My Journey With Health And Fitness – Getting Healthy Seems To Be Infectious

The other day I came up from my workout and asked my husband if he had moved my treadmill. He seemed to be a bit shocked but said he had moved it over about an inch. I advised him it was far more than an inch. He asked how I knew and I explained that usually I can see my reflection in the glass windows of the door into the house and I use that to monitor my posture when I am training. Now I could only see a sliver of my left arm. Needless to say it got moved back and will not be shifted again.

When I came back home from Mexico last month I vowed to get back on track and I am doing it. I am on day 16 of no alcohol (tonight valentine’s day I will be having a small glass of non-alcoholic red wine), I am doing training at least 3 days a week, I am watching what I eat and I am hitting at least 20k steps a day. I have been checking both my glucose and my blood pressure pretty much every day and both are awesome (today’s BP was 95/74, a new record for me). I am motivated and am feeling great. I also have been bragging a bit about this and so others in the household have taken notice.

My husband could definitely lose some weight (no offense Babe) and suffers from hypertension. So, when we got back from Mexico he decided that he too needed to do something about it. He now uses the recumbent exercise bike pretty much every day as well as is doing some strength training. After only 3 weeks he too is seeing the results. His blood pressure is slowly coming down and his cardio fitness is going up. Neither of us is really checking the scales but instead are just committed to working hard. He joked today that one of us is going to fit into my 2-piece by time we head back to Mexico the end of April and here is really hoping that it is me.

Even my brother is getting into this. If you recall 1 1/2 years ago my brother had to have one of his legs amputated. Now he has a litany of health issues that prevent him from doing the kind of workouts that I do so there is no expectation of that. But, he is coming to Mexico with us on the next trip and while he does well with his prosthetic, he really can’t walk far mainly because of the fact that the remaining part of his leg was never meant to be the part that you walk on. However, he is determined to be able to walk with us on our trip so each day he takes the little dog out for a walk and most days he is doing a walk on the treadmill. The goal is that in 2 1/2 months he will be able to do at least 4 blocks. This may not seem much but for him it is huge and I know that even that small amount of walking each day is going to do his health some good.

Yep, getting fit and healthy is becoming infectious in this household. I have to say, when we are all working on our various goals together it really makes a difference when it comes to feeling supported. There’s no looking back now, we are becoming a more healthy family.