I am a lot of things. Too much really if you ask most people {especially my poor husband}. But you know what I am NOT? Athletic. This is the girl who failed PE every. single. year. for non-participation. As if that's not bad enough I also possess - hand down - the world's most GINORMOUS sweet tooth. BUT it didn't matter. Because I was graced with the metabolism of a genie - I ate anything, never moved and magically looked anorexic too. At a whopping 4' 9" I spent most of my adult life, including right after having my first two kids, at a steady 84 pounds. I bought my clothes IN THE CHILDREN'S dept.
I didn't always hate sports. In fact as a kid I quite liked it. I played all the time. I had to really. I HATED playing girl stuff with the girls. I MUCH preferred being a bandit, breaking into the playhouses their daddies built them, throwing the dishes out the window and kidnapping the babies for candy. The boys were far more fun (and oh so much easier to navigate) and so that meant that if the boys decided to play sports so did I. I had this awesome neighbor. He was 2 years older than me and looked after me like an older brother. And he taught me how to play sports. That was when it was fun. When no one acted like someone might DIE if they lost a game or if a team mate made a mistake. Two things happened as I approached the oh so fab teen years. I began to look at boys a little differently and became terribly self-conscious and sports suddenly got serious. Yea. I was done. The only thing active I have done since is a whole lot of hiking/caving/rock climbing when I lived in MO but that was like 10 years ago {holy crap 10 years I have been in DC!?!??!?} Well I take that back - there was my MAJOR clubing days in my early twenties when I was out dancing for hours 4-6 nights a week....us Cubans can dance! Maybe I should go back to that.... Yea not likely.
And then mid-thirties hit and shit got REAL. Not only did I decide to get married AND get pregnant but my metabolism came to a SCREECHING halt. Add to that meds for 6 years that made me gain weight and BOOM. 144 pounds at the height of it. I became dangerously close to doubling my weight. Not ok.
Now hubby on the other hand - always workout and healthy eating conscious. When we were dating he often didn't have time for me because he spent so much of it in the gym. every. day. And no I don't know how he ended up with me but suffice it to say we are the EPITOME of opposites attract. But marriage, a move, a heinous work schedule with an equally heinous commute and a kid - his workouts fell by the wayside.
So here we are - neither of us working out, neither of us happy with our bodies. WE HAVE A FULL GYM IN OUR BASEMENT PEOPLE.
In addition I began having an awful lot of health issues. I finally decided to quit taking the meds I had been on and try to get a handle on my health. It didn't take much. I cut down on my portion sizes and got on the treadmill a bit and in no time i was down 16 pounds. That was earlier this year but I got back out of the habit and haven't been doing much for the last several months. The good news is - the weight stayed off so I feel confident I can get back to my normal size and stay there. If I get on that treacherous treadmill.
I loathe it. With everything in me. And while I bet hubby would like me getting into shape he has to listen to me - on occasion I can be slightly dramatic too. And whiny. But I have to. And quickly. You see my buddy Catherine {Cardio Confessions - GOOD READS} has been hitting the healthy kick HARD the last 9 months and she is rockin' it! She is also coming for a visit next month. And she says we are going running together. AND she's bringing her Inasanity workout vid. Oh Holy Crap! So it's ON.
Stay tuned folks!
Do you work out? Did you always? If not, what motivated you to start? What motivates you to keep at it?
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