The Memes That Convinced Me To Finally Go To The Gym
Funny that it was the sarcasm found below rather than inspirational fitness quotes or other people’s success stories that finally encouraged me to make my long-overdue voyage to the gym. But I tend to be more fluent in sarcasm anyway, so here’s my version of fitness motivation for those who may appreciate it:
If I could Pin my way through getting in better shape, I would probably have the body of my dreams by now. Obviously not the case.
The idea is good — Pinterest’s Health and Fitness category won’t do the work for me or anyone else, but it’s at least a small source of inspiration. And by ‘inspiration’ I mean mostly cynical humor but it does the trick.
Seriously, though, how long was I going to continue to eat mac & cheese by the box one night a week and not think that it was going to show?
I’ve read more than once (and was told, more than once) that general health/fitness/appearance is 80% diet and only 20% exercise. Maybe someone in that department — definitely not me — can either confirm or deny that statement, but I’ll be damned if anything is more motivational than the actual truth behind every single one of these memes. Especially the pound cake. That’s the scariest one.
Ugh, guilty. I set my alarm for a full 30 minutes before I actually have to get up which is a terrible way to start the day — and the only way that I get my sit-ups in, hah. My form is probably atrocious when I’m reaching over to smack my phone as I’m still face-down on my mattress.
Not even on my pillow — on my mattress.
Yoga is an ideal way to combat this, and something that I hope my trainer suggests when I go to meet her tomorrow for a “fitness assessment” which we will define here as, “a friendly reminder that I am very out of shape and lazy.”
I’d recommend three Sunrise Salutations and one less press of the snooze button each day.
And rest assured that I’m totally going to give myself one more morning to indulge in the glorious snooze button before I start to take my own advice.
The thing that most famous fitness fanatics that I’ve either seen or followed on Instagram fail to take into account is the concept of having a realistic life. Most of us are never going to be gym rats or happily functioning on a diet made up of entirely raw produce; it’s important to remember that while there’s health and fitness, there’s also a lot to be missed out on if you’re too restrictive and cray cray. Please, keep it real. I’m really just in this so I can still eat some of my fave foods and not become a pound cake.
Maybe that’s fishing for an excuse to still enjoy my weekly Riesling. Whatever, I deserve it. We all do.
Well it certainly doesn’t hurt, does it?
