Thanks to My Supporters

Oh this is a quick blog post just to say "Thanks" to all of those supporting me near and far.  My trainer was going on how great it was on Facebook that I have so many people "Liking" and giving words of encouragement to my battle for better health!

"Thank you exercise for being the only thing stopping me from getting in shape." Jimmy Fallon

I LOVE Jimmy Fallon and his "Thank You Notes" on August 24, 2012 he aired one of the ones that is in the title.  I of course find it hilarious because it seems to be very true in a lot of people's lives.  "I want to get healthier", "I want to lose weight", "I wish I can climb steps without stopping".  I have heard these things time and time again.  Then I hear "I don't have time to exercise", "I don't like exercising"....

This is what I think of.  When I first walked into "Studio 1-on-1 Fitness" this cartoon was outside the door talk about convicting.  I am not trying to say to exercise an hour a day.  Even a start of 15 minutes daily is better than nothing.  To get more time in do it through out the day.  10-15 increments is very easy to add in.  Now I am still not quite at this "daily" thing.  I definitely have my days of being exhausted.  I need this to stop and get something in.  If I have a desire to exercise though I try to do it ASAP before I lose that desire.  Today was a great example.  I had my training at 8:30am, came home took my meds that I have to eat an hour after.  Well I got bored and wanted to walk on the treadmill.  I can actually say I got an hour worth of exercise in today.  That is super exciting.  I got done and was worn out but I feel like it could be the most energy I have ever had.  I am hearing a lot of people that I am inspiring them which is good but I would love to see inspiration turn that into change.  My trainer inspires me, she is in great shape but what do I do with that?  I need get off my butt and exercise!  Now do I want to be my trainer....No.  I am built way differently and I believe when I am completely fit we will have different strong points.  You cannot compare yourself to others.  You are a unique individual.  I am probably going to be built bigger and you know for the first time in my 31 years of life, that is OK.  I do not have the bone structure of being thin.  I am built to be a full figured girl.  Now not what different people call full figured as having extra weight.  I am talking wider shoulders, wider hips.....and I won't go on.  I see some people with extra weight who are told by doctors that they need to lose weight and all I hear is excuses basically blaming the doctor for being called obese when in reality sorry to break it to you...you are.  I am morbidly obese this is a fact I can other mope about the physician world as labeling me as such or I can use this as a reason to get healthy.  I look in the mirror and am not happy with what I see.  I need to look in the mirror and be happy because I am making progress of changing what I see in the mirror.  I have gone through some things that have made me a big girl, a lot of health issues.  Okay so now it is time to fight these health issues and not allow them to control my life.  IBS made me stop exercising. Not anymore.  It is not going to control me.  I am not a slave to IBS, hypothyroidism, acid reflux and former injuries.  These things do not control me, it may mean frequent "breaks" and some exercises I may not be able to do but I will overcome these things.  I was allowing these things to control me and it was making me even more unhealthy with high blood pressure, increased glucose level, and increase in cholesterol.  I am not allowing one condition to spiral down into more expensive health problems.  I can't; for myself, for my husband and for the rest of my family.  Align has helped me out tremendously hoping that this is the answer to me starting to lose weight.  I know crazy thing.  My body has not been getting proper nourishment but just in the week and a half that I have been taking these things my energy level has gone up.  My trainer has told me that she notices my endurance is a lot better.  She has noticed improvement in the past but just this past week even more so....I mean I got on the treadmill at home after working out...that has to count for something.  Another problem I am coming across is I am very stressed.  Stress is an evil thing that can make it hard to lose weight.  I know that after the cruise in October (Omigoodness just a little over a month away) I will be a lot less up tight.  May need to make monthly get away trips or every other month on a weekend.  Hoping I can still drop some pounds before cruising to the Bahamas but you know I am not giving up what I am doing, eventually they will come off when my body decided to behave.  This is just a rant of the things going through my head things I have been battling.  I might blog more but as a warning I may be very repetitive.  Some things I am fighting come up time and time again and are very frustrating, it will be interesting to see how much I have grown from it all.