D'uh right?! Before you roll your eyes, read why this is a huge announcement. I have been 'active' since I can remember. Played on every team I could. All of my waking hours, until recently, had a fitness goal. Being a Highschool and University athlete, my time was spent in the gym. Practicing. Honing skills. Putting in the reps to be a better performer on the court. I didn't question it. I didn't make my schedule or determine what I needed to do. I just showed up. The result was a healthy and fit body (minus the periodic injury). Then later, fitness was career oriented. It was necessary that I be in top fighting form...literally, or myself and my colleagues could get hurt, or worse: may not come home. So again, hitting the gym or the track was a necessity.
Well...now I am self employed. I am not on any team. My time table has opened right up and yet I find I am possibly in the worst shape of my life. The irony is not lost on me (I am in the health and fitness industry...). I train individuals who have fitness goals : strength training, endurance, flexibility ..., goals I insist they identify. I was training these incredible warriors and I myself, did not have a fitness goal. I was that parent who shouts "Do as I say not as I do". Eeee Gawd.
Well, here it is: I am working out for health. It is an extremely vague goal, except that I have taken my measurements, determined a healthy body fat % (one that allows me to be lean and still have a period). I have vowed that I will not be depressed or motivated by a reflexion that doesn't meet a magazine cover standard. I am not training for a race or a position on a team. I am training for life. This is possibly the hardest thing and most important. I am accountable to me. Only me. Except that if I am not my healthiest I am gipping those that love me.
I am scheduling 'practices' and 'gym' times for yours truly. I will not double book 'my' time, with kid's activities, appointments, or work. I am working out for health. I am working out for me...for the first time in my life.
Join me!
Stay happy & healthy
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