We have an unused 3rd bedroom in our home. I thought it might be a nursery sometime in the near future when we bought the house in 2003, so we never did anything with it. However it seems children are not going to be around any time soon. My husband actually has asked me multiple times if we could turn it into a home gym. I also said it was too expensive and that the room could be used for so many other things. Besides, we have gym memberships. However I have thought about it more as of late and have completely changed my mind. The room is just collecting dust. We will never have more than 1 guest over for the night. If we did get pregnant we could put a crib in the guest bedroom. I HATE going to the gym and would love to roll out of bed, put my shoes on and walk across the hall to work out before heading off to my job. I would love that I can fit working out into ANY part of the day I felt like it. If I was ready to get on the treadmill at 3am, I could. (Yeah, I know that will NEVER happen, but hey, I could do it if I wanted to!) We already have a boat load of weights and weight lifting equipment, we have an exercise ball, a treadmill, various work out DVDs, yoga mats, and more. They are all sitting around out house practically begging to be used. I can hear them calling out to me as I pass them everyday. "Please, please use me to get your heart healthy and tone your body, I feel so useless sitting here all day." I am finally going to put the little guys out of their misery.
I am so excited to plan the gym. Tomorrow we are going to pick out paint. Right now it is a very upsetting shade of pepto-bismol pink. The owners before us had two little girls who lived in there. It was like a pink monster threw up in there. I feel silly for not correcting this issue sooner! I am thinking I want to paint it a muted yellow with bright white trim. Next we will pull out the very worn carpet to put down wood. I also want to mount a TV and DVD player on the wall. The biggest and most expensive goal is to buy an elliptical machine. I use them at the gym all the time and it is one of the only exercises I truly enjoy. To get a really high quality machine it is going to be 3-4k. This is a large sum for us to spend and there are many other things we need, newer cars, bedroom furniture, (our current furniture was donated to us when we married which was sweet and all but its very old and falling apart.), and I could go on for days. But I realize nothing I think I need is more important than my health. I am worth it. I can't even enjoy the other parts of life fully if I don't start to feel better in my own skin. So, it seemed like a huge sacrifice at first but now it seems I would be sacrificing more by not getting one. I can't wait to get it all up and running. I will use it daily. Being active is something I have always struggled with. My job is very sedentary these days and I will not have it any longer. I will be active, I will be strong.
sounds exciting :) make sure you post pictures for us :)
ReplyDeleteI think this is a GREAT idea! You're right... nothing is more important than your health and how you feel in your own skin.
ReplyDeleteMake sure to post pics after you're done with it!
How exciting! And I think you make some very valid points. Your health IS most important and you ARE worth the money. Enjoy your gym planning!
ReplyDeleteP.S. We're using our future nursery, should the Gods of infertility ever bless us with a child, as the home office type room so I know what you mean about not wanting to really "use" it and having other dreams for the space. I thought about leaving it empty but that would just make it hard to walk past every day knowing what and who is supposed to be in that room. I think using your future nursery as a workout room is great. Just think about how healthy your body is going to be once you finally do get pregnant. Or at least that's the story I'm selling myself. I'm sending up some good thoughts and a quick prayer for you and your husband that your gym with become a gymboree soon.
Hi - I just came across your blog from another blogger I read and have enjoyed reading it! You are very fortunate that your health is still in good shape, behing older than you and having waited 20 years to lose the weight my BP is high, but fortunately I'm lowering it through losing weight. I think the gym at home is an excellent idea!! It's not always easy to walk into a public gym when you're heavy, I know what it felt like when I weighed 322 lbs and went to the gym at work and I work with the military they are all pretty fit and trim, so it's difficult! I wanted you to know that I have lost over 100 lbs and it can be done, just take it one day at a time and keep focused, set up some small goals and work towards those! the water increase was a great idea, I'm going to increase mine as I have been feeling really hungry lately - I still have 67 lbs to go to get to my goal weight and am always looking for ways to do better! Wishing you the best of success you can do this, one day at a time!
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I think that sounds like an amazing idea! I would LOVE to have a gym room in my home so I wouldn't have to go to the gym! I bet you can finance an elliptical so you wouldn't have to drop a huge chunk of cash all at once!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea!! I wish we had an extra room for a home gym. Just think of all of the great exercise you'll get while turning the peptopinkpuke into the happy shade of yellow!! I hope you'll post before and after pictures of the room.
ReplyDeleteOh oh oh! Your future home gym sounds heavenly! And you know what--your health IS worth it. Get that elliptical and know you can use it whenever the mood strikes.
ReplyDeleteYou may surprise even yourself. I can't tell you how often, on the nights I work late, I'm so wound up after getting home I've thought, "Man, I wish I could walk right now..."
An elliptical, a treadmill, whatever your heart desires...go for it! You're investing in YOU!
Hope you're having a great week!
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