Use it or Lose it

Well, I joined the gym with all good intentions this week…

And still haven’t been.

I had intended to go when I was having a quiet day at home, instead of sitting on my backside watching TV all day. Unfortunately, I forgot to take into account the fact that it is the week before Christmas and I hadn’t done any real Christmas shopping!

Instead of getting down to the gym, working up a sweat and burning off some calories, I spent two days trawling the city centre buying gifts. Admittedly, this probably did burn off some calories, but I was also treated to a giant chilli burger. I guess that more than negated the good work of walking for hours on end and lugging big bags of shopping around!

I will make my first visit to the gym tomorrow, though. I don’t want to get into the mindset of waiting until after Christmas or the new year as that would that would be almost certainly setting myself up for failure.

Last thing tonight, I’ll get all my gym stuff together ready for a morning swim or a run on the treadmill. The sooner I get started the sooner it will pay dividends.