I wanted to come back and say something positive as it seems all I’ve had to say is negative lately. I do believe that negativity feeds on negativity, so I’m going to make a conscious effort to be more positive this week.
Things I am feeling good about:
~The unprecedented number of comments I have received from my SITS girls! It makes me feel so good to see so many of my blogging sisters visiting my site. I am going to get to each and every one of yours as well! (If you don’t know what or who SITS is, go check them out!! They’re all about supporting fellow bloggers via comments, lots and lots of comments!)
~Watching David say “ho, ho, ho” wearing a Santa hat while I put lights on the tree.
~The kids’ new love of “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” movie. They want to watch it every night. This was my favorite Christmas movie as a child.
~Listening to Sofia sing “Jingle, Jangle, Jingle…”
~The fact that my little, isolated small town has a new GYM!
I am so excited. I have been paying for my gym membership where I used to live (and currently work) for the past year and have not gone. Just when I went to cancel it, I thought No! Maybe I’ll want to go! So I kept paying. My little town has a workout studio that offers only classes, but that hasn’t interested me. I used to love to take classes back in the day – body pump, step, kickboxing, etc. but this is a small town and full of people I know. I’m not into shaking my excessive body fat in front of people I know.
I happened to drive by the new gym over the weekend, ironically enough on my way to check out a treadmill I had decided I was going to buy for myself for Christmas! I felt it was serendipitous because honestly, I have no place to put a treadmill.
So, one gym tour and a half hour later, I had canceled my other gym membership (after 12 years) and joined this new gym. I could not wait to get home to change into my workout gear! I worked out for an hour and a half both Saturday and Sunday and by Sunday evening, could not move.
I think I overdid it, but this did not dampen my enthusiasm for joining.
Working out used to be the start to my day. Everything revolved around my workout schedule. I would go to sleep by 10 p.m. and wake at 5 a.m. and do cardio before the 6 a.m. body pump class. Sometimes, I would do step or kickboxing after work. Various boyfriends didn’t care for my early rise schedule, so they didn’t last long. My roommate at the time would marvel at my “dedication.” It was just such an integral part of my life. Integral in my keeping my weight down and my psyche stable. It is something that has been missing from my life for a while now. I’m truly invigorated to think that I am now able to go to the gym again regularly! I know that sounds weird, but it’s like I’m trying to rebuild myself since having the twins and this is one step in that right direction.
I honestly feel like if I can get this weight down, a lot of my other issues will resolve. I guess I’m starting a little early on the New Year’s Resolution. No time like the present, eh?
Wishing you a MERRY SITSmas and hoping you get through the holidays without injuring yourself at the new gym — I always overdue things the first time too! : )
That's awesome! I recently bought a Wii Fit for similar reasons. Since Hubs works nights and sleeps during the day I'm pretty much stuck at home most of the time, so a gym membership just wouldn't have been practical for me.