It turns out that if you work at it long it enough, you can eventually go from being a couch potato to being one of those psychos who likes exercise. Yes, that’s right, I’ve gone to the dark side. I now not only like working out because of the benefits it provides – lowering stress, getting more fit, losing weight, getting smaller – but also because I’ve come to just plain like it. I realized today that I was really looking forward to going and running at the gym tonight. Part of that is no doubt that I was looking forward to hanging out with my friend Becky, but the rest of it was that I just wanted to move. And when I realized I wasn’t going to make it to the gym, I was actually bummed. I did come home and do a workout video. That’s good too.

So for anyone out there who is just starting to exercise, or just getting back in to exercise, take it from me – it WILL get better. There will be plenty of times when you feel like complete crap. Times when you just want to lie down and die. Times when you finish working out and your arms quiver with exhaustion, and your legs ache and you stumble upstairs to sit on the couch and moan. Keep at it though. It will slowly get better and better until one day you’ll want to do it.

I’m still not Miss Perfectly Fit by any stretch of the imagination. I’ve got plenty of weight left to lose, and even now I still get tired and sore. But apparently I have crossed that magical exercise continental divide and now I’m on the good side of it.

Posted by Bad Penguin at April 10, 2007 11:02 PM