Quest for Health (1)

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline. 

-Abraham J. Heschel

The attention required to plan a wedding in 5 months left me with little to devote to fitness and nutrition. Now I’m back to my old ways and that excuse is no longer applicable. So, instead of spending time to devise a new excuse, it’s time to get back on the horse.

Haaaahaa – no not that horse, but how could I resist posting that?

The horse in this case being a regular workout routine and attention to nutrition.  I’m not trying to get to a certain weight (although minimizing the cellulite would be cool), but rather simply trying to be “healthy”.  When I am sedentary and not eating well, I feel lazy and wasteful.  While I LOVE laying on the couch and watching bad TV, it eventually catches up with me and I just get angry.  I don’t know why I am a yo-yo when it comes to health but I need to stop.  I always feel awful on my way to the gym (No – please, no…I’m so tired, I don’t have time) but after I feel FANTASTIC (Yes, I am amazing, I love life, I am so proud of myself).  Everyone says they “feel great” when they have a healthy, active lifestyle but there are so many reasons to be a bit of a heath nut…

Check it out, when you exercise and eat good foods, you benefit by:

1. A Healthier Heart – The most important thing!!
2. More Natural Energy – Instead of Drinking Starbucks & diet sodas, gross!
3. Healthier muscles, bones, and joints – No one wants to be a gimp.
4. Burn more calories – Mmmm, I’ll have seconds!
5. Relieve stress – We all need that!
6. Better quality of sleep – I’ll take it.
7. Live longer, Live better – More quality time with your peeps.
8. Prevent Illness – No diabetes!
9. Improve your physical appearance – LA face with an Oakland bootie!!
10. Improve your lifestyle – Live!!  Get off the couch.

I will sacrifice nights on my butt watching TV and reading for those benefits FO SHO. 

Thursday was our first night back at the gym, we didn’t have much of a plan other than to just get our hearts pumpin and to awake our muscles from their oh-so-comfortable hibernation.  It felt great on the way home but today I can’t even walk – and you don’t even want to know how awful it is to try to lower my ass to the toilet. 

I will be resting for the next day or so and will be back in action Saturday to ruin all my other muscle groups.  In the meantime, I’ll be coming up with a “health plan”.   Luckily, Captain America is a workout freak and he keeps me motivated most the time – the new thing he says is “we need to get you in baby shape”.  It’s too funny.  I know I’m not an Olympian but I’m pretty sure I could deliver a baby without dying, you never know though. 

Baby shape…sexy shape…fightin’ shape…healthy shape…whatever.  It’s all good.