FAIR???!!!!! Game on!!!!!!

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Added: Wed. Oct 07, 2009 10:34am
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I started the "Get Fit" journey officially yesterday at my gym (downtown YMCA). I met with my team and had a rough day , so I was not really into it.  I was growing more and more skeptical as I heard more about the program (15 weeks). I Like doing my own thing at the gym and like working out solo, except for spin classes. 

I then had my BMI done and became more discouraged and left wanting to quit my first day.  Heck, I only started and what do I expect my BMI to be after gouging myself with up sized value meals with milkshakes and pies on the weekend.  I actually am not far off ...i was listed as "fair"     FAIR??!!  WHAT??!!!  NO Not ME. I work out at the gym and lift weights and do cardio!  I quit then!!!  I could not accept that!!!

Well, this morning I have accepted this "fair" status and am NOT giving up!!!  I was also feeling down about my mom's passing too last night!!

So combine that with "fair" and my current depression and I just was ready to throw in the towel and keep eating pies and value meals.  I had a change of heart, because that is my nature.  I fall a lot, but I somehow refuse to stay down.....thanks MOM for that quality!!!!

I am in this for the long haul, 15 weeks and then even longer.  My mom is my inspiration!  She died Sept 19, 2009 and she had lost both of her legs below the knee and had a debilitating disease called rheumatoid arthritis and it just broke my heart to bit and pieces to see her struggle with even picking up a spoon. I have tears in my eyes as I write this!  She NEVER gave up and kept her sense of humor and pushed herself around in a manual wheelchair and wanted to be at every event she could.  SHe did NOT quit and embraced her life the way it was!!!

Having said that, this 15 weeks is for you mom, Carole!!  In memory of my sweet , precious, brave mom!!!  This is for YOU!!!!!!  I can do this...you did...........job well done.