The Break-up



I finally did it. I'd been putting it off and putting it off and I finally did it. I broke up with my gym. I am actually pretty devastated. I wish the location would allow me to go and then head home for a shower then head to work. I would love that more than anything in the whole world because I really did love my gym. We just wanted different things in life...

So what now? When I started this blog I said that Anytime Fitness was going to be a pillar of my success and it really has been so far (up until the show heebie jeebies reared its ugly head). Now the real challenge starts. Now I have to be  proactive about what my workout will be and I have to be honest, I've SUCKED at that so far. I need to be better about it and I have a few ideas...

Before sending the email I reached out to a couple "resources" that I think can help me. The first is Holly Rae. Holly and I know each other from our days back in radio. Once upon a time she turned her radio show over to me and we enjoyed the same audience of 12 year old girls. Since then we have both moved on to other things but she reached out to me recently with some incredibly helpful advice on fitness. As it turns out she is going to school for health education. That makes her an expert in my book. Before Holly the internet was my best expert and as THAT turns out, everything you read online isn't necessarily true (Gasp!)... I asked Holly for help recovering from the breakup and she has generously agreed!

We are going to get together and talk fitness then I'm going to share her wisdom here. Holly is the first person to have introduced me to the idea of strength training and in my further research I have come to believe it is the key to losing more weight and getting to my goal.

Like any good expert, she has already given some great advice and sent me the graphic below. I also want to give a shout out to Michelle Dore Ward for recommending SparkPeople to me. They are behind the graphic Holly recommended to me and I like the idea. It's like a drinking game only replacing the booze with burned calories! Turn anything into a game and I am IN!

So here is to the new beginning that is going to help me through this break-up!

Can I also just say that whoever put this together was a genius... pairing burpees with politics. If they'd have paired it with anytime you see a cat on TV I'd end up hating cats... At least politics generally deserves my misgivings....

<3 Katie
Day 160
191lbs!!!!!
Turning over a new leaf

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