Why I push myself hard
I’ve been thinking about this for awhile now and I really don’ t know. Someone asked me today what my body goal was. I didn’t have an answer. I have some small personal goals, but the big one is still a question to me. I love working out because it makes me feel good. I had a scare a year ago. I went for my routine exam and my doc felt swollen lymph nodes under my arms.So she had me come back in a month to recheck. Still there..so I go for a mammogram. They find nothing. Then my doctor sends me to a blood doctor who then sends me for a CT scan. I am scared now I might add. They found no tumors(thankyou God)..yet found I have multinodular goiter and a cyst on my liver. So..with that being said, I am sent to a gastro doc and endo doc. Now meanwhile..I feel other lymph nodes..neck and groin are also swollen..not painful though. All these docs tested and cleared me basically. Yet, these things are still swollen. Not huge like to be biopsied, but large enough for me to constantly feel for and wonder. As I get on that treadmill, I am thinking more on the lines of -ok ….all toxins, please leave my body via sweat!!! Ultimately..the muscle I gain and weight I lose are bonus, I really want to be healthy most of all. My drive comes from my fears I guess.But I am excited about 163 total cholesterol,HDL 54,LDL 96 and triglyceride 64. Maybe there are other people out there like me..???? I am in this for life!!
March 29, 2008 at 5:46 am
Reading your blogs…you are a lot like me (except with more knowledge!) I too am in this for health (the better physique part is a bonus)
I am sure you are scared–I would be too. I would keep going back if I were you until they find out what it is. I did that earlier this year–woke up one day and couldn’t hardly move. I had severe arthritis symptoms for a month and more dr’s visits than I have had in years. Finally they found the cause, but it took a lot of blood tests and scans before we got there. Now I am fighting the long effects of a serious illness and trying to get my strength back. I am afraid often, that I will do something and it will trigger a reaction of the illness or I will do damage to my heart, but I keep going because I need to.
I understand you pushing hard because you need to be healthy. It is the very best reason to do this. Yes, looking great (which you do) is a bonus, but maintaining a healthy and fit body to fight off illness and the ravages of time is what we are all after ultimately.
Keep up the awesome work (as a side note–I too decided to get my pt cert. to gain more knowledge! funny!) You look great and you are very blessed with your family.
Be well,
jean
March 29, 2008 at 8:42 am
Hey Amy!
I had two scares this past year that really made me push harder! Health is SO important!! You look so amazing! And you are such a huge inspiration!! Thank you for sharing your self so candidly and deeply with us here!!
Cyber hugs!! Stormi
March 29, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Your blog was not intended for humor, I suspect, but "ok ….all toxins, please leave my body via sweat!!!" definitely had me laughing.
I’m in this for life as well. Wishing you health and happiness.
April 18, 2008 at 5:50 am
Just wanted to share this. I too had a scare. I became a member of bodyspace in Sept. 07. I done great for about 2 months and then I started feeling really bad everyday (nausea, pain, weakness, ears ringing). They ran several tests and couldn’t find anything. After being scared out of my mind and laying around, feeling sorry for myself, and eating bad. I thought "this has to be my head". There is nothing wrong with me! Get up and make a change! I’ve been an Oxygen subscriber for years and decided to purchase "The Eat Clean Diet". I read it from front to back and then purchased the cookbook and workout book by Tosca. That did it!It changed me forever! I also find that the support and info I get from bodyspace is what drives me. Thanks for all your comments Amy, it really helps!
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