Why am I that person?
Most of the public has great intentions. We intend to live healthy, to work out, to stop eating crap. We promise that today is the day it is going to change. We promise to our friends and families that they are going to see a new person. We ask them to keep us motivated, we start online blogs on it.
But when it all comes down to it… 90% of us fail. Its not just working out or eating right, its life. We don’t push ourselves. Its easier to be lazy, to do a half assed job, to go to work late and sit on the phone instead of making sales, to only call loved ones when there is an emergency, to make love to your spouse half heartily, to shove the junk under the bed instead of taking the time to clean…. Because in reality it seems that no one cares. If 90% of the population can get by with being overweight, lazy, unmotivated… why can’t I? Its easier to be average. The public understand average. We grew up average.
I don’t want to be average- I have to admit I am. I work out as little as possible, when I can drag my sorry ass out of bed. I eat crap and then feel instantly sick. I blame it on lack of time- no time to work out, no time to cook healthy. But I find time to visit a bar, or watch the cubs play or go see the latest movie.
I fully believe that life is meant to live- enjoy it. See that movie, go out with friends, make a fool of yourself… but make time for you. Life is not guaranteed… but I know I’ll live longer and enjoy it more if I’m healthy. I know that the next time I go to a concert I want to be that girl in the short skirt and bra top with the men oogling over me… I know that I want to feel comfortable in my skin.— NO— Strike that— I want to feel GREAT in my skin.
SO back to the drawing board…
This morning was a good workout.
July 17, 2008 at 7:53 am
Sounds like you need a training partner, someone to help keep you on form. It seems like you’re on the edge of maintaining healthy choices but keep getting pulled into the wrong ones.
You *can* have the level of fitness you want, you just have to take it. When there is a divergence in the road, a choice to be made, you have the power to make the choice.