I’m laid out here on the couch,very comfortably I might add; with a plate loaded with steaming angel hair pasta and gobs of yummy meat sauce cooked for hours with onions and green peppers and celery and beef—-and the smell of it is soporific. I just love pasta, and when I have it with a homemade sauce like this that has simmered half the day, well; this is seventh heaven, bud—for sure. But, as I twirl my fork in the heavenly stuff, my conscience just won’t leave me alone and it keeps jabbing me to tone it down with the pasta, and get back to doing my ab exercises. What a drag.
I’ve started doing some recommended ab exercises that my trainer suggested I try, because my midriff is getting flabby and I need to build up my core muscles and strengthen all the muscles that make up the core area so I have better support. Exercising is not much fun, and I’m having a tough time sticking with the program—-hence the big plate of spaghetti now and then.
So I get on the medicine ball and do what exercising I can on that, work a little with the dumbbells; but I tell you, this is just not for me. I want to look good and I want to be strong and attractive, but I’m just too lazy to put the effort into it; I wish there were another way of attaining the same end point without having to work and sweat so much. These ab exercises are a real downer and I tell you, I am not thrilled at all thinking about all the work I have ahead of me.
I bet things would be different if I had a girlfriend, a person of interest, or any kind of a friend that was interested in how I looked—-then I would feel the need to get up and get moving and start exercising for real. But, when I’m told I have to do these ab exercises for 3-5 times a week, and keep that up for every week without fail; I say—-nuts to that. And without anyone around who really cares what I look like or any kind of a goal that I’ve set for myself, then I don’t see much on the horizon for me as far as developing my midriff. Isn’t there some other way without having to exert all this effort.
So, I guess the secret to sticking to a regimen of ab exercises that work, is just to do it faithfully, without looking for a way out, or whining about how much work it is. I know all the psychological aspects of exercising in the fact that you have to do it for yourself and all that stuff, but if you want to look better, but not badly enough that you have no motivation to exercise, then what. I’ve never been very good with routines either, or sticking to them for that matter.
I’ve been doing some thinking lately, and the thought occurred to me that I should start hanging around more with my friends that are eating the right stuff so they stay healthy, and they don’t seem to be exercising all that much or go to the gym, and they seem to be in pretty good shape. Maybe just being more with them will help, and if I follow the same patterns that they are, I can ditch these ab exercises and just hang out and look good.
Another thought just crossed my mind; I really need a love interest to spark some life into my meagre existence—-and with a new love carrying on with me, that should provide a little motivation to keep looking good and staying in shape. Nothing like a little amore to keep your engines humming and your antennae tuned, I always say. So I guess I should get off this couch and start looking for someone to pursue—-and I will, just as soon as I finish this pasta before it gets cold.
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