I know. Her hair and skin also. Now Miss Birdie…I am going to need you to ask one of those gym employees to help you. They have your money, now get your service. It will be fine. Ask once and then you will know. You may meet someone as kind as you.
Girl you are doing it! You’re pushing past your anxiety, fears, and imitations and rebuilding a better you. That’s incredibly brave, I’m so proud of you.
Hey, Birdie, don't give up. There are videos right here on CZcams how to operate the machines at Planet Fitness. So, you can watch them in the privacy of your van and walk in with confidence next time. You can do it! Editing: After finishing the video LOL I took a break to fix a bite to eat. Good for you! You figured it out!
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I had all sorts of helpful advice and positive vibes for you Birdie but you didn't need it. You had this. You're awesome. Your vanlife isn't about losing things and making the best of things or salvaging situations. Your vanlife is about CONQUERING and rediscovering your personal power, Miss Birdie. You kick that vanlife ass, girl. xx
I knew your positive vibes were there which is how I was able to do it the next day. 😊 What a cool comment. Thank you for putting this smile on my face. 🥰
It's okay! I was terrified and intimidated too. Try again. At least on the cardio machines, you start walking or moving and then the panel should light up. Press go and just go at your pace, which gives you time to scope out the machine and eventually start messing with it to figure it our. Also, doing that helped me look around at the weight machines and watch other people use them to get an idea of how to go about it.
Ok, cry today, and then tomorrow when you walk in, ask the girl or guy at the desk if they could send someone to show you how the machines work. I'm 76, and that's what I do. It doesn't matter how many times I have to ask. They come back right away to show me. They'd rather show me than let me get hurt. You did it! I love those weight machines for the legs. I'm so proud of you. You will be amazed. As your body gets stronger, so will your mind. I also type any symptoms into CZcams and watch the holistic/homeopathic doctors like Dr. Berg who let you know what vitamins and minerals in what strength that you should be taking. I'm getting in pretty good shape now.
I feel ya. I suffered blast trauma in Iraq, and when I get frustrated or im tired, it's like my brain does not fire correctly. I also zone out a lot, which can be scary. It really sucks going from 100% physically/ mentally to sometimes not even wanting to do life anymore. Again, my new friend, you are not alone.
@blessedveteran and @WaaywardAbode : I love this interaction between y'all. I'm the same way - CPTSD makes my brain shut down at the least bit of stress. You two aren't alone in that, and while I hate that anyone has to deal with this maddening sh*t, it makes me feel good to know I'm not alone either. Edited to add: I also share your fear of people, Birdie. Life has taught me that they hurt, so I avoid them as much as I can. So you're a total badass for facing that fear and fighting it. I'm going to start doing that soon again, too.
@@WaywardAbodeBonus-if you live stream you can accept SuperChats. Also, I’m not sure if you’ve answered this already, but do you have an Amazon wish list? (And a place to accept packages in your name?) That way people could buy you items from your wish list. I’m new to watching your videos. You are amazing-and I truly respect your humor, integrity and positivity. Keep fighting the good fight! 🚐
Grab a can of diced tomatoes, put onion, taco seasoning, and jalapeño mix it all up....salsa....grab some chips...it's filling...boom you got your veggie in too....follow by a pb&j foldie....full tummy!
Your realness with us and with yourself is always a breath of fresh air. I've been car living for a couple weeks now and STILL haven't touched anything at the gym but the treadmills and showers hahaha. I watched this video and thought "awwwww crap, now I gotta ask for help too." 😂😅 You're a big help to us, Birdie!
You Go Girl! You made it into the gym and actually touched the machines. That is a Big start and an accomplishment woohoo 🙌🏻. I'm proud of you Bestie 👍🏻🤗🩵💪🏻🫶
Great job! My heart broke for you that first attempt at working out. I go to that same gym, and had the same trouble with the stupid bike machines a few weeks ago! Don’t feel bad. I’m so proud of you for going back the next day and asking for help!
Yay!!! There are some things I say in a video that have me laughing while I'm editing, and I'm always wondering if other people will find them as funny as I do. This is one of them! So thank you for pointing it out!! You rock!!!
I'm an engineer working with several computer programs and I would have pushed the exact same buttons you pushed in the exact same speed and would have then left them alone. these mashines are made for getting an instruction. some gyms offer insctructions show walking tours through it, in a group its easier and then the others ask the questions, because usually everybody has similar quaestions :D
OMG, honey!! You’ve been under a heavy stress load for how long?? Major life changes take there tole!! I have a concentration time of about 1 minute when I stress. I’d be having a tough time turning that thing on myself!! My suggestion is to have a trainer for a day or two to show you around, and how to use stuff. The trainer will come up with a training suggestion plus some! But honestly? I never had the guts to ask for a trainer.😂 I finally asked a person that looked comfortable how to turn on the machines. Hang in there sweetie; thing become easier regarding guts, vigor and memorization as things work out.
You are so incredibly sweet. Thank you for helping me to feel better about that whole mess. And I do believe you're right that things will get easier. I'm ready! :)
Hi from Australia. Please don’t tell people on your channel which specific lot you’re staying in that night. I admire your attitude! Glad you sorted out those machines…I wouldn’t have a clue!
I like you Birdie. My heart feels for your story. I think you need a way for your followers to help you financially. You are worthy and I think you are very funny and talented. Life isn’t fair sometimes but I applaud you for starting your channel and living in your van to make it in this world. Do I detect a Southern accent? And your smile is electric! You’ll do well Birdie. Take care. Cathy in Nashville
I was thinking about the channels that use Patreon, and some vanlifers have a wish list on Amazon that people can get presents. Girl should have a warm jacket by autumn.
Hi there! Thank you so much. If I'm being honest, I don't feel worthy yet to start a Patreon or anything like that. I'm just too new and don't feel like I have enough value to provide to ask for anything like that. But if I get better and come up with something extra I can offer on my end, I might start something like that. Who knows what the future holds! For now, I'm just thrilled ya'll are here watching the videos!! I am indeed from the south. I was born and raised in Texas, but I've lived all over the place so my accent is a bit up and down. lol. Thank you, Cathy. I'm so grateful for your comment.
