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NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
New Year’s RESOLUTIONS Coco St. George
New year, new life, new goals. Your deadbeat boyfriend dumped your ass before the holidays and started dating his own alt, making sure you know he’s having a great time going to better places than he used to go with you. This sent you in a downward spiral that made you rush to your fridge in search of immediate comfort. Comfort food, that is, the kind of food you turn to when you are in a deep funk. It would be a shame if you eat your way out of your depression, though. Eating will only compound your situation by making you gain weight. Germans even have a word for this: Kummerspeck (literally “pain bacon”), that is, the weight you gain by overeating when you are sad or otherwise emotionally distressed.
A new year offers you the chance to open a new chapter in your life, to start over with a clean slate, as it were. So, why not take this opportunity to show you-know-who who was the real loser in this breakup?
That’s right! Don’t let the word dumped get the better of you. You know you’re better than that, and as a Second Life resident in good standing, you don’t even need to exhaust yourself with diets and workouts to get back to the figure that made him fall for you in the first place. No, all you need is to send your avatar to one of the many establishments devoted to the culture of the muscle. Yes, those places otherwise known as gyms.
And here is another good reason for working out: that’s an excellent pretext to go shopping and find a cute outfit that will put you on the radar of your future gym mates. So, before even thinking of finding a gym, grab your purse and visit your favorite store in search of those perfect tops and bottoms that will enhance your still-tempting curves.
Now that you’ve chosen your garments, it’s time to choose a place. If all you want is to visit a gym to work out a little, socialize a lot, and enjoy the eye candy around you, then by all means go to the Alpha Gym, a well-established and respected institution where you will find all the machines you may think of: treadmills, bikes, rowing simulators, weight-lifting stations of all kinds, everything you need to work your pecs, biceps, triceps, quads, glutes, abs, and even muscles you didn’t know you had. Plus, a little more: showers, a locker room, a beach to relax if needed, and a juice bar to replenish your fluids. If anything, maybe you could ask for a sauna, but hey, all this is free and all you need to enjoy it is a little motivation to drag your ass there and start working out.
Oh, motivation! That unforgiving factor whose loss makes every plan, every dream, every hope, and every fantasy get drained down the toilet! In case your determination starts wavering those cold mornings when the body refuses to get out
of the warm and cozy blankets, just think of the face that good-for-nothing will make when you “accidentally” bump into him at the next “Best in Red” night in your favorite club.
You may think making your ex jealous is a contemptible motivation to work out or, at least, to watch your health. And you’d be right, of course. So, if you want to visit a gym to really get in shape, work your muscles, and feel the joy of mastering your own body into doing whatever you want, then you need something more serious.
And if you want serious, you should visit Maelstrom Muscle Gym, This gym was founded and is run by Diego V. Maelstrom, a wonderful guy who recognizes that his main motivation “is helping others in SML and watching them grow.” And since he is usually around his gym, you may ask him for help in case you need it. Or ask Sally, a girl who is always willing to help everybody. You need to train often to increase your strength And even if you don’t need to get rid of any Kummerspeck, nor to rub your amazing figure in your ex-boyfriend’s face, you may want to give the gym a try for the sheer pleasure of feeling your body stretching and getting limber day in and day out. Everyone may have a different motivation to work out, but the goal is the same for everybody: to be the best version of yourself.
