You Ah a Big Fat LiAH...............................

Okay, I have to say it. Whoever said that going to they gym would invigorate you is a big fat LIAH......... I just came back from a 45 personal training session otherwise known as self-inflicted torture with a 20 year old with a 18 inch waist. She's the sweetest thing possible but considering that if I sneezed directly on her she'd probably be blown through the window like Leslie Neilsen was blown through the bridge when the wave hit the Poseidon, I continue to ask myself what the hell am I doing. I know I know, this is what one is suppose to do to live a healthy lifestyle. Yes, yes, I know I should feel better that I can walk longer, faster, without sweating like Don Johnson did in the TV mini series "The Long Hot Summer"...but honestly I just don't. You can wrap it with pretty paper, and tie a nice bow on the whole conversation but when it comes down to it, I hate the fact that I have to workout. I hate that I seem to be genetically blessed with no metabolism whatsoever. My sister and I joke that we'd be kicked off "Survivor" because other players would think that we were hoarding food as they all began losing weight while we somehow miraculously gained weight. We're also convinced that we would be the only ones to gain weight as well climbing Mt. Everest.

So what's the conclusion to my whining? Well, I'm not going to stop going to the gym because I've yet to see an attractive mumu, and that's where I'd be headed if I stopped going. I will continue to rage against my genetic make up that has given me Jason Varitek thighs, giving me the ability (most likely but I never tried) to climb mountains with goats for days. I will continue to quietly curse any and everyone I think is thin through no effort of their own. And I will smile sweetly at all ( but mentally be bashing heads) of those who wax poetic about the beauty and wonder of excercise. I just don't buy it. That said, in the immortal words of my zen Master Bill Belichick "it is what it is", which is why I just signed up for my next 7:45 training session.