Please don't feel bad that you did not know how those exercise machines work. They look very complicated. I hope to start vanlife this year sometime, and will probably start using a gym for showers and exercise. I have never been in a gym in my life, and I would have been just as baffled by those machines as you were! You did a great job! So proud of you, Birdie!
Gurllll, I freakin love your personality,,,,love it,,,you make my day a hella lot better. And you aren’t alone about the gym equipment,,,thats why I only do the treadmill and bike. Hang in there,,, with your personality, you will do great
Yaaassss! I’ve previously been a member of Planet Fitness, but never really got the hang of those machines. I guess it’s hard to teach this old dawg new tricks 😂😅
I too am a large lady planning to be in a van in a couple of years. Im 72 and loving you for sharing your :newness" of van life You are such a wonderful inspiration
I'm thinking about it as well...I have a 2001 Suburban with 275,000 miles on it. It's roomy but OLD with over quarter million miles. I am wanting a cargo carrier for the top for emergency supplies. We get snow and freezing temperatures in winter and over 100 degrees in summer. I'm slowly acquiring things
We could be sisters; You make me laugh. (Truly, I think you could be a stand up comic with the videos that you've shared. ) I feel stupid when I can't figure out what other people do so easily. I leave embarrassed and feeling really dumb. Thank you for what life is really like.
Let's be virtual sisters! You are so sweet. That stuff can be so hard! Us virtual sisters just gotta stick together and have each other's back. I've got your back, Susan. Thank you for having mine.
It's funny because I would have no problem asking someone how the equipment works. BUT, I would be terrified to make youtube videos like you do. Crazy how things affect people differently!
I really have been enjoying your videos! I’m sorry you have had to experience this change, but man, you’re absolutely rocking it. You’re so relatable and very real. I am so impressed.
That’s it, we need a big girl meetup at a PF to figure out a nice short Big Girl Circuit for a nice post driving workout. Now, according to my friend’s son who belongs to PF there are videos on the PF website on how to workout. PS: I think you did the correct amount of exercise to start. I’m also trying to sort out the correct number of times to do a machine. Your doing 10 of an exercise twice sounds good. Years ago when I went to a Y to workout the trainer had me do 10 times (10x) on each machine I was using, did several machines to make a circuit, and do 2 circuits to start with. Say I went 2 or 3 times a week (I did aqua aerobics or walking in the pool on the day in between so my muscles could rest & build), I started doing 10x 2c at a comfortable weight setting and did it for those 2 or 3 days. Then the next week I might increase the weight if it was getting too easy, and do those setting the days I came in. The next week I would consider adding another circuit so I was doing 3 circuits on a workout, depending on if I had the time.
Big girl pf meet up, I'm so down for that!!! Thank you for the tips about reps. That sounds great. Headed to the gym later today, and I'll take your advice. :) ❤️
You did it! It doesn’t matter how much you do as long as you exercise 4 days a week. Regular exercise gives me an energy and seld esteem boost. Planet Fitness is amazing. You are too!.
Birdie you are incredible girl! And honestly, for what its worth, i think you are way more "normal" than a lot of people out there. (In society). If you ever want to come to Indiana we dont have much but we have a drive you can park in or if you want to "take a vacation" we have a modest guest room. Consider this a open invitation! Keep winning ! Love ya!
Birdie, I have anxiety issues and I am and have always been freaked out by the gym! So Don’t feel like you are alone!!! Seriously all those skinny extremely fitness dressed people….9 times out of 10 just might have looked & dressed that way in the beginning! Do not let that get you down. Start off braving the park walk or lift your leg 🦵 up while lying in your bed. It sounds crazy or simple but it helps. I have found so many things you can actually do as exercise in your car or outside. Really google it. I did. I don’t do attention either. Get yourself a piece of paper or the back of a receipt, keep track of your nightly parking spots! Again speaking from experience, if I don’t write it down, I forget it! You are great! I am loving your videos!
I love the idea that all the folks in the gym who look like professionals might've looked like me when they started. I'm totally keeping that one in my back pocket for when I'm there. 😁 I appreciate the outside the gym suggestions cause I am finding it hard to get to the Planet Fitness more than a couple times a week cause I have to be careful with gas money. So I have been looking for non-gym stuff I can do when I'm not close. You read my mind! Thank you, my friend.
Well done for not giving up, you should be extremely proud of yourself, also get a little note book and write down where you have stayed and the best bit of your day, it's nice reading back on these memories later on. Xxx
This is the second video just watched and I too have a membership at pf now for 2yrs never have I even tried the machines just only have gone in for a shower. Just only recently have tried the massage chair .❤ like I said wow thanks for being so real. And ya I'm still in the same boat. Nobody else that I've seen is so real ❤
Ooh, I can't wait to try the massage chair! I don't have the black membership yet, but when I can, i'mma get some use out of that chair! Lol. I use the shower a heck of a lot more than the machines, but I really need better leg strength so I try to use the machines at least a couple times a month. Not a lot, I know. But I feel like it's a win, so it's a win. 🏆🤣
My first night parking in a neighborhood was a little scary. Nothing happened. I am an old skinny gal & I admire anyone trying to work on staying healthy. You did good.
You rock Girl. You're so funny and adventurous and courageous. As an overweight woman who was once a morbidly obese woman, I know what it took to walk in there, and you had what it took plus some. Keep living your best life. I'll keep following along. ❤
I'm 75. Most important thing you can do for yourself is exercise 5x a week. Don't give up. Watch a youtube video and do it outside your van. Keep the faith. It wasn't you. Someone should have been there to help you. Love your personality.
