So I have lost four measly pounds this year. It's April by the way, and no, this isn't a joke. I just haven't been able to shake the excuses from my way to losing those pounds.

I have quite a few excuses-- I'm hungry after work, it's expensive to eat healthy, I have no time, I'm tired, etc. But recently I have had a new super excuse: a cracked rib. It is a medical phenomenon that we can actually examine DNA and study individual particles, but if you crack a rib, medical science can not help you in any way. You just have to take it easy; that's all you can do for it. And I have been.

Currently, my Night Elf Hunter is level 20 on World of Warcraft. I also have a level 22 human Mage. I'm not proud of these things. It's time spent that, while fun, has no positive impact on my health. And while it's true I can't run or lift weights right now, a rib injury does not require entertaining electronic stimulus.

I could go for walks, ride a bike (if people didn't sell them out from underneath me) or do a variety of things more physically involving.

I did go out this past Saturday to see a movie, something I couldn't afford to do, but I felt my wife deserved some time away from Stormwind and Ironforge. We went to see the movie Run Fatboy Run. Possibly the funniest movie I've seen in years. Which meant constant pain.

It turns out that hard laughter is a sure sign that your going to feel some heavy "pressure" on your cracked rib. And the movie was funny for the duration. But the movie seemed to motivate me in some cheesy/disgusting/disturbing way. The main character's real problem in the movie is that he never finishes anything that he starts, similar to the way many people in the real world start an exercise plan but never reach their goal. Plus, he's a fat guy trying to run, which wins over the sympathy of 99% of earth.

While I'm not just blatantly giving free advertising for the movie (go see it!) I do think that there's something to be gained from seeing that if we don't change our ways now, we won't be different later. I know that sounds funny, but think about it. If you always plan on finishing that goal "later," it can't ever be completed.

So as the weather warms up here in awful Utah, hopefully I will heal quickly and be able to prioritize the things I want to do; get in good shape and live longer, or protect the lands of Azeroth from the burning Horde? Besides, what do you think our generation is going to do for our retirement?

Nice.