ssshhh please dont wake me I'm on the treadmill

I know that today I don't have lots of energy. Infact I would go as far to say that I am knackered and could curl up in a little ball and have lots of dreams and dribble a bit. It’s probably because of the weather, the fact that I am trying to move, its 16 days until China and because I am in that sort of mood.

It’s terrible how guilty you can feel when you don’t go to the gym. It's worse than sitting in a confessional box as you don’t even get the chance to say an act of contrition to absolve you of all guilt until the next time you go. It’s just the guilt. I ate a big block of chocolate and I have not moved my arse from this chair guilt. The type that makes you worried as really you shouldn’t give a shit as the world won’t stop tilting on its axis. Just that your arse will expand...

I understand now why gym can be addictive. You really do feel good after a workout. You do have the burn and the post workout glow and that inner smiley feeling that it's ok to eat whatever you want " as you are burning it off". I never thought I would say this but I now love exercise. I'm not saying I'm brilliant just that I like pushing myself and seeing how I can improve. I feel guilty on days like today when I want to exercise harder but I feel so weak and tired I know that it’s pointless. My body needs some rest so I must obey.

Maybe this is why I get so frustrated when I see some people on machines that must have nothing else to spend their membership on!! And they are usually the skinniest ones!

I have seen someone going so slow on a bike that the display failed to recognise the movements. She was slumped over the side of the handles on the seated recliner and if she had gone any slower she would have stopped. The women using the lightest free weights so that they could sit and chat on the swiss balls. The lady who just stands on the powerplate (if she sat and smiled that would be another story). I have also seen a woman read a newspaper on a bike and almost fall off it every time she turned the sheet.

I am the last one to say that you must workout hard but why spend money on a gym just so you can say that you go 3 times a week for the status of it? I also don’t understand why the instructors won’t always come and help - maybe they can’t? I have seen one open mouthed at a South London gym so maybe they can’t actually say anything without being accused of harassment?

However, some people don’t know how to use anything in a health environment. I remember at a well known Canary Wharf gym a woman clad in a green thong bikini with sweat pouring off her kept telling my group of open mouthed friends in the sauna "OMG its sooooooo hot" as she threw buckets of water on the hot coals ...... I came out a size 8….

Today, I am tired but will have done 2.5 hours of exercise… oohh Pizza??

Forgive me Father for I have sinned .. and it was damn good with extra cheese and chillies