I had the same experience at the gym. They see you struggling but don't help. Then once you start with something, the muscle guys start hovering, giving dirty looks. That's why I walked. Hang in there. Call them, Planet Fitness, and tell them about your struggle!❤ Hang in there, Sister.😊
So proud of you for conquering the gym equipment! I've recently tentatively experienced the lifting of 13 years of severe depression and everything in life is just a bit easier and makes a big difference. This change you've gone thro is traumatic and you'll need a lot of rest (including your brain) so please don't be too hard on yourself when you're struggling with things you think should be easy. I would not be surviving as well as you if I was in your situation and I consider myself a resilient and strong person. You're a badass ❤
I am so glad to hear you have been relieved of such a long bout with such a difficult illness. That gives me hope. You give me hope. Thank you for that. ❤️
I love you!!!! Your a breath of fresh air!!!! I can so relate to your weak legs I'm the same way I'm 62 and have never excersised and now I realize I have to get much stronger before I can travel😅 I understand where you're co.ing from girl😂❤🎉
Hi, Tami! I am SO glad you're gonna get that leg strength up before I start traveling. I wish I had thought about how important that was ahead of time cause just that alone would have made those first few weeks so much easier. It's work getting in and out of that van! 😂 Keep me posted on your journey. :)
@@WaywardAbode when I look for a neighborhood I look in iOverlander; to see that it isn’t closed. Look at photos or Google earth. Read comments. I typically have a back up plan. My first night alone in the van I camped in a neighborhood in Napa. I can totally help you with neighborhoods offline, to keep you in Sacramento. If you send me a Gmail of the area you have in mind I’d love to find you some spots.
This is an opportunity, Birdie, to let go of your sense of shame and ask for help. Build the inner self-love muscles while you work on those leg muscles. Thanks for sharing your struggles. You are an example of resiliency.
Start easy, like walking on the treadmill. Also, get a lock from the Dollar store so you can put your shower stuff in a locker so you can enjoy a shower after. Keep trying😊
I'm definitely still taking it easy. Lol. But I'll get better. Excellent suggestion about a dollar store lock. I didn't know they had them there. Thank you!
You’re not alone sweets. Social anxiety is real. Cognitive decline is real too. Don’t be down on yourself. Just keep trying. The more you experience it, the better you’ll get at it. 🥰 you have a huge support group here and we’re rooting for you! 👏🏻♥️
@@WaywardAbode It’s on Apple maps where there is an option to do it. I think Google Maps does too but not sure on that one. On Apple Maps just scroll down in the screen and there should be an option to Share your location. Click on it and copy it. Then paste it in your notes or notepad. Or you can click on Mark it and do it that way. But I prefer to save them in Notes so I can label them and put little notes I want to remember about the spot by each place
You should be keeping a journal! You could record your experiences and when you read them 6 months or a year from now you’ll be amazed by your growth. You can track your emotions, your exercise goals, and your overnight locations. I love that you’re sharing your honest experiences.
Totally gettin ya!!!! I had leave a gas station once BC I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW GET IT TO LET ME PUMP GAS!!!!!! I so appreciate your videos and all the things ppl assume are easy to do THAT AREN'T!!
p.s. Just finished video, so you went and you did, and you were reasonable (TG!). Well good on you. 🙂 So loving your videos. Don't ever stop being you. You Are Wonderful. (and inspiring!).
You are an inspiration. So fun, so funny, so real, so brave. I have a terrible time making myself exercise, and sometimes the only way I can do it is by telling myself that I only have to do it for five seconds and then I can quit. Usually I don’t take myself up on that offer, and I keep going. 🙂 But the offer is genuine, and somehow that little bit of magic gets me moving. When I exercise today, I will do it in your honor!
And when you’re sore the next few days, just keep walking and working out with stretching and it will go away but the muscles you built won’t! Yay! Good for you for challenging yourself, and having the breakthrough😊
They are there to help You. Part of your membership...Please be kind to.yourself...these frkin digital shi... is hard!!! if u dont their sequencing. Dont feel like you re lame! You are beautiful ,funny,great personality! Just go n make them show you n then you can pick what you like. ...this is Your gym!
Give yourself grace and patience. You may not have figured out the exercise machine the 1st time but you figured out how to thrive living in your van and making wonderful CZcams content. Walking back and forth TO the gym IS exercise. You are a very funny lady.
Hey Birdie!! Get a small calendar at the dollar store and right down where you sleep each night. Or you could just use a small spiral notebook. Or if you have a note pad in your phone. Love ya!! 😊❤
As I’ve gotten older, 64 y o , I am so tired of feeding myself everyday and trying to decide what is healthy, cause I can’t eat McDs everyday like I did in my youth. So easy to eat fast food. Hang in there and try not to worry bout other people or if they think anything at all about how you live your life. 😊❤❤❤
Anxiety is a super hard thing. I’ve worked out at so many Planet Fitness when you walk in before you can psych yourself out walk to the desk and just say hi and then take a deep breath and then say you need help and typically they are absolutely fantastic. They love helping people. ❤
Honestly ,I was laughing so hard because I hate to ask for help too! I would have left humiliated just like you. Congratulations for facing your fear and going back in. ❤
You're a real hoot, Frank. You remember I named you Frank because you speak frankly and have fun with even the toughest subjects. I watch your videos to brighten up my day.
I am just like you…a few years ago my husband and I went to Planet Fitness. You can ask for someone to set up a plan for you. They will go to each machine and show you how to do it. They were very nice and actually non judgmental. We were older and it was hard for me to ask but I did it. Please know you are not alone with how you feel about things. I’m wishing good things for you and believe that someday you will look back on these days and see how much resilience you have built up. My sister is on disability and we found out that there are very nice apartment places that have discounted rental apartments. She has a very nice apartment where some people pay more and some pay less.
15:43 look at you go!! Get it, girl!! When you have a dollar to spare at dollar tree pick up a cheap calendar or planner and write your work outs in it,… “6 min bike, 10 reps of 5 lbs leg press” etc. Then as you improve you can look back and see where you started.
I thought if you join a gym they are supposed to run through the equipment before your first session without having to ask. You are doing really well. Excercise is good for your well being. Even just going for a walk. 👋💐
I thought so too, but apparently that's not true. And even when I asked, they seemed a little nonplussed that I asked. Weird. But it is what it is. I'm excited the weather's getting better so I can, indeed, go for walks. I prefer that anyway. :)
Awesome video…so many of us face that gym equipment terror and you conquered your fear! Thanks for sharing do much humor even the most challenging times!
