1. You take a long hard look at yourself and realise something has to change.
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2. Your entire fitness regime could be summed up by this pie chart.
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3. You turn to your friends for support and guidance in the long road to fitness.
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4. "Today is the first day of the REST OF MY LIFE."
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5. Before doing anything though, you have to make a playlist...
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...which you will forget about until your friends unearth it at a party in a few months time and everyone will laugh at the idea that you ever ran to David Guetta megamixes.
6. You prepare yourself with some intensive research.
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7. You wonder if you should get a gym membership.
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8. But then you remember what happened last time...
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9. Snacking is now totally guilt-free.
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It's just fuel for all that exercise you'll definitely be doing later.
10. You test the water with something small in the safety of your room.
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11. You tell yourself you're going to do 100 sit-ups.
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12. No... 50. You meant 50 sit-ups.
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13. Eight... Nine... Ten!
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Great workout! You rock!
14. You imagine going for a run to be just like this.
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15. Because accepting your actual limits is far too depressing.
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16. You carb-load.
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Athletes do that, right?
17. And then realise that was a terrible idea.
18. You would go for a run, but you have to make yourself wait at least four hours after eating just to make sure you don't get cramp.
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19. You try on your running shoes and cannot believe how comfortable they are.
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Why would you waste these on exercising?!
20. When everything's sorted, you are finally ready to go on that run.
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Just time to psyche yourself up a bit before you leave.
21. You suddenly realise that your favourite show is just starting.
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22. So you decide to do what exercise you can in front of the TV.
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23. You realise you're exhausted after that long day of exercising.
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24. You usually end up making the tough decision.
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It's better to exercise in the morning anyway, isn't it?
25. But secretly, you know that this is what you wanted all along.
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