but make it downstairs and get looked after by one of my
clients, and one of the other trainers. Manager goes to apologise to client,
and I'm left sitting there feeling like an idiot.



I asked heaps of trainer, including ones at a workshop on Wednesday - "hey,
what's a quick way to get rid of shin splints?" Unanimous response:



"Don't run."



*sigh*



But that's not all that's been happening. For the past few weeks, I've been
feeling lethargic, unmotivated (hence the last minute run idea) and just
generally overwhelmed with my life. I'm not that busy (which annoys me) and
my eating has been out of control. I eat when I shouldn't, I eat MORE than I
should, I eat things that I shouldn't and have been not even wanting to
exercise - so not like me. I've been sleeping late, going to bed late, not
wanting to go and work with clients, and having to fake "Happy Katie" when I
do. I've put on some weight (about 3kg) and just generally felt like I'm
over it all.



So, yesterday, I had a bit of a tear up at work (sniffling in front of
another trainer - who is an awesome woman for chatting to me) and so decided
to go to Mr Family Doctor to have a chat. Also saw him about shin splints
("don't run") and a couple of mole / spot things that I was concerned about
(all good, nothing wrong).



Diagnosis? Early stages / signs of depression.



So, his prescription is

a) Make sure I keep working out - put it in the diary as an
appointment, make no excuses. It's part of my job to look good as a trainer,
so I have to keep up appearances. Also, exercise is a proven method of
overcoming depression and depressive symptoms, so keep it up.

b) The eating will come when you're more energetic, so workouts are
doubly important.

c) Lower my expectations of where my business should be, and focus on
how it's going (slowly). Don't think it's going to happen overnight.



Logical man my Mr Family Doctor. Although he has 8 kids, so one wonders HOW
logical he can be. :-) But he said if it gets any worse, I should go back to
him, and we can talk about going further with some medication, etc. I don't
think it will get that far, I've got a pretty good support system, and The
Boyfriend last night was like "Well, go to bed now, cause that might help
you feel better" when I was still sitting on the lounge at 10pm.



So I did, and to be honest, I do feel a little brighter this morning. A
little - an early night is not the cure all for things like that.



But, I'm going to endeavour to blog more often - get things off my chest
that I don't really say out loud. Cause when I write stuff down, I can
actually think about what I say, and write it properly, rather than say it
out loud verbally and have it misconstrued. (I swear, there's a disconnect
between my brain and my mouth sometimes.)



Til next time,

Katie

If anyone has any spare miracles up their sleeve, can you please send them
over to Fat Cyclist & his family (www.fatcyclist.com
<http://www.fatcyclist.com/> )? For those in the know, Fat Cyclist is an
awesome blog run by a guy called Elden, and I read it religiously. He's
incredibly funny, obsessed with bikes (mountain, road, racers.) and his
writing is always fabulous. He always writes about his family and their
adventures in such a happy and amazing manner. Elden has even had cycling
jerseys designed for his site (they're great looking) and Twin Six (the
makers) have also made a breast cancer one for Susan (great for the ladies,
in lovely pink). Previously, his lovely wife Susan has battled breast
cancer, bone cancer, & at the moment she has tumours in her brain and
they're going through some VERY tough times.



Miracles are in order. Get the prayers going and the miracles a-happening
for Susan.

Cause all my bloody clients piss off and don't come to train!! I'm down at
least $460 this week, because 6 sessions of people have cancelled on me.
Grumpy Katie, very grumpy Katie. And they don't want to see Katie mad, cause
those sessions are MUCH worse. :-)



Been a bit slack on the old reading / posting of blogs recently - my
apologies! But I want to give a massive shout out to KatieP and Donna, who
are rocking the weight loss / fitness world!!! KatieP is competing in a body
sculpting / fitness modelling competition in a month (which she will kick
butt in) and the lovely Donna is going to be looking super dooper for her
overseas jaunt!!



Did yoga today with Batesy the PT Manager. Was hot, sweaty, hurt and yet
centred my head and made me feel all chilled out - just the way I like my
yoga. Also did weights ala Batesy, which means minute sets of things - today
was leg press, chest press and lat pulldown - quick, effective, and I hurt.
Pain is weakness leaving the body. ;)



I want to enter the Oxfam Trailwalker this year (Tiny Donna, you'll remember
that Shannon did it last year and he talked about it in the spin class??).
So me and my Dad are set, but we need two more for the team, and people who
can raise money like a trooper, cause we're looking at getting in only if we
can raise $5,000 in sponsorship (eep). So, I guess that leads me ask:



a) anyone know anyone that wants to go in a 100km, 1-2 day run / walk event
in August, and



b) anyone want to sponsor us when we do??



Can't blame a girl for asking.



Half marathon in a month. Am utterly slack at present, and am hoping that
the Oxfam thing will actually require me to get my rear end into gear.

I'm just really flat at the moment. I went through this whole period of GO,
GO, GO! And now I've just plateaued again energy-wise. I'm just not feeling
it.



Work is good, have picked up a couple more, which is great, and have a
couple more people on the wire who MAY want to train with me when we finish
our freebie sessions that they've bought. (Freebie for me, they pay $70 for
a "triple pack" and get three sessions with me.) Slowly building, which is
awesome, and hopefully getting some results from some people so that they
are super happy and can then refer other people my way.



Its grand final week this week - I'm in all three night's grand finals for
basketball. Lost last night by 6, with a foul count of 15-4 AGAINST US. You
can tell my happiness at that. We got lovely coffee mugs for our troubles
($55 a week in court fees for each team, $80 a year in rego for each
player), but the winners only got coffee mugs with some chocolates in them,
so gee, not really missing out on much there. Will win another crappy coffee
mug on Wednesday night, and then another one on Sunday. Seriously - anyone
know of anything they could buy that is a) anymore pathetic or b) anymore
totally useless?? It's a mini coffee mug for goodness sake!!



But apart from that, it's blinking quiet life-wise people. Nothing much to
report, unlike the super people who's blogs I read.



Tiny Donna - yay for your weight loss (you rock), and yay for your Mum
coming oh-so-close in the Mother of the Year awards!

Kitty - eat some food! Your boss sounds awesome and I hate to tell you, I'm
an Angelina girl myself.

Katiep - You're totally going to kick ass at the competition, you're so
dedicated and driven it hurts just to read what you're up to!

Beth - much love your way girl.

Jadey - travelling all over the countryside, I'm envious!

Jaysey - move to Australia, or at least get out of the South. They're inbred
hicks, and are going to slowly drive you insane. :-)



If I've forgotten anyone, sorry! I've been reading, just not writing.



Am going to try and keep myself accountable and get my training into gear.
Batesy the PT Manager is riding my arse to make sure I get to where I want
to be, but sleep and such is difficult at the moment, because I'm just
really shattered all the time. Urgh. I'll get there.



Anyone got any spare motivation lying around??

Favourite Quotes:
"You don't have to like it, you just have to do it." - Darren The PT
"Play to your strengths." - Rob The PT Manager
"We all have wings, but some of us don't know why." - INXS
"What you fear, you create." - Heard it on Dr Phil
"Pain is weakness leaving the body."