I wish I could go to the gym with you and help you! I’d be happy to help any way I can. Kudos to you for taking the step and going in. I’m here for any free help you need!
I can't wait to see you in your apartment when you finally can have a home again. You have lots of light within you. I also know the struggle of being happy on the outside but troubled inside. Sending you lots of love.
I’m so proud of you, Birdie! You inspire me to start working out. I’ve lost all my muscles and endurance (when I got sick 5 years ago). I want my strength back. Not to mention, the emotional benefits that come from physical activity. Maybe we can keep each other accountable? (BTW, I’m a Sac girl, too. I lived there about 20 years! Now I’m in Oregon.)
I get you, the same has been happening to me. We're the same age and I keep on saying that my brain just doesn't work the same. It's been going downhill for a little over 5 years.
Thank you so much for being REAL with us!! You, my dear, are a breath of fresh air!! AND you are very inspiring!!
Words right out of my mouth!
That is so cool of you to say!! Thank you, thank you! 🥰
Y'all are gonna make me cry! I mean, for real. That is just so dang cool that y'all see me just being me and still like me. Freaking amazing. ❤️❤️❤️
This lady is just beautiful inside and out . Your eyes are gorgeous.
You're gorgeous!! Thank you!!!
I know. Her hair and skin also. Now Miss Birdie…I am going to need you to ask one of those gym employees to help you. They have your money, now get your service. It will be fine. Ask once and then you will know. You may meet someone as kind as you.
Girl you are doing it! You’re pushing past your anxiety, fears, and imitations and rebuilding a better you. That’s incredibly brave, I’m so proud of you.
Thank you for saying that! Sometimes I feel like I give up too easy. Like that first day. But I appreciate your encouragement so much. Thank you!!
Hey, Birdie, don't give up. There are videos right here on CZcams how to operate the machines at Planet Fitness. So, you can watch them in the privacy of your van and walk in with confidence next time. You can do it! Editing: After finishing the video LOL I took a break to fix a bite to eat. Good for you! You figured it out!
Thank you!!! I almost certainly wouldn't have gone back if it weren't for y'all. So thank you for helping me get there!!
I didn’t know that, of course
Check out menopause queen, Dr. Mary Claire Haver. You might find relief from mental concerns & fitness. She's get you. You will get her stuff, luckily split. Smart as you really are!
We can go to the gym!!! WE CAN
If you are not nakid in the gym, you wore the right gear!🤣😂🤣
Okay, I love that!! I did okay, then. 🤣🫠
Lol
Maybe you can find a cute little journal to keep on your dash to record where you stay at night. A calendar would work, as well.
Thank you for talking about mental health and for being so real. ❤
Hi, Wanda. Thank you for being my friend. ❤️
I have less hate for myself, knowing others have anxiety, fear and social anxiety. Sharing is therapy
All you need to do is just start walking. Get on a treadmill. Start slow so you can gradually build up. You got this
Thank you! I'm def gonna try. :)
I felt the same about trying the machines the first few times.
I had all sorts of helpful advice and positive vibes for you Birdie but you didn't need it. You had this. You're awesome. Your vanlife isn't about losing things and making the best of things or salvaging situations. Your vanlife is about CONQUERING and rediscovering your personal power, Miss Birdie. You kick that vanlife ass, girl. xx
I knew your positive vibes were there which is how I was able to do it the next day. 😊 What a cool comment. Thank you for putting this smile on my face. 🥰
@incognitoatunknown2702 I 100% agree with you. She is taking the world by 🔥!!
I love you sense of humor regarding your challenges. Continue with the attitude of just going for it.
Thank you!! Will do!
It's okay! I was terrified and intimidated too. Try again. At least on the cardio machines, you start walking or moving and then the panel should light up. Press go and just go at your pace, which gives you time to scope out the machine and eventually start messing with it to figure it our. Also, doing that helped me look around at the weight machines and watch other people use them to get an idea of how to go about it.
Watching other people is such a good idea! Why didn't I think of that! Thank you for your encouragement and great tip! :)
Ok, cry today, and then tomorrow when you walk in, ask the girl or guy at the desk if they could send someone to show you how the machines work. I'm 76, and that's what I do. It doesn't matter how many times I have to ask. They come back right away to show me. They'd rather show me than let me get hurt. You did it! I love those weight machines for the legs. I'm so proud of you. You will be amazed. As your body gets stronger, so will your mind. I also type any symptoms into CZcams and watch the holistic/homeopathic doctors like Dr. Berg who let you know what vitamins and minerals in what strength that you should be taking. I'm getting in pretty good shape now.
Thank you so much for these tips! ❤️
We’re here with you. You are not alone. We have the same struggles. We don’t judge you. Every day is a new day.
I feel ya. I suffered blast trauma in Iraq, and when I get frustrated or im tired, it's like my brain does not fire correctly. I also zone out a lot, which can be scary. It really sucks going from 100% physically/ mentally to sometimes not even wanting to do life anymore. Again, my new friend, you are not alone.
Sweetheart I'm so sorry to you deal with. You deserve peace and happiness. I'm sending you my love. Thank you so much for being with me.
@@WaywardAbode Thank you. Im sending positive thoughts back 🙏
@blessedveteran and @WaaywardAbode : I love this interaction between y'all. I'm the same way - CPTSD makes my brain shut down at the least bit of stress. You two aren't alone in that, and while I hate that anyone has to deal with this maddening sh*t, it makes me feel good to know I'm not alone either.
Edited to add: I also share your fear of people, Birdie. Life has taught me that they hurt, so I avoid them as much as I can. So you're a total badass for facing that fear and fighting it. I'm going to start doing that soon again, too.
@@Liberal.Linda. ❤️
Put us on a live and we will all be there to help!😂
That would have been so smart! Now you're making think I should stream. :)
@@WaywardAbodeBonus-if you live stream you can accept SuperChats. Also, I’m not sure if you’ve answered this already, but do you have an Amazon wish list? (And a place to accept packages in your name?) That way people could buy you items from your wish list.
