Am I becoming a gym junkie!

Jan 24, 2014

Over my lifetime, I have joined a couple of different gyms, and I dread....  absolutely dreaded, going to each one.  It seemed so hard and inconvenient and very shortly after joining, I would quit.  

This time is very different, not sure why.  I am older, more out of shape than ever, and suffer from chronic pain. I work full time + lots of over time, so I work long hours, most of it sitting. 

So I joined a local gym here in Toledo, Ohio called Super Fitness.  I was nervous going in the first time, but if anyone knows me, when I get something in my head I have a streak of stubborn determination that even the best of overachievers could appreciate.  I suppose exercising has always appeared to be a sign of failure to me in the past, so I was pretty hesitant to join and commit to 3 years of paying for a gym and not end up going.  

But I did it anyway.

Going the first day was easy, my friend Angie is a member and I chose a day she would be there. She showed me around and then I looked at whatever machine seemed the least intimidating.  I chose the treadmill. I always loved going for walks and knew this would be a good start for me.  As I was up on the treadmill, I seen lost of different people in the gym. I noticed cute lil petite ladies, people who were average, all the way up to a couple of folks my size and one guy who was much larger than me. It was a great mixture and I didn't feel out of place at all!  I did a good amount of time that I thought was sufficient and not leave me struggling for breath and suffering in pain. I felt good!

Over the next few days, I went by myself, trying out several different machines til I found some that I felt benefited me the most without causing too much stress on my body. Each day I would go a little bit longer, and faster. I got a good rhythm going each time and wouldn't look at the timer every 10 seconds praying that time would go quicker. I was doing it! I was working out, doing cardio! 

And it wasn't THAT bad!!

I even had my son join me for 2 days and it was fun. We each worked out in our own way and would check with each other every time we switched machines.  My son is almost as big as I was at his age, 15. That terrifies me!!  He has always been a lil chunky but he really filled out since he stopped going to martial arts class.  I look at him and feel so heartbroken because I already know what he will go through as he gets older, and I want to avoid it as much as possible. So I told him until he is 18, he has to do what I feel is right for him, and right now, that is exercising!!

Since our families schedules are all crazy, I vow to make time, even if for an hour to go exercise EVERY DAY! I realize that some days this will be impossible just because of our schedules, but I am going to take great effort to go each day and figured I could drag my son along at least on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

We are gonna do it!!!

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