So much done so much more to do
It has been a year since I made a conscious effort to bodybuild. In the beginning of this journey, I suppose I thought it was as easy as talking a walk. I would just do it and my body would tow the line. The reality is that it has been one of the most difficult parts of my lifestyle changes. I have to eat to live. Everyone does right? So, why is this the part that seems to be killing all of my efforts. I watch every morsel every calorie the good the bad and the unknown. I recalculate the rest of my day if I slip up and eat crap or if I have no control over what is being served. I have nearly conquered my fibromyalgia, my emphysema is still kicking my ass but, I run and I do other cardio to be sure to keep any further damage at bay. I have been on vacations NY, Paris, Tampa blah blah blah. I still integrated working out into those "breaks". I had plastic surgery and even still did not allow the six week wait to keep me out of focus. The main goal is to be the in the best shape possible. To honor and protect the vessel God has given me. I have dislocated my knee and still I am in the game. I have to say all of this has occurred over the past year. So now I must look forward. I must look onward and I must change it up in order to succeed.
I am making a few promises to myself. Live Clean! Over the next year my fitness goals will morph into something I may not recognize and I want to enjoy the journey as well as the destination so I promise myself to keep my body and mind clean. Trying to focus on the positive and still keeping a healthy hand in fixing the negatives. I promise a monthly fast. I will give myself 24 hours of light fluids and prayer. I will make one last promise to myself, to love me. It is the last but the most important, I really need to get into loving me completely. Not just the good or obviously good but the whole picture, I think that is the key to a more realist view of my accomplishments and my challenges.
~Be Strong and Be Blessed