I’m new to watching your videos. You are amazing-and I truly respect your humor, integrity and positivity. Keep fighting the good fight! 🚐
Grab a can of diced tomatoes, put onion, taco seasoning, and jalapeño mix it all up....salsa....grab some chips...it's filling...boom you got your veggie in too....follow by a pb&j foldie....full tummy!
Yum! That sounds amazing and so easy. I'm in! Thank you!!
When I used to go to the gym, I mostly used the walker or the bicycle. Then I used to stare at the people who were doing exercises.
Your realness with us and with yourself is always a breath of fresh air. I've been car living for a couple weeks now and STILL haven't touched anything at the gym but the treadmills and showers hahaha. I watched this video and thought "awwwww crap, now I gotta ask for help too." 😂😅 You're a big help to us, Birdie!
Lol! You can ask me for help, now. I'm basically an expert. 🤣🤣🤣
This channel is hilarious in a good way 👍
@@landy531 Thank you!!
You Go Girl! You made it into the gym and actually touched the machines. That is a Big start and an accomplishment woohoo 🙌🏻. I'm proud of you Bestie 👍🏻🤗🩵💪🏻🫶
Thank you!! That means the world!! ❤️❤️❤️
Great job! My heart broke for you that first attempt at working out. I go to that same gym, and had the same trouble with the stupid bike machines a few weeks ago! Don’t feel bad. I’m so proud of you for going back the next day and asking for help!
Thank you for helping me feel less dorky. Lol. You're so sweet! 🥰
“Unconditional love of my money.”
Love it!
Yay!!! There are some things I say in a video that have me laughing while I'm editing, and I'm always wondering if other people will find them as funny as I do. This is one of them! So thank you for pointing it out!! You rock!!!
I'm an engineer working with several computer programs and I would have pushed the exact same buttons you pushed in the exact same speed and would have then left them alone. these mashines are made for getting an instruction. some gyms offer insctructions show walking tours through it, in a group its easier and then the others ask the questions, because usually everybody has similar quaestions :D
Thank you so much for saying this! It makes me feel way more normal. I really thought you had to turn them on! 😅
OMG, honey!! You’ve been under a heavy stress load for how long?? Major life changes take there tole!! I have a concentration time of about 1 minute when I stress. I’d be having a tough time turning that thing on myself!! My suggestion is to have a trainer for a day or two to show you around, and how to use stuff. The trainer will come up with a training suggestion plus some! But honestly? I never had the guts to ask for a trainer.😂 I finally asked a person that looked comfortable how to turn on the machines. Hang in there sweetie; thing become easier regarding guts, vigor and memorization as things work out.
You are so incredibly sweet. Thank you for helping me to feel better about that whole mess. And I do believe you're right that things will get easier. I'm ready! :)
Hi from Australia. Please don’t tell people on your channel which specific lot you’re staying in that night. I admire your attitude! Glad you sorted out those machines…I wouldn’t have a clue!
She should release her video on a place AFTER she leaves.
Wow, wow, wow... I am enjoying your videos. Keep them coming! You are so refreshing and funny. Thank you for being you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! You're so sweet!!
Look at you challenging yourself to "face your fears". YOU GO BIRDIE!!! You did AWESOME!
Thank you! Can't let the fears win, now can I?? 🤣
I like you Birdie. My heart feels for your story. I think you need a way for your followers to help you financially. You are worthy and I think you are very funny and talented. Life isn’t fair sometimes but I applaud you for starting your channel and living in your van to make it in this world. Do I detect a Southern accent? And your smile is electric! You’ll do well Birdie. Take care. Cathy in Nashville
I was thinking about the channels that use Patreon, and some vanlifers have a wish list on Amazon that people can get presents. Girl should have a warm jacket by autumn.
Hi there! Thank you so much. If I'm being honest, I don't feel worthy yet to start a Patreon or anything like that. I'm just too new and don't feel like I have enough value to provide to ask for anything like that. But if I get better and come up with something extra I can offer on my end, I might start something like that. Who knows what the future holds! For now, I'm just thrilled ya'll are here watching the videos!!
I am indeed from the south. I was born and raised in Texas, but I've lived all over the place so my accent is a bit up and down. lol.
Thank you, Cathy. I'm so grateful for your comment.
You're so dang sweet!
Please don't feel bad that you did not know how those exercise machines work. They look very complicated. I hope to start vanlife this year sometime, and will probably start using a gym for showers and exercise. I have never been in a gym in my life, and I would have been just as baffled by those machines as you were!
You did a great job! So proud of you, Birdie!
Yay for starting vanlife! Let me know if you need help with those machines. Lol
Good for you Birdie! Start off slow and steady with the machines.
I was super slow and pretty steady! lol. Still am. I'll probably stay that way for a while. But at least I'm doing it! 😂
Gurllll, I freakin love your personality,,,,love it,,,you make my day a hella lot better.
And you aren’t alone about the gym equipment,,,thats why I only do the treadmill and bike. Hang in there,,, with your personality, you will do great
What an absolute sweetheart you are!!! Thank you so much. 🥰
Yaaassss! I’ve previously been a member of Planet Fitness, but never really got the hang of those machines. I guess it’s hard to teach this old dawg new tricks 😂😅
I too am a large lady planning to be in a van in a couple of years. Im 72 and loving you for sharing your :newness" of van life
You are such a wonderful inspiration
Exciting! Keep me posted on your journey. Will you stay a channel? Thank you for being with me. 🥰
@WaywardAbode I probably won't do a YT channel. Much more private than that but certainly enjoy your sharing your experiences.
I'm thinking about it as well...I have a 2001 Suburban with 275,000 miles on it. It's roomy but OLD with over quarter million miles. I am wanting a cargo carrier for the top for emergency supplies. We get snow and freezing temperatures in winter and over 100 degrees in summer. I'm slowly acquiring things
Get a small notebook to write down where you stayed and notes about how it was.❤
Definitely gonna implement this! Thank you!! 🥰
@@WaywardAbodedoes your phone have a calendar? I might make a note of the location each night.
