Inspiration Comes in the Strangest Ways

As I was playing The Sims 3 today, I decided that the wife of the family I've been controlling should begin working out. I forced her to exercise for about 3 hours each day to improve her Athletic skill.

Then, I looked down. Here I am, forcing some digital character to exercise, while I am sitting in my cushy computer chair, where I spend a large portion of my time. I look at my desk. It is reasonably clean, but there is a dirty ice cream bowl next to me, two empty coffee cups, and a plate that once held a juicy bratwurst. The trash can next to me is home to two empty Oreo packages (that I knocked out single handed in a couple of days), a box that previously held eight cream cheese covered brownies that I again had no help in devouring, and three empty cans of beer.

Who am I to force this poor lady into exercising?

I'm a hefty 282 pounds, and a towering (for a girl) 5' 10". It is time for a change.

I saved and quit my Sims game, strapped on my old, barely touched tennis shoes, and exercised for the first time in months. Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred. I couldn't finish any of the portions of it, and the video is only 20 minutes long! It hurt, but I'm going to continue. 

It's time to lose, for real this time.