Well, for my health, I need to go to the gym since I am so fat and out of shape. Here are my obstacles:

1 The Shoe Thing

I teach English in Asia, so I have to bring a clean pair of tennis shoes to the gym. ‘Cause they don’t let you into the gym without changing your shoes. I think I’m actually suppossed to buy a brand-new pair of sparkling-clean shoes, but I’ve just been throwing mine in the washer. But it’s a pain ‘cause then I have to wear my other totally uncomfortable pair of shoes to work to keep my tennis shoes clean.

2 Money

It costs $5 dollars a day to go to the gym, plus I guess I’ll have to fork out $65 for a new pair of tennis shoes since I only like New Balance tennis shoes and they “ain’t” cheap. (see shoe thing above).

3 Embarassing

I’m so fat it’s embarassing to enter a gym.

4 Lazy

I don’t want to go.

5 Too Tired

My upstairs neighbors are so loud even though I’ve complained 100 times to the security guards. So I’m too tired due to lack of sleep.

6 Laundry

I can’t seem to keep up with the laundry just for washing clothes to wear to work, much less extra t-shirts and stretch pants for going to the gym.

7 Language Barrier

I don’t know how to use any of the machines. And the people at my gym don’t speak English. And I’m too lazy to take a language class (see lazy, subpoint 4, above).