Or, like Goldilocks and her porridge, too hot, too cold, and just right. The lockers at my gym come in three sizes: large, medium, and small. Much like the stunt you pulled in the parking lot, you’re up to the same shenanigans in the locker room. OK, you’ve made it into the building, swiped your key tag, and now it’s off to the locker room. So have a good time hauling your lazy rump from the other side of the parking lot to the door and stay out of my space. So explain to me how that entitles you newbies to all the good spaces while I trudge through the crappily plowed parking lot when the thermometer barely cracks double digits and the inside of my nose is frozen all the way up to my brain. And we’re the ones who don’t slack off in the summer even though there are so many other places we’d rather be than cracking a sweat on the elliptical machine. We’re the ones who sneak in a workout on Thanksgiving morning so we can have a large piece of pumpkin pie later that day without guilt pangs overtaking us like ( insert dominant world power here) versus France’s military. We’re the ones who crawl out of bed at five in the morning on weekdays just to fit in an extra half hour on the stairmaster before work beckons. We regulars are the ones who hit the gym six days a week year round. So why are you hell bent on minimizing your walk to the door? I don’t care if it’s cold out. You all are the ones who are woefully out of shape. It’s very simple: Stop taking the spaces closest to the building. Let’s set some ground rules.īefore even entering the building, you manage to hack off a large contingent of regulars with your parking lot faux pas. There’s a certain protocol you need to adhere. Most Resolutioners are gone by March.Īs for the rest of the Resolutioners, we don’t mind you joining the gym. Unfortunately, the number of you who will actually stick with it and transform your lives is few and far between. It won’t be easy, but if you stay the course, you’ll succeed. You will encounter many highs and lows on your journey. To those of you determined to finally take control of your health by making the necessary lifestyle changes, I applaud you. No one relishes being stared at, well, except if you’re as insecure and narcissistic as the Kardashians. One way of dealing with our own insecurities is to highlight those of others. Society thumbs its collective nose at overweight people. Second, sticking to a workout schedule day after day when you have a significant amount of weight to lose is a daunting task. Now, before I go any further, let me clarify a couple of points.įirst, as someone who used to have no use for lifting weights and frankly was intimidated by a lack of strength, I have all the respect in the world for anyone at the gym working hard to try to make a positive healthy change to his or her life. We’ve become a lazy country whose waistlines are expanding faster than the national debt. Honestly, when did removing our ever-widening backsides from our cars to walk a few extra steps become such a miscarriage of justice? In the extra time we spend seeking out that ever-so-precious commodity, we could’ve walked to the store from a spot that isn’t as close as we feel we’re entitled to. Never mind all the time wasted driving around in search of a parking space close to the store. A member of the wait staff will deliver your food to you as you sit in a designated parking space because, you know, the thought of actually venturing into the restaurant to get the order is painstakingly excruciating. Some restaurants have call ahead curbside take-out. We get coffee, go to the bank, buy lunch and pick up prescriptions. Now think about how many errands we’re capable of running without peeling our rumps from the car. I am talking about those folks who are at least 50 pounds too heavy. I don’t mean the ones who could stand to drop ten pounds. Focus not only on those in your life but also the people you cross paths with every day if only for an instant. As you tend to your daily routine, take a look at your surroundings.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |