My Journey With Health And Fitness – Pushing It

I went to coffee with a bunch of co-workers yesterday. As I was leaving I stopped to say hi to a long time friend at the opposite end of the table. She grabbed my arm and said we haven’t seen each other in a while (almost a year) and she told me she was so devastated at the loss of my brother. We spent a few minutes discussing what had happened and how I am doing (still not exactly well) and then hugged and just commiserated. Grief doesn’t end quickly no matter how much you want it to.

So, Circuit Saturday today with Max. It was a great workout but as I was doing it I thought this is a bit easy. Ok, checked the Fitbit and it said no, you did an awesome workout. It was then I realized that I continue to push it. Gone are the days when I would pick up the light weight set up at each station during the circuit. While I admit don’t pick up the heaviest all the time, I also don’t shirk in grabbing something significant. I continue to weight up the barbells as I committed to and I refuse to let my head tell me I can’t do something.

I am on such a roll and am pretty proud of it. I really am pushing myself as much as possible and far out of my comfort zone. Having said that, I am realistic in the fact that with the cranky knee and screwed up ankle I am sometimes limited. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t work hard and I know that is exactly what I do.

So I plan to keep pushing it. As a matter of fact I plan on a whole new ritual when I get to Mexico in 2 1/2 weeks. Right now I am so enjoying what I am doing and want to keep that mojo going.

Can’t wait to see what next week brings!