weight loss, fitness equipmentI didn’t switch on the weight loss switch in my head until stepping out of the shower and seeing a side reflection of my stomach that looked bloated. I’m talking beer gut status. I would have normally shrugged this off as the results of a recent meal but it was late at night and I hadn’t eaten anything for hours. This is the moment I knew it was time to start enlisting the help of fitness equipment for weight loss. Since that fateful moment, 2010 has been a pretty good year for me in breaking a sweat. I have friend very similar to me in that he was much more apt to go skating or surfing instead of stepping onto fitness equipment.

Then something in his brain flipped on too. I don’t know what his moment of health clarity was but he is now boasting about the hours spent in the gym after work. I don’t mind listening to his gym stories because they are motivation to get in the gym myself. We have a very competitive relationship so the last thing I want is for him to get in great shape while I get fatter.