Week 14 - Day 112

The Xena Project
Week 14
Days without sugar: 39

I posted a status on facebook that wondered if I was at risk of becoming a gym bunny. What does the term actually mean? Today, I consulted my good friend Google. According to reliable sources like Wikipedia and the Online Slang Dictionary, a gym bunny is '(gay) A muscular gay man obsessed with improving his physique.' Oookay, so now I'm less worried about turning into one than I am about the people who 'liked' my status (you know who you are).

In real terms, what does it mean to be a true gym bunny? I don't think I look like one, but I do frequent the gym 3+ times a week. I own enough gym gear to clothe me for a week, but they're not exactly brand label, lycra outfits. I'm slowly getting comfortable with the cultural dynamics of the gym. Although, I have to say, it still bewilders me sometimes.

I never want to get as comfortable as the subject of yesterday's nexus shock (the nexus is the ladies' bathroom). A woman ironed her clothes in the nexus wearing nothing but a g-string the whole time. Granted... she deserved to feel comfortable about her body, but yeish!

What really identifies a disciple of the body temple? "By this you shall know my disciples, that they ... own three fitness first hats and can't sit still at work, they run up the escalator and use the stairs voluntarily, they hover at the edge of office morning teas and pull faces at the food on offer."

At what point do you cease to be a 'one of us' and start becoming 'one of them'?