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		<title>Fruit Cake.  FRUIT CAKE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday I signed up across the road from work. Yesterday I went for an hour long induction. Today I had my first session. Yep. I&#8217;ve joined the gym. No, before you scoff at me and point out that I&#8217;ve tried the gym regime a number of times in the past, with varying levels of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday I signed up across the road from work.  Yesterday I went for an hour long induction.  Today I had my first session.</p>
<p>Yep.  I&#8217;ve joined the gym.</p>
<p>No, before you scoff at me and point out that I&#8217;ve tried the gym regime a number of times in the past, with varying levels of failure, allow me to point out a few differences:
<ul>
<li>I&#8217;ve got a couple of gym-legend workmates giving me advice and encouragement through each session</li>
<li>I&#8217;m paying for it now, so there&#8217;s an obligation to get value for money</li>
<li>I&#8217;m going <i>before</i> work starts.  All it requires is getting a reasonably early night and then the early wake up isn&#8217;t actually too bad &#8211; and even if it is, after 30 minutes in the gym I&#8217;m already feeling much, much more awake and ready for the day.  Also, it means I can go out in the evening without having to worry about arriving late/skipping an after-work gym session to accommodate it.  Oh and finally, it means I don&#8217;t spend the whole of my working day thinking of excuses why I shouldn&#8217;t go to the gym, as in previous &#8220;after work&#8221; gym attemptsâ€¦</li>
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<p>If I&#8217;ve (just about) convinced you that this will work this time then that&#8217;s good.  </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s just hope it&#8217;s actually true. :-)</p>
<p>Toodles,</p>
<p>Pat a.k.a. &#8220;Fruit Cake&#8221;<br />
<small>(Apparently &#8220;Beef Cake&#8221; wasn&#8217;t appropriate for a veggieâ€¦)</small></p>
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