Starting to run again is a lot like quitting smoking. (If you aren't or were never a smoker I suggest you just take my word for it.) When you quit smoking you go through withdrawal, and running is no differnent. You find yourself lusting after any activity that involves laying around. TV, internet, or eating there is always something to do that isn't running.

In both cases you know that quitting will result in a better happier you, but that doesn't matter when the alarm goes off at 5:30am. It took me several attempts to finally quit smoking. This is because excuses are like the hairs on my back, numerous and unattractive.  I would listen to anything that resulted in another drag. One time, I had quit smoking for a year and 9/11 happened so I needed to smoke. What does one have to do with the other I don't know. I don't even remember the excuse I came up with to justiy it. So I have tried to get back in to running a few times, but the couch was calling me.

So I am quitting couch. What is different this time? I don't know that it is. I do know I am going to keep trying to quit the couch until I succeed.  I am going to fight through this and become a non-coucher. I won't become one of those non-couchers who look down on those who still couch because I have been there. I love couching, I just love me more.  I have blood pressure so high I have to take medication and a BMI of a 31.5. This is not how you act when you care about yourself.

They say that doing something for 21 days creates a habit, so I check back with me on 2008Sep08!