My life without the gym

My life without the gym

If you follow me you will know that I write this blog every morning, 5 days a week, on the treadmill at the gym, at 5 am.

I have been working out before it become popular...yes, back in the stone age. Before women went or were accepted at the gyms. Trust me these were not the "fitness" clubs we have now, these were down and dirty gyms.
Some had no heat, ripped up benches and no fancy machines. But there I was, usually one of a few hard core women working out the men.

I went to the gym every day as long as I could remember even all through high school and college.
The only time I didn't go was when I was on bedrest when I was pregnant with my girls and almost had to be tied down not to go.

As soon as they were born they came to the gym with me. Hell, my little one who use to do work out tapes with me at home everyday, one time saw Richard Simmons at the mall and went screaming "Richard Simmons....Richard Simmons" after him. He got suck a kick out of his youngest fan and signed a autograph for her.

So when I tell you the gym and working out has always been part of my life like brushing my teeth, something I just did every day.
Recently I hurt my back and even though I've pushed through the gym with a broken arm and a broken foot, this knocked me out.
I was going through this funk in my life at the same time and this didn't help as I slept in and this cycle repeated itself.

Too tired and depressed to go to the gym, then feeling like crap because I wasn't in the gym then not going the next day.
I missed 3 weeks at the gym and I felt like crap both mentally and physically. See as much as 5 am sucks to get up, when I am done with my workout I feel alive, I have energy and I feel like I can conquer the world.

So now I was depressed and not working out, it was a horrible combination. Finally I had enough, the pity party was over and I needed to do something to get out of this funk and so I started with yoga again to at least stretch out my back. I started to meditate again as I needed to center myself and in a few days I decided to drag my ass to the gym. Let me tell you that hour or hour and a half extra sleep was tough to let go of, but I was determined.

It took at least of week of fighting with myself to get out of bed so I feel your pain, those who say they can't do it. But you can, anything you do for 21 days becomes a habit, you just have to push yourself.

I have been back at the gym for the last 2 weeks and I have to tell you, the funk is gone, I feel better, stronger and able to handle what life keeps throwing at me.
It's amazing the changes I see mentally, emotionally and physically since I've been back.

I'm not where I was but I know I will be soon and I realized that working out is my antidepressant. I don't need to take pills, I just need to drag my ass to the gym. I think many people may be in this funk especially as of lately and next week I will talk about mental illness, the statistics of suicide and the effects of working out.

So today my friends remember the change begins with you. I didn't want to get out of bed, it was easier to roll over and push snooze. It was easier to be wrapped up in this depression than to move and break the cycle.
I am here as living proof that exercise can change your mental health, it can bring you out of your funk, it can change your attitude and outlook.
You just have to do that Nike slogan....just do it!
I know I will never again live my life without the gym.

"Be the change you want to see"
 
"And just when the caterpillar thought his life over...he turned into a beautiful butterfly"

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