I was recently thinking about when I started this blog and was on my fitness journey 9 years ago then I looked in the mirror and at the numbers on the scale and thought, "Fitness journey? Seriously?! When were you ever fit?" It feels like a lifetime since I was an overweight, out of shape relatively new nurse who decided to do a triathlon with a college friend.
I didn't have the faintest clue what to do so I bought a few books, hired a personal trainer, took private swim lessons and had the bike shop put some slicks on my old mountain bike. That same year I completed 3 triathlons, a few 5Ks and my first half marathon. I also left my first nursing job to become a travel nurse and had a few adventures before meeting my now hubs which was the start of an entirely different type of adventure.
So now almost a decade later I am coming full circle. I look in the mirror and don't like what I see... at all.
On the bright side I know what I am capable of as I did make an amazing transformation in how I looked and my overall wellness. On the bad side, I am now plagued with aches& pains and prone to overuse injuries.
Looking at what's happening in the rest of my life, I have two kiddos now as opposed to the two furry kids I had back then. Gremlin is in 1st grade and Lil Bit is 17 months old and sadly both of my furry kids have gone on to the Rainbow Bridge. As far as jobs go, I took a one year break from working at all, have been working 4 times a month since November and just started a regular part-time job in a NICU. I haven't done NICU since Gremlin was born so this is a big change right there. And just because it seems life isn't crazy enough, I'm currently applying to graduate school and I have to take the damn GRE in 10 days to beat a deadline.
All of this does not bode well for starting a *new* fitness journey, right?
Well the reason I started this blog in the first place was because some magazine article I read recommended blogging as a way to hold yourself accountable to goals. For me it worked. Perhaps if I commit to my blog, this will work again.
For the time being, let's break it down to small manageable chunks as I really can't think about doing much more than going for a walk in the neighborhood which sounds like a perfect start.
On days when I am not working, I will put that precocious toddler in the trusty BOB jogging stroller and go for a walk of at least 20 minutes in the neighborhood. Then when I get home I will try to resurrect the long lost art of algebra, geometry and statistics from the depths of my brain so that I don't embarrass myself on that damn GRE in 10 days.
Let's just see how it goes shall we? And maybe if you're lucky I can throw in occasional witty commentary and banter just to keep it all fresh.
Until next time, let's just hope this blog reboot goes better than the Fantastic Four