We could be sisters; You make me laugh. (Truly, I think you could be a stand up comic with the videos that you've shared. ) I feel stupid when I can't figure out what other people do so easily. I leave embarrassed and feeling really dumb. Thank you for what life is really like.
Let's be virtual sisters!
You are so sweet. That stuff can be so hard! Us virtual sisters just gotta stick together and have each other's back. I've got your back, Susan. Thank you for having mine.
Totally agree on the comic. In fact, if you haven’t watched any of Leanne Morgan’s videos I think you’d really like her humor.
It's funny because I would have no problem asking someone how the equipment works. BUT, I would be terrified to make youtube videos like you do. Crazy how things affect people differently!
It really is wild how similar and different we all are. How can we be both? I don't know, but it's sure true. And kinda beautiful.
Same I would absolutely terrified to do CZcams. However I would ask everyone in the place for help and to demonstrate lol .
I really have been enjoying your videos! I’m sorry you have had to experience this change, but man, you’re absolutely rocking it. You’re so relatable and very real. I am so impressed.
That's such a cool thing to say. Thank you! I'm so glad you're with me.
I am in awe of you not giving in to your fears. Great job!
It doesn't always work out that way. But I knew y'all were watching and that really helped me to persevere. So thank you for being a part of that! ❤️
That’s it, we need a big girl meetup at a PF to figure out a nice short Big Girl Circuit for a nice post driving workout. Now, according to my friend’s son who belongs to PF there are videos on the PF website on how to workout.
PS: I think you did the correct amount of exercise to start. I’m also trying to sort out the correct number of times to do a machine. Your doing 10 of an exercise twice sounds good. Years ago when I went to a Y to workout the trainer had me do 10 times (10x) on each machine I was using, did several machines to make a circuit, and do 2 circuits to start with. Say I went 2 or 3 times a week (I did aqua aerobics or walking in the pool on the day in between so my muscles could rest & build), I started doing 10x 2c at a comfortable weight setting and did it for those 2 or 3 days. Then the next week I might increase the weight if it was getting too easy, and do those setting the days I came in. The next week I would consider adding another circuit so I was doing 3 circuits on a workout, depending on if I had the time.
Big girl pf meet up, I'm so down for that!!! Thank you for the tips about reps. That sounds great. Headed to the gym later today, and I'll take your advice. :) ❤️
That is a major accomplishment getting into the gym like that, very motivating for me, thank you!!
That's amazing! That makes me very happy to hear.
You did it! It doesn’t matter how much you do as long as you exercise 4 days a week. Regular exercise gives me an energy and seld esteem boost. Planet Fitness is amazing. You are too!.
Those gym machines are like Mission Control. 😮oh hell no
lol right!! I'm not trying to land a rocket over here! 😂🤣
Birdie you are incredible girl! And honestly, for what its worth, i think you are way more "normal" than a lot of people out there. (In society). If you ever want to come to Indiana we dont have much but we have a drive you can park in or if you want to "take a vacation" we have a modest guest room. Consider this a open invitation! Keep winning ! Love ya!
No one appreciates a drunk except another drunk... LOL.... Don't worry about the gym, you'll figure it out. God bless and good luck!
Lol, so true! Thank you so much.
Way to go Birdie!! If you do not succeed, try, try again….and you did it! Facing the anxieties head on will show it who’s boss. You rock girl!🎉🎉
That's right, anxiety. I'm the boss, dangit!! 😂 ❤️
Great vid!
Honest and truthful!
You are NOT alone I promise!
Keep going!!
Thank you for but letting me be alone! That means more than you could ever know. ❤️
Birdie, I have anxiety issues and I am and have always been freaked out by the gym! So Don’t feel like you are alone!!! Seriously all those skinny extremely fitness dressed people….9 times out of 10 just might have looked & dressed that way in the beginning! Do not let that get you down.
Start off braving the park walk or lift your leg 🦵 up while lying in your bed. It sounds crazy or simple but it helps. I have found so many things you can actually do as exercise in your car or outside. Really google it. I did. I don’t do attention either. Get yourself a piece of paper or the back of a receipt, keep track of your nightly parking spots! Again speaking from experience, if I don’t write it down, I forget it!
You are great! I am loving your videos!
I love the idea that all the folks in the gym who look like professionals might've looked like me when they started. I'm totally keeping that one in my back pocket for when I'm there. 😁 I appreciate the outside the gym suggestions cause I am finding it hard to get to the Planet Fitness more than a couple times a week cause I have to be careful with gas money. So I have been looking for non-gym stuff I can do when I'm not close. You read my mind! Thank you, my friend.
Well done for not giving up, you should be extremely proud of yourself, also get a little note book and write down where you have stayed and the best bit of your day, it's nice reading back on these memories later on. Xxx
That notebook idea is stellar! Putting it on my shopping list now. Thank you for always being so supportive. Love you!! ❤️
I am so proud of you!!! You deserve those feelings of conquering your challenges, and tomorrow is going to be even better!!!
Yay! Thank you so much!! 😍
This is the second video just watched and I too have a membership at pf now for 2yrs never have I even tried the machines just only have gone in for a shower. Just only recently have tried the massage chair .❤ like I said wow thanks for being so real. And ya I'm still in the same boat. Nobody else that I've seen is so real ❤
Ooh, I can't wait to try the massage chair! I don't have the black membership yet, but when I can, i'mma get some use out of that chair! Lol. I use the shower a heck of a lot more than the machines, but I really need better leg strength so I try to use the machines at least a couple times a month. Not a lot, I know. But I feel like it's a win, so it's a win. 🏆🤣
My first night parking in a neighborhood was a little scary. Nothing happened. I am an old skinny gal & I admire anyone trying to work on staying healthy. You did good.
You rock Girl. You're so funny and adventurous and courageous. As an overweight woman who was once a morbidly obese woman, I know what it took to walk in there, and you had what it took plus some. Keep living your best life. I'll keep following along. ❤
Thank you for saying that! And congrats on getting healthier yourself! ❤️
I'm 75. Most important thing you can do for yourself is exercise 5x a week. Don't give up. Watch a youtube video and do it outside your van. Keep the faith. It wasn't you. Someone should have been there to help you. Love your personality.
