I have spent more than a year and a half taking care of my mind... letting myself grieve, accepting my loss, letting go of confusion, starting over, refinding and defining myself, and becoming more confident in who I have become. I will always be a work in progress as there will always be learning and growing to be had. However, at this point in my life, I feel that I am in a good place. I don't feel as if I need to focus so heavily on the health of my mind.
It's time for me to start taking better care of my body from the outside. Overall, I think I do a decent job. I try to eat healthy and I do exercise regularly. However, I know that I can do a much better job. For my age (34) and for having had a child, I do think that I am still in really good shape. There are things about my body that I wish were different, like longer legs and bigger boobs, but there's not a whole lot I can do about that except to have surgery and to go on a mega high heeled shoe shopping spree (hmmm... the shoe shopping sounds fantastic!). But there are some things that I want to tone up and maintain that I do have control over. I feel that I am at a critical point in my life right now where I can be content with having a nice shape that slowly plumps, sags, and ages. OR, I am still in good enough shape where I don't have to put in an extreme amount of effort to tone up and look even better as I head into my mid-thirties (ugh). I am opting for the latter. So, I am opting for... p90x!
Ever heard of it!?! It became really big a few years ago and luckily I know someone who bought the program that no longer uses it, so I get to borrow it for free, yes! I am nervous... I really want to be dedicated and stick to the program so I hope that I will, but I am nervous that I won't, mainly because it's an at home workout and I have no one here to push me or guilt me. It's going to have to be complete self dedication, encouragement, and reinforcements (new shoes!?). But, I really do want to get my abs and booty back in awesome shape. And if I start very soon, I will finish the 90 days just in time for June and the summer!
One of my goals for The Happiness Project for March was to figure out a way to exercise more regularly and rigorously. I think I found what I was looking for. So nervous yes, but I am excited too. I hope that excitement will be enough to carry me to the point to where I start seeing some results. When that happens, I am sure that I will be able to see this program through to the end... mind over body, body over mind.
It's time for me to start taking better care of my body from the outside. Overall, I think I do a decent job. I try to eat healthy and I do exercise regularly. However, I know that I can do a much better job. For my age (34) and for having had a child, I do think that I am still in really good shape. There are things about my body that I wish were different, like longer legs and bigger boobs, but there's not a whole lot I can do about that except to have surgery and to go on a mega high heeled shoe shopping spree (hmmm... the shoe shopping sounds fantastic!). But there are some things that I want to tone up and maintain that I do have control over. I feel that I am at a critical point in my life right now where I can be content with having a nice shape that slowly plumps, sags, and ages. OR, I am still in good enough shape where I don't have to put in an extreme amount of effort to tone up and look even better as I head into my mid-thirties (ugh). I am opting for the latter. So, I am opting for... p90x!
One of my goals for The Happiness Project for March was to figure out a way to exercise more regularly and rigorously. I think I found what I was looking for. So nervous yes, but I am excited too. I hope that excitement will be enough to carry me to the point to where I start seeing some results. When that happens, I am sure that I will be able to see this program through to the end... mind over body, body over mind.
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