I never imagined my
body would crave excecise or anything close to that .
Crave sleep food or
leisure certainly ! But excecise ? No way ... Not me .
Not did I ever really
believe that I would be in a good enough routine in excercise
that when I miss a
day or a week something feels missing from my life . Unimaginable actually .
And that my husband and I would be doing this together ? For real ?
I guess the slogan of
" takes 90 days for a habit to form " is really true . In our case it
has been 5 months that it took to feel any type of attachment . And trust me it
is still not like intellectually i feel like ever going to the gym but
physically my body seems to want it .
It's not as though we
are hard core exercisers either ! Only two times a week we do very very intense
circuit and kettle ball training . Then another two times a week I power walk
and my hubby walks with me or jogs . And we also walk to and from the gym both
days which is about 15 mins each way . And we have been doing this since
October 2014 with generally consistency ( with a few weeks of for vacation or injuries
or travel for work )
What makes me so
proud is that it really does not fit into our lives in any shape or form . We
have no time for this at all but have really prioritized it and made it happen
( only took me 43 yrs !!! ) . If anything this would be the worst time to
excercise . My business travel is at an all time
high and so is my stress level . My moms needs have been requiring massive
amounts of time and energy as well as that we have lost all help in our home
since January and we have depended on this help for years with the types of
careers we have and built our schedules around it .
Both hubby and I have
had big back issues ( mine returned as Chiro dumped me ) and hubby
a new issue last few months .
And both of us have
no time for our lives .. Relaxations .. Communication or our important to do
lists at work or home . But we still go to the gym . ( hubby craves it less
than I do but he is disciplined and goes nonetheless )
So we have made it
happen !! I can't believe it ! I remember a great friend and colleague sitting
with me at barbies restaurant and saying to me " just commit and do a
class once a week . Commit and make it happen. Every week " sounded like
such good advice and simple but I was never able to do it and now I have .
And it is not for the
same motives . My only motivation used to be for how
I looked . Now it is
simply for how I feel . I feel stronger . I stand taller . My weight is the
same but I believe I look better in clothes (even if it is in my own head feels
good !) I am doing this for reasons that are more important : because I need to
be healthy . I have had enough examples around me lately to understand that
Health and protecting it has to be a number one priority
Hopefully those
push-ups and kettle ball swings are working their magic inside of my body .
Hopefully those walks there and back and in between will allow me to more
successfully walk up stairs at the school without being out of breath and do
the walk of gods on our upcoming trip to Italy with chase .and hopefully it
will provide a good example to our children of health and prioritizing
( finally !)
It's probably just a
coincidence but everyone this year in our house is in the best shape of their
lives . All three kids are pure athletes and already in shape but this year
have taken it to another level . Bear now works out at his lunch hour at the
gym 5 days a week. Chase 3-4 times a week at a gym and hired a personal trainer
with his own money and super into health and fitness and eating well
. And beauty is
always working out bc of dance many days a week after school and has now said
wants to add more cardio to the mix and start running with her dad
I think the kids see
how busy are lives are and how little time we have to spare but yet early mornings
leave the house and come back sweaty . It has changed something in us .. In
them and in our lives .
It is hard but
necessary for us
We made it happen
after years and years and years of talking about it and no action .
Just do it !!
