I Work Owww-T!

    You've seen the late night infomercials. A muscular African-American fitness instructor telling the participants of his cardio class set in a gymnasium to dig deeper. Telling them to jump higher, go faster, push themselves further.  Then cut to the actual customers who have seen amazing results over the last 60 days.  You watch them as the do the DVDs in their home.  It's called Insanity. And because my husband and I were tired of just talking about what we should be doing, we bit the bullet and purchased the exercise program.
    Since I am still recovering from surgery to repair a fractured fibula, I'm modifying the heck out of it.  I do very little jumping.  I tried jumping during the first week, but after I took my shoe off after every workout my ankle was pretty sore and I just figured it was just too much.  The workouts are very plyometric making it tough on the joints. Although I'm not doing the powerful jumps, I'm pushing it as far as I can.
    Even if I could emulate Shaun T. with each step, exercise isn't enough. As impressive as the circuit training is, exercise is only part of the equation. Cleaning up your diet is step one. It's takes discipline to move from highly processed foods to whole, natural foods in the form of fruits, veggies, whole grains and lean protein. I am determined to avoid the path of diabetes and heart disease that I was previously heading down. As the Ann Wigmore quote states, "the food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison." Developing discipline is challenging in this fast food world we live in.
    I will celebrate each step I'm taking in the right direction.
                                                                                           When I drink more water.
                                                                                For making a healthy choice in what I eat.
                                                                        When I kick myself off the couch and into a workout.
                                                                      In believing that I deserve to be the best me that I can be.