teh gym, teh run... away that is

THE GYM appears in your horizon. Big and scary bold letters because it is THE GYM. You have your bag with you, your water, your book, your MP3 player and your keys that you are so NOT going to lock in the locker and have to have the big butch lady with the lock-cutters come in and kill your pretty $10 pink lock.

Pink is not you anyway. It's Lana. Now the cutting is funny, but still it's $10 down the drain almost instantly and next time you'll get the yellow and orange one that was out of stock.

Anyway, you are crossing the parking lot where you parked far away from the entrance. You tell yourself that it's because you are not yet proficent at parking, but you know that's not it as you do fine at work. It's because you want time to be able to back out of it before those glass doors close in on you and you're trapped until you do at the very least 20 minutes of cardio.

So you're corssing the lot, determined ahead and all these things cross your mind.

BAD: The cute guy at the front desk will look at you and wonder why the chubby girl is even bothering. And why is she dressed like that?
Good: If you keep coming here you won't be chubby.
BAD: The feeling of intimidation that serious every-day-of-the-week gymbirds give you.
Good: You'll be hot enough to move on to muscle building someday soon.
BAD: The fact that it's always packed when you are able to go because there are more people that will see you.
Good: The fact that it's always packed when you are able to go because there are more people so you are harder to pick out.
BAD: Thin people. They are your arch enimies.
Good: Thin people. They are your inspiration. They WILL be you brethren.
BAD: The fact that your MP3 player's battery dies just as you were beginning to forget the outside world and since you had your MP3 player and were going to run you didn't think you needed your book which is literally as far away as it could get still being in the building and not dumped in the pool and by the way, all the treadmills are either used, broken or buggered up with 'neccesary gym fat guy' sweat so now you are on one of those ski-tread things and you tell yourself that it's fine, you burn more calories, but really you wanted to run because running is pushing yourself. It's all about endurance and run-on sentences.
Good: Making goals.
BAD: Making your goals smaller halfway through the exercise.
Good: Finishing.
BAD: Feeling like everyone else thinks you are a wimp because you finished first.
Good: You feel strong.
BAD: You sit down to stretch and see that the chick behind you would be able to stick her tongue up her butt if she were so inclined, meaning that you are stiff and short and fat.
Good: Not caring because you feel proud of yourself.
BAD: Locker rooms.
Good: Leaving the locker room.
Good: Leaving the gym.
Good: Leaving the parking lot.
Good: Investing in your body on a regular basis makes you a healthier person that is more alert to what you are putting in your body and mouth. You want to protect the work you have done and are less likely to binge.

So, anywho. Just another day at the gym. Goddamn MP3 player.