So Ritalin LA is makin' me a lil loopy. BUT! It has lit a fire under my ass. So much so that I, Amanda the Great Fat Chick, joined 24 hour Fitness. Yes, yes I know. They are the ones that had the billboards that showed an alien chasing a fat man that read "When they come, they will eat the fat ones first." It pissed me off, SO I wrote them off back when this was going down. But right now it is truly the best option. And you know what? I see that sign a little differently now that I've had some distance from it and a few years has passed. I see it as the aliens just have good taste....everyone knows that fat tastes good!

So the reason it's the best option is this: 24 frickin' hours a day. I mean, damn. Who can beat that? AND they have a pool, open all 24 hrs. Not just a float around pool, but a 25 meter lap pool. True, I prefer an olympic size pool which is 50 meters, but this will do...it'll just require more flipturns!

My other options were TWU and the new Water Works Park - Denton Texas. I've been to TWU and they don't have steps, just a very narrow ladder which does NOT accommodate my ass very well. Today I went to the Water Works place and their hours year round are noon - 6 p.m. WTF?

SO I sucked up all the confidence I have and marched into 24 hours fitness and with a very authoritative voice said "I heard that you have a lap pool. I would like to see it and speak with someone about the available plans. I also would like a sheet listing all classes that are available." So they paged "Chad" and he came to find me. He took me on a tour, where I could feel the judgmental eyes of the meat heads looking my way...but I do have an arrogant side that says "you wish." Because you know, once you go fat you never go back. ha ha. ANYWAY. We took the tour, he explained it all, we went back to his desk and he started explaining the price packages. It seemed a tad steep at first...but after I broke it down it's just about 20 bucks a month...and if I stay more than 3 years, then it goes to just 24$ a YEAR. Curves is more than that, and 24 hr. fitness has a circuit area just like curves...and I'm not one of those women that gives a shit if there are penises everywhere. I don't need a single sex gym to feel comfortable!

With my plan, I also get 4 sessions with a personal trainer. Chad wanted to get me set up for that ASAP and asked if I cared what sex the trainer is. I don't. But what I DO care about is that they work with my beliefs of being fit and fat. I don't want to be pressured into weightloss at all. That is NOT a goal of mine. So I told him that and he was super cool about it. He told me that if I feel pressured after making it clear that health is the goal and weightloss does not equal health, to talk to the head of training dude and they will get me a new trainer...and not count it as a session because they feel if it's not beneficial to the client then they haven't done there jobs.

Hot damn, I was sold. I called the bank of B&T and asked for the $$ and signed the check!

Now, the next big question is would it be appropriate to start off going in this conservative suit or this super sexy rexy suit ??? Cause I have both and I honestly feel that people know I'm fat without a thin layer of lycra covering it...but it's still a little shocking for most to see a fat chick with that much skin showin'. So I suppose I will just wait until tmw when I go for the first time and see how bold I'm feelin'.