Day Sixteen

SLACKER! No other term so succinctly sums it up. I could talk about how late we got back from our trip, or how many loads of laundry we had to do, or the dire need to get groceries after cleaning out the fridge in preparation for a week-long absence.
     But all those things, true as they would be, would also be mere excuses. The truth of the matter is, we never quite got around to working out. We watched two movies, ate proper food, unpacked, ran errands - all good things - just NOT P90X!
     Our coversations went something like this: "We should work out."
"I agree. That would be a good thing to do."
"But we just ate. You don't want to work out too soon after eating!"
"Let's watch a movie while our food digests."
(Two hours later...)
"Good movie. We should work out now."
"Or we could do it later. I'm hungry again."
"And it's time to switch the laundry."
"The laundry is in the kitchen. Let's have a snack while we throw the clothes in the dryer."
(At this point, return to the beginning of the conversation and start over!)
      Though I could blame the fact that the laundry is in the kitchen for the demise of our discipline, truth be told, we just wussed out. Chest & Back wasn't something we were particularly excited to do - it's hard, parts of it we don't like, and there is always something else we could be doing.
     Ring a bell? Anything you tend to put off? We tried to avoid a workout (didn't work, it's still hanging over our heads, now accompanied by an uncomfortable guilty feeling!) and I'll admit I've tried to avoid apologizing to someone before. Maybe you've put off something more serious, like thinking about what happens after death. We have the option to quit P90X, but no one has the option to avoid death forever. Thinking through the possibilities is hard, parts of it I don't like, and I'd much rather do something else. But maybe it's worth the discipline to do.
~Stick to it!