I am going to regret this

I must be nuts.

I have allowed friends (and at the moment I am using that term loosely!) to talk me into doing a 5k walk/run. Granted I will be walking but for the last couple of years I have been stuck deep into couch potato land. Far behind enemy lines, trapped by the numbing allure of TV news, lulled into comfy purring kitty company... just a little over 3 miles or not, I am doomed. 

So I pulled the bike out tonight and only rode a couple of miles before the butt and legs screamed "Uncle!" Pa-thet-ic. On the up side... no asthma attack. 

Did I mention this bit of insanity takes place on July 4th? As in a week and a half from now. 12 days. That is all. No one is able to go from couch potato to healthy in 12 freakin' days. Now my friends and I are all of an age, no more than a year-ish apart, okay maybe two. One of them walks fairly regularly. The other last I checked does actually go to a gym. Me? Nope. Nada. Not so much.I keep meaning to get out, get up and DO something. The couch and the kitties keep winning that battle.

Whenever I so much as THINK about doing healthy things my appetite kicks into high gear, my energy oozes away, I become exhausted and my schedule goes into overdrive giving me virtually no time to sleep. I swear the universe conspires against me. And just think I was the one who when the hubby said "gee, you aren't going to someone who lets themself go are you?" I said "nope". Apparently I lied. I just didn't know it at the time.

I'd like a personal trainer. I really would. Someone to keep me on track, honest and off my butt. But seriously have you priced those services???? $500 a month and that is supposed to be CHEAP!! Good Lord! Celebrities can look good. They have the $$ to afford the trainer, the cook, etc. They also have the time to work out for several hours a day while the rest of us are lucky to get in an hour a week. Stupid jobs. It is completely unrealistic to think - even for a minute - that we mere mortals can aspire to such. That said... do gyms, YWCA facilities and so forth REALLY have to cost this much?? Oh sure you can find a $20 a month place but every little thing is extra, some places hard sell their "supplements" to/at you, there are no lockers to secure your stuff while you work out and you have to wait in line for the equipment thereby losing your momentum and allowing your heart rate to drop.

Excuses these may very well be. But they are also realities and why I get so depressed at the mere thought of trying to accomplish anything. And probably why I let goofy friends talk me into crazy crap like a 5k. 

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