Okay, remember when I blogged about how I wanted to get a gym membership just because I liked the gym bag that comes with it? How about that short-lived diet I had going on?

Well, I think I’m finally getting my act together because recently, along with a couple of friends from the office , I finally got a gym membership and consented to being subjected to an exhaustive and rigid training regimen.

But, instead of being all optimistic about being whipped back into shape, I think I may very well be on my way to gaining all the weight I lost from my short dieting stint.

The reason: I think my shoulder–the same shoulder I hurt on a sports-related freak accident back in 2001– is shot to shit. I think I might have busted it yesterday when I forced myself to do a pathetic 165 lbs on squats. I know, I know; you readers who are into body building and shit are probably laughing your steroid asses off and saying “Well, if you did your squats properly there shouldn’t be any reason for you to hurt your shoulders because when you do squats, the bar should rest below your shoulder blades” and to you I say “Well that’s easy for you to say because if you’re as fat as I am, you can’t really tell your shoulder blades apart from the rest of your fat-laden back even if your life depended on it” and laugh at how funny you look in your muscle shirts and arm tattoos.

I told our group’s trainer, Gary (who is some sort of Mixed Martial Artist and whose secret mission to turn me from “Mike Villar: Rising Internet Star, Fat Chops” to “Mike Villar: Stamina God and Purveyor of Pain” is becoming more and more evident each day I work out with him)about this yesterday and his response was something to the effect of “I can see your Vagina through your shorts. Oh and welcome to the world of serious working out. And Pain.”

The friends I work out with say that a certain amount of pain and discomfort is to be expected when you work out seriously and yes, I probably do have a vagina, but when my body’s so sore to the point that I cannot even guide a spoon to my mouth with my right hand to eat, well, something’s definitely amiss.

(Oh and Gary said that he was going to “punish” me if I do not continue with the program tomorrow after I explained to him that I might not be able to work out for a while because of the chronic shoulder pain bothering me. He said that it doesn’t really matter and he’s still going to punish me and my family so yeah, I’m kind of freaked out by that.)

Now, I’ve sunk deeper and deeper into a pit of depression because I feel like a pussy and a failure.

This morning, I contacted the orthopedist who worked on my shoulder two years ago to have it checked but his secretary said that he won’t have clinic on the hospital closest to me until Monday next week. Apparently, saying “My shoulder’s feel weird” doesn’t evoke a sense of urgency from doctors.

So yeah, fuck that. Instead I’m going to sleep tonight and hope that my shoulder magically heals mostly out of admiration for my will to get back into shape or, I dunno, maybe it will just decide to fall off or something. I mean, at least if that happens, I can get a cast and have an excuse not to work out for the next few weeks or so. And maybe I can confront Gary and say “What? You honestly think I wanted to blow my shoulder out and not work out? I’m in a fucking cast! How about a little sympathy you asshole?”

So yeah, I just thought I’d write about all of this because I know you assholes love it when I fail at something. Also, I promise this is the last time I’m going to write about health shit. Expect the next update after I hit the 300 lbs milestone.