As many of you can see I’ve been having trouble writing in my blog because we’re not rushing off to the hospital every other month & our lives have settled into a routine, which is a good thing. Since things have settled so nicely I have made a decision. For those of you who may not know Gary & I use to work out and stay in shape. It was important to us. Because of Gary’s accident working out & eating right took a backseat to making sure he was alright. It’s been more than 4 years (closer to 5 now), since I have worked out. Since our lives seem to have settled I have made the decision to get back into shape. The problem is I made the decision about 2 months ago & haven’t been able to motivate myself into working out & while I’ve made a start to eat right, several times, I keep falling off the wagon & go right back to eating crap. So I’ve been asking myself how can I fix this problem & get started working out & taking care of myself.
I don’t know why, the only thing I can figure is the Lord helped me with this one, I decided to stop into Urban Active on a whim yesterday. It’s close to our house and while I have all the equipment I need in our basement, what I didn’t have was someone to make me accountable. Gary always use to play that role before his accident. He would remind me that we needed to stay in shape so we could live a long life together. So even though I didn’t like working out I loved the way it made me look & feel, so we both worked out 5 – 6 times a week for about an hour. Every other day was cardio and the other days were weights. As I said before I’ve known I needed to start working out again so I can stay healthy & strong in order to take care of Gary for as long as I possible can. Yesterday I signed up with a personal trainer at Urban Active. Someone who is going to hold me accountable for the crap I eat & missing workouts. I will workout with them 3 days a week.
Why am I telling you folks about this? Because I am going to make myself even more accountable by writing about it in my blog. I am going to tell you what is hopefully the worst of it by telling my current weight & measurements. I’ve taken pictures of myself in a bikini so the whole ugly truth is out there for all to see. I’m not proud that I’ve let myself go the way I have, but I’ve had more important things on my mind. Now it’s time to get back into fighting shape. This will not be easy, I figure it will take close to a year to get back to where I was because I want to do it right and healthy. I begin my program the Monday after Thanksgiving. They will weigh & measure me then so I can post those numbers for you then. I will also post the pictures of my current body in a bikini at that time. You may want to check out the blog on an empty stomach.
Please continue with all your prayers & good thoughts as I will be needing them to help me get going on this new journey. Gary was excited when I told him yesterday & he pumped his fist & said “yeahoo” for me. He told me he is happy that I’m going to get back into shape. Even though he would love me no matter what he would like to see my body back in shape again. He told me he has been worried about me gaining so much weight. So this is as much for him as for myself.
Thanks to all of you out there who followed our journey everywhere it has taken us, I hope I’ve helped some people & I hope I inspire some of you on this new journey.
