Crushing It

There are days when I just can’t get myself to be physically active. I’m a morning person so waking up for a pilates class or to go to the gym makes perfect sense to me because it doesn’t creep into my day. I definitely can’t go at night because I tend to have too many work events. Today I am crushing it!

For a good part of 2017, I was demoralized and basically stayed in bed for as long as possible. Lots of people like to make fun of my gym regiment where I wake up at the crack of dawn to exercise. That was definitely not the case for last year. The gym that I was going to had consolidated so it was a bit further than where it was previously located. As a result, I either had to drive a bit longer in Virginia or take the metro for something in DC. I had more excuses to not exercise.

This year is a different story. I’m getting older and I’m feeling it. If I don’t get enough sleep, forget about it. No miracle cream is going to help those bags/dark circles under my eyes. So if we’re at an evening event and I tell you that I love you and I need to go to sleep, it’s really not about you. I want to wake up in the morning refreshed and ready to go to the gym. If I don’t get enough sleep, the gym is usually the 1st thing that gets cut from my schedule. I’ve always said that I am a nicer person when I work out. My staff can tell you from experience 🙂

In the time period that I stopped working out, my clothes started to fit differently, as in they no longer fit (!!!) and those fashion posts that everyone likes stopped because I really stopped feeling it in my wardrobe. I noticed that my knee and my foot were bothering me, most likely from lack of exercise because even with rigorous workouts, I never had problems. It reminded me of the time when I gained weight as a teenager (as most do when there’s a growth spurt). I was running cross country/track and I told my coach that my ankles hurt. His response was that it was probably from my weight gain. So to alleviate the pain in my foot and knee, I started working out again and hope to have similar results.

I don’t want to be a person who slides into middle age unable to do the things that I’m accustomed to doing. When I’m in Hawaii and see the older surfers out there, I’m reminded it’s because they love what they’re doing and if I want to continue doing what I enjoy, I have to take care of myself too. Trust me when I say that I want to be surfing well into my golden years!

I hope you’re taking the time to give yourself the space to be your best.

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