I was watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother yesterday and they have this story about how one day you find yourself not as fit nor in shape as you want yourself to be. I had to laugh at the gags, like Ted (the leading man) feeling stress and tired after brisk walking a few feet, because most of the time I feel the same way, too. So the gang decided that they will join the gym (one thing that I’ve been planning to do again for a long time now) only to be disheartened or diverted away from actually working out by an acutely strict female trainer, a muscular trainer who is not really a trainer, a former flame, or Ted being simply to lazy to stretch his muscles.

There are times when I fear that I may have hormonal imbalance, especially at certain times of the month. But mostly I suppose my feeling lethargic is caused by not enough exercise and an unhealthy diet. It’s hard sometimes to assess yourself if you’re just being paranoid and hypochondriac or if you’re putting off seeing the doctor when you actually have to. Speaking of hormone therapy, I remember hearing from a friend that such treatments sometimes cause dramatic weight increases, so I can only hope I won’t need to have that anytime in the future (we’re not going to talk about menopause here; that’s still too far). There are alternatives like natural hormones, but I’ve read that drugs are not necessarily safe just because they’re “natural.” Oh, well.