Runester

Well, I finally went to the gym today. I’m surprised the roof didn’t fall in on me! I’ve been paying for a membership there for three (3) or four (4) years and this is the first time I’ve set foot in the place in the last two (2)!

What made the difference? Well, besides the motivational stuff it was mostly planning the night before. Making sure I had my work clothes packed, my gym clothes layed out, and my routine written down didn’t leave any room for fiddling about or delaying. As it turned out, the plan went off as expected and I got in my first workout and arrived at work at the usual time.

Anyway, since it’d been so long I was as week as a kitten and my muscles are so pumped that I had a hard time shampooing my hair (couldn’t get my arms up that high)! The pump will wear off in a little while and as I make this a habit, it’ll get easier.

Being back from Michigan is a little weird. I find it frighteningly easy to slip back into my routine, which doesn’t help when I’ve carefully thought out better goals and behaviors that will move me to where I need to be. So, part of the (initial) struggle is just fighting inertia and climbing out of those ruts.