I am so good at making excuses when it comes to working out.  For some strange reason, it came easily in Minnesota.  I was hitting the YMCA three times a week and playing basketball, frisbee, or softball every single chance the weather allowed me to.  I was able to build a solid diet of food that was filling, but also mostly healthy.  This paid off with a sizable weight loss obviously, but it is hard to keep up.  One of the first things I did when I moved to Chicago was to sign up for a staff/faculty membership at our campus athletic center, which deducts a small chunk from my paycheck to pay for my access to the state of the art facility.  The building is enormous, with everything I could need from raquetball courts to free motion weights to a foosball table.  Sometimes though, life gets in the way.

The first couple of months were great.  School wasn’t in session yet, so the rec center was mostly empty.  That meant easy access to the raquetball courts with my roommate and no waiting for machines or weights.  Even when school started up and the building became much more crowded I managed to find time to get over there.  The weight stayed the same, but I could feel myself slowly getting leaner, which is what I wanted in the first place.  Thanksgiving came around, which gave me a 5 day break, then Christmas with a couple of weeks away, and soon I was struggling to find the motivation.  Now here it is, 5 months later, and I can feel the change.  The weight is still the same, but I definitely do not feel as healthy.  I don’t like it, but getting up at 6 am to go work out does not appeal to me.  Of course, going after work doesn’t really do it for me either.

The campus rec center does crack me up every time I go.  I mean, seriously, who gets up at 6 am and works out in make up?  Are there really that many guys to impress at 6 in the morning?

So friends, I need your help.  Tell me to kick it into gear.  Tell me to give my excuses to someone that cares.