I had the same experience at the gym. They see you struggling but don't help. Then once you start with something, the muscle guys start hovering, giving dirty looks. That's why I walked. Hang in there. Call them, Planet Fitness, and tell them about your struggle!❤
Hang in there, Sister.😊
So proud of you for conquering the gym equipment! I've recently tentatively experienced the lifting of 13 years of severe depression and everything in life is just a bit easier and makes a big difference. This change you've gone thro is traumatic and you'll need a lot of rest (including your brain) so please don't be too hard on yourself when you're struggling with things you think should be easy. I would not be surviving as well as you if I was in your situation and I consider myself a resilient and strong person. You're a badass ❤
You sound like a badass too x
I am so glad to hear you have been relieved of such a long bout with such a difficult illness. That gives me hope. You give me hope. Thank you for that. ❤️
I love you!!!! Your a breath of fresh air!!!! I can so relate to your weak legs I'm the same way I'm 62 and have never excersised and now I realize I have to get much stronger before I can travel😅 I understand where you're co.ing from girl😂❤🎉
Hi, Tami! I am SO glad you're gonna get that leg strength up before I start traveling. I wish I had thought about how important that was ahead of time cause just that alone would have made those first few weeks so much easier. It's work getting in and out of that van! 😂 Keep me posted on your journey. :)
I’m your cheerleader!!! You did great, 2 sets of 20 ouches. Sounds good to me, I’m a wimp, I do like 5 sets of 10. 😂
You’re fun to watch.
Calling them ouches is the best thing ever! You're an awesome cheerleader, Toni. I'm so grateful to know you!
I love that you succeeded day two and were glowing with happiness. Parking in a neighborhood is an entirely new ballgame. So many options.
Thank you! You recommend neighborhoods? You don't find people getting weird about you being there?
@@WaywardAbode when I look for a neighborhood I look in iOverlander; to see that it isn’t closed. Look at photos or Google earth. Read comments. I typically have a back up plan. My first night alone in the van I camped in a neighborhood in Napa. I can totally help you with neighborhoods offline, to keep you in Sacramento. If you send me a Gmail of the area you have in mind I’d love to find you some spots.
This is an opportunity, Birdie, to let go of your sense of shame and ask for help. Build the inner self-love muscles while you work on those leg muscles. Thanks for sharing your struggles. You are an example of resiliency.
Start easy, like walking on the treadmill. Also, get a lock from the Dollar store so you can put your shower stuff in a locker so you can enjoy a shower after. Keep trying😊
I'm definitely still taking it easy. Lol. But I'll get better. Excellent suggestion about a dollar store lock. I didn't know they had them there. Thank you!
You’re not alone sweets. Social anxiety is real. Cognitive decline is real too.
Don’t be down on yourself. Just keep trying. The more you experience it, the better you’ll get at it. 🥰 you have a huge support group here and we’re rooting for you! 👏🏻♥️
Thank you so much. I'm so dang lucky to have y'all. 🥰
@@WaywardAbode and we’re lucky to have your bubbly, funny and authentic self 💕
I love your realness, you totally remind me of my sister. Maybe keep a journal, or a designated calendar for just that.
I love that I remind you of your sister. I take that as a big compliment. Thank you!
I usually make pin drops and save them n name them Safe Places to Stay, because I will forget too 😅😁.
That's smart! Do you have an app for that? I don't really know how pin drops work.
@@WaywardAbode
It’s on Apple maps where there is an option to do it. I think Google Maps does too but not sure on that one.
On Apple Maps just scroll down in the screen and there should be an option to Share your location. Click on it and copy it. Then paste it in your notes or notepad. Or you can click on Mark it and do it that way.
But I prefer to save them in Notes so I can label them and put little notes I want to remember about the spot by each place
🦋 💜Birdie so proud of you pushing through and doing it! Congrats!
Thank you, Monica! I appreciate it!
🎉you're almost at 3,000 subscribers!
Enjoying your content, you often make me🤣
I'm so grateful! Thank you!!!
"Unconditional love...of your money". 🤣🤣🤣Oh, yes❣
So glad you caught that! 😂🤣
To harp on what everyone else is saying - thank you, you are a joy to watch! Real and inspiring! I wish you well 🎉🎉🎉
This is the second time you've made me smile today! What a rockstar you are. Thank you so much. I'm so glad to know you now!
I feel your pain. My brain fog has really worsen due to menopause. You can do it birdie ❤
Yes! Hormones are total jerks. Lol. Thank you!
You should be keeping a journal! You could record your experiences and when you read them 6 months or a year from now you’ll be amazed by your growth. You can track your emotions, your exercise goals, and your overnight locations. I love that you’re sharing your honest experiences.
So happy for you! BEEN THERE.... Still there so many times, overwhelmed, can't do this... You are an inspiration! All the best to you!
I feel like I'm perpetually overwhelmed! 🤣😅 Thank you!!
Totally gettin ya!!!! I had leave a gas station once BC I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW GET IT TO LET ME PUMP GAS!!!!!! I so appreciate your videos and all the things ppl assume are easy to do THAT AREN'T!!
p.s. Just finished video, so you went and you did, and you were reasonable (TG!). Well good on you. 🙂 So loving your videos. Don't ever stop being you. You Are Wonderful. (and inspiring!).
That is So something I would do at the gas station. I hate that you deal with that, but it really is good to know I'm not alone.
Yaaaaasssssss! I love that you mastered the machines. Go Miss Birdie go!
Please just do it! I’m 64, I started at the gym a month ago. I have not regretted it.💕💕💕💕you did it
You are an inspiration. So fun, so funny, so real, so brave. I have a terrible time making myself exercise, and sometimes the only way I can do it is by telling myself that I only have to do it for five seconds and then I can quit. Usually I don’t take myself up on that offer, and I keep going. 🙂 But the offer is genuine, and somehow that little bit of magic gets me moving. When I exercise today, I will do it in your honor!
