Good Life, Good Food And Totally Unfit ...

I'm in great pain right now. I ache in every conceivable part and in some places I didn't even know could ache! And it's taking me every bit of effort I can muster to drag this old aching body and write this post. I suppose I could just lay in bed all day but that just wouldn't do cos I haven't posted something here since Wednesday and to me that's a mighty long time. So here I am, pain and all sitting here like some lame duck typing away ... LOL!

'and pray tell just why are you in pain, you fat lazy lump of jello?'

Well, that's cos I actually started my running programme again yesterday and I haven't been running since the 22nd of November 2006 and that's a long time for me. I've used the holidays as an excuse to skip my training and have run out of excuses already this year. On top of that wifey has been reminding me that the waist line I lost before the holidays has come back and she's going to have to start calling me by my pet name 'Bulat' (literally means round in Malay) again pretty soon. And I so despise that name! I mean she could call me Mr. Macho, Hunk, Handsome, Gorgeous, God or something like that but no, it's Bulat instead! LOL!

I can't blame her really. I have packed on the pound again since Christmas. So yesterday I decided that I simply have to start running again. After all, I've been harping about how much I love running and all that, right? I dug out my cobwebbed covered (ok, that's a lie, there were no cobwebs) running shoes, put on my running gear and stepped out on the roads again for the first time in nearly two months. And boy, that two month layout sure took its toll cos I am now totally and officially unfit! All that hard work and progress I achieved before has all gone down the drain. I am totally disappointed with myself.

After the run, well, throughout the whole run really, I felt like my legs were made of rubber, I was gasping for breath, I was struggling like someone who's never run in his whole entire life. I could hardly complete the route which two months ago was a piece of cake for me. I could run this route, listen to music and sing along while doing some pretty fast times with hardly any loss of breath, but yesterday it felt like all the oxygen on earth was everywhere but inside my lungs! I was so unfit that the moment I reached home, I collapsed on the floor and lay there panting and gasping for air and hoping the earth would open up and put me out of this misery soon. That was how unfit I was.

'serves you right for bumming off all those months, you tub of lard!'

For once I'm going to have to agree with that good for nothing interloper. It serves me right for taking things too easy and living it up on good holiday food. And those junk food I've been snacking on sure didn't help very much either. Oh and wifey has banned me totally from eating any sort of junk food! She says even if we go out shopping I'm not allowed to buy anymore junk food. Oh man, that's going to be hard to do. I'm a sucker for junk food. But I guess the ban is justified. I do think I've been over doing it on the junk food department. I eat more junk food than my kids, can you believe that? The first few days of junk food withdrawal was and is still hell. But I'll get used to it eventually ... hehehe ...

Wifey: 'And no sneaking any junk food behind my back, honey cos I'll know!'

Drats, there goes plan B ... LOL! Actually I wonder how she would find out if I did sneak some junk food binge behind her back but I don't intend to find out cos that girl has some powerful telepathic skills ... LOL! Actually, it's also a good thing cos this year I intend (hopefully) to get in shape again. Wifey is fully supportive of the idea and has been backing me completely. She told me if I ever get too lazy to run, she'll nag me until I can't take it anymore and go out and run ... LOL! I guess she doesn't want me to turn into a huge woolly mammoth or something like that. Besides, I'm not getting any younger. I need to take care of my health and I'm far from being in perfect health right now.

So, even though I'm in pain and ache everywhere that can ache, I'm going to put on my running shoes a little later this evening and go out there and hit the roads again. And even if it rains I'm going to be out there running, cos the sky looks a little cloudy at the moment. Unless of course there's lightning involved with the rain. I'm terrified to death of lightning. And I live in a housing area that has the highest concentration of lighting the whole year round. Once I was out with a buddy in one of those electrical storms and a bolt of lightning struck not too far away from us. The bolt was purplish in colour, thick and you could literally see the sparks cutting through the air as it struck the ground. Even the air was filled with this burning smell. Man, that was freaking scary!

I guess if it rains, I could always stay home and work out using my can crusher as some kind of exercise tool or something. Oh, that was wifey's suggestion by the way. LOL! Ok, I better go get some rest now cos in about 4 hours I'm going to have to go drag my lazy butt and go running again. If you don't see a posting for the next few days, that probably means I'm laid up in bed! Hahaha ... Happy Sunday folks.