This year, for the first time really, I’ve joined the droves of people that half heartedly commit themselves to bettering themselves in some manner for the new year, but, here’s hoping I can maintain. Phase one of, what I’m going to dub “project lazy boy”, started after the new years, in which I’m giving up the consumption of carbonated beverages, at least for this semester. This includes soft drinks, beer, sparkling wine (champagne), and I guess tonic water. So far I’ve been successful at maintaining this, and will hopefully continue to do so in the coming months. Phase two started this week, and I already find myself struggling against it. I’ve started running again. Aside from the general feeling of gasping for air when finished, there’s also the burning sensation that’s been following me around for the past couple of days. The first day wasn’t too bad, sure, it definitely was a humbling experience as I discovered I sucked at being in shape, but that was expected so it wasn’t too bad. Yesterday at the start, wasn’t too bad either, but after the first mile, all of sudden the argument inside my head as to whether or not I should quit started to rage. Fortunately for my routine, my better half won out, but this does leave me concerned as to the outcome of the next two weeks. I already am finding myself dragging my feet this morning to get to it, using the excuse that I need to let my breakfast digest, I think I’ll be able to keep that up for at least another 5 minutes. My lower half is exhausted, and there’s nothing I can do about it except to suck it up and keep going.
I wish it had just stayed 2008.