I love that trick you use. Totally putting that in my back pocket! 😄
My god! I totaly understand you about asking for help..! The stress!!!! You're not alone in this and a'm not too❤
So glad folks understand! I mean, I wish y'all didn't deal with that. But it's certainly nice not to be alone. ❤️
And when you’re sore the next few days, just keep walking and working out with stretching and it will go away but the muscles you built won’t! Yay! Good for you for challenging yourself, and having the breakthrough😊
You make me laugh and cry, you inspire me, you bring joy to my heart. Best of luck and know we all love you and are rooting for you.
That's really sweet. thank you so much!
They are there to help You. Part of your membership...Please be kind to.yourself...these frkin digital shi... is hard!!! if u dont their sequencing. Dont feel like you re lame!
You are beautiful ,funny,great personality! Just go n make them show you n then you can pick what you like. ...this is Your gym!
I know you're right. I'm gonna make that gym feel like home! 😊
@@WaywardAbode ..You kicked Ass!!!! Rock on !!
Hey girl you got this. You don’t need exercise clothes. Just walk in, even if you go in for 5 min, you went in, first things first.
Give yourself grace and patience. You may not have figured out the exercise machine the 1st time but you figured out how to thrive living in your van and making wonderful CZcams content. Walking back and forth TO the gym IS exercise. You are a very funny lady.
Hey Birdie!! Get a small calendar at the dollar store and right down where you sleep each night. Or you could just use a small spiral notebook. Or if you have a note pad in your phone. Love ya!! 😊❤
This is really a great idea. Totally gonna do it! :)
As I’ve gotten older, 64 y o , I am so tired of feeding myself everyday and trying to decide what is healthy, cause I can’t eat McDs everyday like I did in my youth. So easy to eat fast food. Hang in there and try not to worry bout other people or if they think anything at all about how you live your life. 😊❤❤❤
You are such an inspiration. Please continue to bring your experiences to us. We need to hear them.
I appreciate that so much. Thank you.
Anxiety is a super hard thing. I’ve worked out at so many Planet Fitness when you walk in before you can psych yourself out walk to the desk and just say hi and then take a deep breath and then say you need help and typically they are absolutely fantastic. They love helping people. ❤
How crazy would it be if malls would set an area where campers could overnight safely. But then the idiots would leave their pee bottles. 😢
That's the frustrating thing! If folks would just respect their surroundings, I bet we'd have a lot more places we could park. 😮💨
Honestly ,I was laughing so hard because I hate to ask for help too! I would have left humiliated just like you. Congratulations for facing your fear and going back in. ❤
It's so frustrating, right? 🤣😅 I don't think I would have gone back in if it wasn't for y'all out here supporting me, so thank you for that!
You're a real hoot, Frank. You remember I named you Frank because you speak frankly and have fun with even the toughest subjects. I watch your videos to brighten up my day.
I remember and I love it! :)
I am just like you…a few years ago my husband and I went to Planet Fitness.
You can ask for someone to set up a plan for you.
They will go to each machine and show you how to do it.
They were very nice and actually non judgmental.
We were older and it was hard for me to ask but I did it.
Please know you are not alone with how you feel about things.
I’m wishing good things for you and believe that someday you will look back on these days and see how much resilience you have built up.
My sister is on disability and we found out that there are very nice apartment places that have discounted rental apartments.
She has a very nice apartment where some people pay more and some pay less.
La Conquistadora 👍🏻😃💪🏻
Lmao!! Pretty soon I'll have real muscles to flex! 😂
@@WaywardAbode
You and me both bestie. Woohoo 🎉 💪🏻
15:43 look at you go!! Get it, girl!! When you have a dollar to spare at dollar tree pick up a cheap calendar or planner and write your work outs in it,… “6 min bike, 10 reps of 5 lbs leg press” etc.
Then as you improve you can look back and see where you started.
This is a great idea! I'm already planning on starting a calendar of where I'm staying, so this would be a great thing to add. Thank you!
Oh, I love the concept shut up meals
Sometimes you just gotta tell your stomach to get stuffed! 😆
I thought if you join a gym they are supposed to run through the equipment before your first session without having to ask. You are doing really well.
Excercise is good for your well being. Even just going for a walk. 👋💐
I thought so too, but apparently that's not true. And even when I asked, they seemed a little nonplussed that I asked. Weird. But it is what it is. I'm excited the weather's getting better so I can, indeed, go for walks. I prefer that anyway. :)
I love your videos. It’s like hanging out with a friend. Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
Awesome video…so many of us face that gym equipment terror and you conquered your fear! Thanks for sharing do much humor even the most challenging times!
Im proud of you for sticking with it and getting it done.🎉
Thank you!! I really have y'all to thank for giving me the courage. ❤️
Don't worry about the IMAGE! DON'T CHICKEN OUT! ASK FOR HELP😅 You have paid your money for this. YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤ GO GIRL😂
I wish I could go to the gym with you and help you! I’d be happy to help any way I can. Kudos to you for taking the step and going in. I’m here for any free help you need!
That'd be awesome! Who knows what the future holds? Thank you guys being here!! 😊
I can't wait to see you in your apartment when you finally can have a home again. You have lots of light within you. I also know the struggle of being happy on the outside but troubled inside. Sending you lots of love.
You did it! That was awesome for you! Don’t beat yourself up. We all have to start somewhere and then you just go at your own pace! Good job!
Ya did it Birdie! 😉🥳🎉
Thank you!!!! So happy. ☺️
I’m so proud of you, Birdie! You inspire me to start working out. I’ve lost all my muscles and endurance (when I got sick 5 years ago). I want my strength back. Not to mention, the emotional benefits that come from physical activity. Maybe we can keep each other accountable? (BTW, I’m a Sac girl, too. I lived there about 20 years! Now I’m in Oregon.)
I get you, the same has been happening to me. We're the same age and I keep on saying that my brain just doesn't work the same. It's been going downhill for a little over 5 years.
Hope you had a wonderful day with your daughter
I did! Thank you!!
Good for you to try again. And beginning with exercise is huge, a little at a time is better! Work up to things. You’re doing great!
Thank you! I'm still trying to be consistent with it. But a little is better than nothing, I guess. Thanks for being here! 😄