I can do it! I can do it!

I’m back in action. Yes, I know I’ve said that before but after some encouragement from Neil, I think I’ll use this blog to help get me a little closer to my goal. I’ve dropped a few pounds since my last round of blogging but I’m still overall going in the right direction. My goal is to lose 25 more pounds by Sept 28^th (40 total since the start of the year) when I step on that plane to take me to Italy! I’m hoping for 30 so that if I gain a few while I’m over there, I’ll be good to go.

Another thing I’ve realized is that I miss going to the gym, I miss teaching and I miss being fit. I know I’ll never get to teach kickboxing again but I really need to get my act together. I miss feeling that two day after pain you get from a good lifting session. I miss being able to rollerblade for long periods without feeling like my heart was going to explode.

I also hate the shape my body has become. Things are more jiggley and squishy than they’ve been in a few years. I know you can’t spot reduce so I’m just going to have to aim to shrink everything.

Since I got sick a few weeks ago, I got a wake up call that I’m not treating my body as the temple it should be. I’m making a huge effort to get my body able to function through physio, massage, osteopathy and acupuncture and I’m starting to feel relief pain wise so it’s time to take control of the inside. I saw my naturopath today and got a few digestive enzymes to help the healing begin of my GI tract. We tried it about 6 years ago and it really did the trick so I’m hoping this round will yield similar results.

I’ll start taking them tomorrow though, today is all about embracing the spuds by the eyes and enjoying my first taste of potato in three months. What better way than with fresh cut fries?! How will I feel tomorrow (or in a few hours)? Time will tell but it was totally worth having them!

I hope you’ll follow me on my new route! I’m going to try to post at least every other day so stay tuned.