Yesterday something occurred to me, an epiphany if you will... I realized that I have been letting my life slip away, endless hours wasted in fromt of either the television or my laptop. I have been known to say on a regular basis that "any time is nap time" as i crawl into bed for an all day snooze... You may ask yourself what is so bad about that? Many of you would commit heinous crimes to be in my postion. I tell you this; a person like myself who lacks the ability to self motivate begins to fall into a rut.
Day in and out, nothing but alone time... Hour after hour life feels like an eternity. There's so much time, yet nothing to do worth doing. The word boredom (as childish as it may sound) comes to mind often. You envision all the fun things you would be doing and buying if only you could remember where you placed your super secret reserve stash of cash, so secret in fact, that you're pretty sure it never existed... Beautiful beaches, lavish restaurants, luxury cars... And before you know it "BAM!" It's already been 2 hours.
I decided yesterday that each day I would set goals and accomplish them without question. Some of my long term goals include losing my spare tire. I am realizing now that simply wishing the extra pounds off does not work! Which means that if I ever intend to achieve this I must be proactive in my approach. This includes eating smarter and initiating some (dreadful...) excercise.
So for the first proactive step toward my weight loss goals I went to good 'ole Wally-World and bought myself a chin-up, sit-up bar. I borrowed some tools from my girlfriends husband and after some grunting and groaning (it was harder that I thought to use a screw gun...) I got the bar installed.
Since it has been operational I have done 20 sit-ups, 5 push-ups and ....(ready for this?!) -1,yes thats right minus 1, pull-ups. I never in a million years would have thought I could not even pull up my own weight once. Talk about self disgust. This is the first time in a long time that I actually feel like I've worked out. Every muscle along my sides, all through my back, my biceps and triceps all sing with that good "workout pain". I have to say that I am excited to find out how long it will be before I can do 5 consecutive pull-ups...
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pull ups are hard as hell - i think i almost died the last time i had to try one. anyhow, getting motivated to exercise SUCKS, but it gets better. do you do yoga? excellent way to tone up and clear your head as well. anyhow, hope you're well!
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