Why does starting something new always have to be painful? Not necessarily painful emotionally, but physically like when starting a new exercise regimen. For me, beginning anything again or for the first time is torture. Why can’t I have already started before I’ve started?
For example, every few months I try to get my body back in shape because I don’t like feeling as thought I’m not athletic. The only thing that ever stops my initial drive is that I forget how much my muscles hurt right after I start. Usually, I have a problem with weaning myself back onto a schedule and I jump right in to what would be considered normal instead of beginning. Naturally the next day is lactic acid hell and I am reminded that I shouldn’t be doing this so by the time my muscles don’t hurt anymore I’ve already forgotten that I was supposed to be exercising on a regular basis. A few months down the road I’ll think about how in shape I would’ve been had I continued last time and so I begin the destined to fail cycle all over again. This time it’s going to change, I can feel it. No, really, I can… in my legs.