You Have to Start Somewhere
Today, I awoke at 4:00 am. Why, you ask? So that I could exercise. My days can be long depending on our schedule. Even if it isn't a long day, by the end of the school day, I am so tired I don't have the energy to do anything. Even if I make a plan to exercise after school, something always seems to come up. So, 4:00 am it is. I woke up with a renewed sense of purpose. I am going to change how I feel about myself. Not because I don't fit the mold of the perfect body, but because I don't feel comfortable in my body. Several years ago, I was going to the gym and doing CrossFit and felt really good about myself. I was strong for the first time since high school. An injury sidelined me, and then back surgery, so goodbye CrossFit. I knew what I needed to do, but it was so much easier to sit on the couch. I would say I was exercising because I was walking the dogs twice a day. Those walks weren't making me str...