Veggies Don't Have Carbs?

My personality notwithstanding, fixing my frail looking body is probably the last of the things about myself that I've wanted to fix my whole life.  I mean, maybe not having girls accuse me of being an emotionless robot anymore would be a nice-to-have, but its mostly the lack of muscles.

So I finally met with a personal trainer.

Aside from random friends making dubious promises about showing me how to lift, working with a personal trainer seemed like the only option.  I don't know any of the lifts, and most of them require a spotter.  Sure, some people can get a way without a spotter, but those people know what they are doing.  So I showed up to the gym hoping to learn a little about lifting, and get shown some technique.  And that's where things went horribly wrong.

I asked the trainer about showing me how to lift, and he made me back up and tell him what my real goal was, and then he told me that I had to come into the gym at least three times a week and also change my entire diet, every meal, all at once, and immediately.  I explained my preference for gradual changes and he interpreted it as laziness.  I get frustrated in situations like these, because I can tell the person I am talking to is mistaking what I'm saying for something different that they hear all the time, and I've never been able to articulate the delta.  So its sudden changes for me, and goodbye smoothies (for now).

Being one of those guys that does weird shit with meals and protein all this other crazy stuff to maximize their lifting was definitely not my goal, at all.  I don't want to become a weightlifting guy.  I just want to lift a couple weights once a week.  Unfortunately, at least according to him, once a week won't bring any progress.

He showed me two lifts, but with all of the crazy all or nothing talk, I was definitely regretting my decision.  However, I have regretted, and almost quit, a lot of things.  For example, I really wanted to quit flying lessons before I got my license, and I'm glad I didn't.  Also, I really, really, really wanted to quit Amazon, about once a month (I literally was on the verge of quitting by the end of every on-call week), but I'm glad I didn't it because the experience was worth it.

So, I imagine this weight lifting bullshit is going to suck ass, but will be worth it in the long run.

And its more than I can afford, however, the way I am looking at it is the part where he teaches me how to do certain lifts is the investment;  if I can learn the lifts well, that knowledge should save me plenty of money in the future when I can lift on my own.  If not, I've certainly wasted more money on dumber shit than this.

Oh, also, today I learned that most vegetables dont have carbs somehow.  I'm pretty sure I assumed they had carbs my whole life.  So that's new.