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The Workout

Phase III of the diet required that I excercise to trigger the next level of metabolism. Sadly - I hate excercise and it had been difficult to motivate me to get into the mode for a long time. After the persistent nagging of my sister-in-law, I finally decided to check out 3 gyms within a 15-mile radius of my house. Hated the first one, loved the 2nd one so much that i did not bother to go the 3rd one. Signed up. And I now work out there 6 days a week. I've engaged a personal trainer to help me find my way around the collosal gym and to help me build a routine - which I've described below. One nasty side effect - I get enormously hungry - and my eating has gone out of whack. So combined with the fact that adding muscle adds weight - I am also off the diet. Not good from a weight loss/ trimming perspective. But I am getting stronger and restoring some of the muscle I've lost over the years. The Workout While I was familiar with the concept of allowing the muscles to rest bet