My Journey With Health And Fitness – We All Have That One Friend

I was really short on time today. Not only did I have to work out but I had a luncheon to go to which would involve about 1 1/2 hours of driving. I did my hour bootcamp first thing then after resting and rehydrating I headed out for a 2 hour walk. My game plan was after that walk to do a short rest then head out for another walk. However, as I got close to home I decided, screw it and just kept walking. Yep, today was a single 3 hour walk.

The reason I hadn’t been posting the past little while was because I was out of town at a convention. It was interesting to attend because while I have been to numerous political conventions this was the first one for my sister and I kind of got to see it through her eyes. One of the good things about this convention was that I got to see so many people that I haven’t seen since before COVID. However, that came with a downfall, many people did not recognize me and I had to keep explaining who I was. One of these people was someone I have known for 3 decades. Now don’t get me wrong, there were people attending the convention who have followed my journey but those who didn’t know how much I have changed were the ones who didn’t know me at first. By the end of the 2nd day I was getting frustrated with this and posted about it on Facebook.

I should have seen what was about to happen as soon as I did that post, my friend did a video call and she was irate. To explain, not irate at the people I was referring to but at me for not putting it proudly on myself. By that I mean, she screamed at me that I have worked hard and it is about bloody time that I started wearing what I have accomplished as a giant, neon-flashing badge of honour. She demanded that going forward I take not being recognized as a compliment EVERY SINGLE TIME.

We all have that one friend who always has the courage to give you shit when you deserve it and this is the friend that called. I have to say, I am really glad she did that.