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I Joined A Gym

zitsMamacita says:  Whenever I wear sneakers, my feet feel really bulky and heavy.  I feel as though I’ve got two barges on the ends of my legs, or maybe those gigantic slippers that look so much like real furry animals, they scare people when they open the closet door and see them slipperon the closet floor.  Or worse, those huge animal slippers that look for all the world as if you’ve stuck your foot up their butt or through their stomach and impaled them.

Back in the middle school,  the 6th grade girls used to have backpacks that looked like dead gifts_for_children_05animals with their front paws wrapped around the students’ necks.  Watching them walking up and down the halls,  animal backpacks clinging desperately to their backs, looked a lot like one of those weird science fiction stories wherein the human race was enslaved by equine aliens, and made to serve as packhorses.

I always loved to walk around the track when the weather was nice; I usually managed about five miles each time, so I’m not exactly anybody’s idea of athletic.  Now, though, we’ve joined a gym.  Tonight was the first time. My too-frequently-used excuse of “I can’t do it tonight; it’s too cold/rainy/crowded/dark/whatever” is no longer valid.  The gym is open 24/7/365.

I love it.

With a little luck, maybe I’ll get a few more pounds off my very poundful self.  Or at least firm that jello up a little.

Jello that isn’t firm is just, well, Kool-aid.

Jiggly-ball was funny on Scrubs, but in real life, it’s just butt-ugly.  Those sneakers still feel really, really huge and heavy.  And a gym that’s still open at 3 a.m. is an omen:  it was time.

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6 Comments so far (Add 1 more)

  1. When I was working, I always wrote my best press releases in my head while doing cardio at the gym. Now I use my time in front of the close-captioned TV’s to catch up on news from other networks. I hope you stick with it…lots of thinking and learning can happen at the gym! Oh yes…and there is that side-benefit fitness thing.

    1. Peaches on May 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
  2. Good for you! We only get one body…gotta take care of it. And doesn’t it make you feel good to get those endorphins workin’? You go, girl!

    2. chocolate on May 1st, 2009 at 8:25 pm
  3. Good luck! I joined a gym just over a month ago. I’m trying for 5 times a week, which will realistically be 3 or 4 times. A bunch of teachers from school are members (as is my neighbour), so there will definitely be people checking up on me. I do love it though–it’s a great reason to leave work at a reasonable time!

    3. MrsC on May 1st, 2009 at 5:56 pm
  4. hi
    nice to be here

    4. SHIMI on May 1st, 2009 at 2:47 pm
  5. I joined a gym a little over a year ago. Got myself a 2 year membership. I’ve been 3 times… sheesh. I hope you stick to it a whole lot better than I have.

    5. Thumper on May 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
  6. Best wishes! I hope you’re more disciplined at the gym thing than I am…

    6. TS on May 1st, 2009 at 6:49 am

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