On September 2nd, my boss Laura and I joined a gym. (LA Fitness in Federal Way.) When you sign up, they make you meet with a trainer so they can show you how to use the machines and all that junk that comes along with starting a new gym. So we went in the next day to meet with scary trainer/army guy Lee. Basically, he convinced us that we are both fat asses and we need to get moving. He weighed us and checked our body fat percentage. (Which I refuse to say on here...at least until both numbers are significantly smaller.) Then he had us do some basic exercises like wall sits and leg lifts, which were absolute torture and only a small taste of what we'll be doing in actual training sessions. It was pretty brutal, disgusting and a major slap in the face.
I've been completely in denial about my weight and my lack of any kind of muscle for the last 2 years. This is definitely what I needed.
I'm trying to be optimistic and positive, but I'm really not a naturally happy person, so I'm being realistic. It's going to take a year to get to where I want, which is a friggin' loooooong time. And it's going to be HARD. We barely even did anything yesterday and I can barely walk up the stairs because I'm so sore.
So here I go! Oh boy....
BTW, that pic is my before. Taken by my man Anthony last weekend on top of Hwy 410/Chinook Pass with my baby Bella.
3 comments:
Good luck Julie!! You're brave and ambitious, and those are 2 things that I don't have! Hang in there and remind yourself the end result will be worth it! I'm on a small mission myself, so hit me up if you ever want to chat!
xo
Heidi
Good Luck Jules! You can do this!! I'm following along in Yakima if it helps motivate you!
Jules this makes me want to cry, because it takes a special kind of individual to see the parts of their lives that are troubled, and a even more special person to take responsibility for those things. Change from an honest self appraisal is painful, and a lifelong process. I pray that the rewards from this journey of self scrutiny will carry over into all partitions of your soul as you move on from here on the journey to self perfection... The idea of who you really are becoming substantial and tangible in the world. I am eternally proud of you.
Sincerely,
P. R.
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