There is nothing more entertaining than “people watching”, we are certainly very interesting animals.

Back to normal life, off I went to the gym at 06:15 this morning. Usually at this time of the day, it is always the same people, all wanting to do a good workout in the short time they have, than getting ready to go to their respective offices, in time for the 9 o’clock starting time.

Arriving there the car park was unusually full (it is a huge car park) then it hit me: New Year’s resolution!!!!! Was I right or what???

Usually the regulars like myself, share the machines in a silent agreement by doing one series, than moving to other machine and watching and waiting for the last person on the first machine to finish, so we can do the second series. It works like clockwork. Not today of course, not on the first working day of the year, the day the promises soon to be broken, start.

All those who “decided” to lose all the kilos accumulated in the last 12 months in “an hour” are in the gym everywhere in the world because they must be thin by the end of this week and to make sure it is happening they cannot take their eyes from every mirror around.

I am not complaining, actually I really enjoyed watching the New Year resolution groups: they have the latest fashion on exercise clothes, usually in neon collours, very expensive new trainers (gym shoes) and all the accessories: little towels for sweat, wrist towels for a quick wipe, headband with matching socks, the latest IPhone and the best headphones they could possibly have asked for for Christmas.

The resolution people walk around with their bodies swaying from one side to the another, a bit like John Travolta in Grease, with that look on their faces: “I am really good at this, watch me” attitude, evaluating machines, looking at the regulars who are pacing themselves looking after our bodies’ limits, with complete disdain for their “lack of determination”.

Once the “resolved” choose an exercise they lift more weights than us the regulars, in the hope they will be fit and toned by the end of the session. They are the ones who believe that, when finished, by letting the weights fall from a height, making loads of noise, will actually help them lose weight faster than us silent regulars. It is really funny because it is a collective behavior.

After every exercise pushing their bodies to the limit, there is a looong pause to walk in circle puffing as loud as possible and drinking loads of always looking in the mirror. The men fix their hair constantly and check if their lifting power has been noticed. The ladies believe it or not are not as concerned with their appearances as the blocks, instead they keep their Whatsapp and FB updated with their Gym news.

An hour in the gym, the resolution people manage to lift a ton of weights in 1 minute series (yes the faster the better as well), drink approximately 5 liters of water (it is a way to show one is working hard – hydrating, hydrating) and still manage to keep their hair in place and the friends in the social media informed.

In the mean time I will have to wait until the 3^rd week of January when all the resolutions to get fit and toned vanish unlike the kilos.