no steroids just yet

Have you guys watched Breaking Bonaduce on VH1?  Man that guy is insane!  The other day I caught a couple episodes and damn, the whole ex-child star thing really fucked him over good!  Anyway, in one of the episodes he was talking about how he had 3 gym memberships, at different gyms of course, because each gym thought that he was working out too much.  Apparently he put all his energy he used to devote to drinking and partying to working out.  Only, working out became another addiction for him, complete with steroid use.  I’m thinking, fuck, how can I make working out my addiction?  I certainly have the addiction trait in my genes; hell my father is an alcoholic.  With my luck though, I’d probably just develop one of those nasty addictions like alcohol, smoking, over eating, heroin, or sex…though I guess the latter wouldn’t be too nasty.          

Anywho, while I wouldn’t want to go to those extremes of working out I know I need to develop some kind of routine.  So, this is a desperate plea for some sound advice.  Well okay, maybe desperate is too dramatic a word.  I would just appreciate some advice on weight loss, fitness tips, work-out tips…whatever.  Back in July or late June I joined a gym and was pretty good about going about 3-4x a week.  Slowly that enthusiasm has faded, because of lack of visual results.  I really want to get back in the swing of things though, because I feel so damned unhealthy.  Lately I have been extremely stressed out and I know that working out would help with that.  So…if anyone can offer some advice and/or success stories (for morale) I would greatly appreciate it.  Please share thanks in advance.