I do not believe in the Theory of Evolution, but I believe that we are all evolving – not that we will one day become a fish or a butterfly literally – but that we are changing. I look back even 10 years, and I see so much change in myself that it freaks me out sometimes and makes me wonder if I even know myself. I’ve always been so confident. I’m still confident, but the things that I knew that I knew that I knew 10 years ago – well, now I know that I know…differently. How can this be?
Perhaps the biggest difference is my attitude toward fitness. Most of my life I was simply fit, and it seemed no matter what I did – or didn’t do – or ate – or didn’t – nothing changed… until it did. I have always said, If I get fat, I’ll just get fat because I’m eating what I want. Then, when I looked in the mirror, I changed my mind. My son was getting married and I wanted to look cute, so I had to do something. My confident nature kicked in, and I did just that; I did something.
Before you say, “Here she goes on that health kick stuff” let me just say, I’ve tried the different “health kicks” and did without this, ate only that, drank this, walked 2 miles, etc. etc. I will be the first to say, it was gung ho for a couple of weeks – a month perhaps, and then, ffft. Ain’t nobody got time for this! I couldn’t stay satisfied and I simply don’t have time to walk two miles, or go to the gym or whatever! It was not sustainable and I flat didn’t like it. It is my nature that, if I don’t like it, I’m not doing it. I’m not getting up at the crack of dawn to exercise – I hate mornings. I’m not shopping at the expensive whole food stores that are miles away, then cutting and chopping and throwing away vegetables and fruit that do not get eaten.
So the fact that I was able to get cute before the wedding, had to buy new clothes that fit my new body – including new bras because I shrank there too, and new underwear because my old ones were falling off – and the fact that I’m not starving or craving “something” all the time, tells you that I have discovered something that is sustainable. Something that does not require getting up at the crack of dawn, cutting, chopping, wasting, blah, blah, blah. Something that I can do for the rest of my life.
Wanna know what it is? And, I’m not getting paid to say this. What has worked for me is Tony Horton’s 10 Minute Trainer – you know, the guy who does the P90X and a host of other killer workouts. I have no desire to do 90 minutes, but I can do 10 minutes a day. I don’t have to cut and chop veges and fruit because everything I need is in the Shakeology. I’m not always hungry because I can eat normally – no abnormally mind you: rabbit food and nuts and berries – who wants to do that? Who does that! Rabbits. Of course I can’t eat fast food all the time, and/or crazy fatty stuff that will kill us anyway, but I follow his calorie counter chart, figure out the calories for my body, do my 10 minute workout daily, and live my life. Some days I do two workouts: One after I do my morning devotions, lay in the sun – you know, before I start my day, then another a few hours before I go to bed. Or… sometimes I’ll just do two in a row.
What is the coolest is that I really look forward to working out and doing my Shakeology every day. If I don’t, I feel blah. Even better, God willing, I will have grandchildren and be able to play with them, run in the park with them, and spoil them in the best kind of ways and NOT be one of those elderly people who have to have a motorized chair to cart me around with the bane of my conversations being about what’s wrong with me. I do not mean that arrogantly. I realize things happen and situations arise; may God’s grace prevail. Should such circumstances arise, it won’t be because I dug my grave with an unhealthy lifestyle.
I love the Beachbody mindset and lifestyle. There is something that will work for you too. Check it out. Try the On Demand and see what appeals to you. This may be all you need for a while because here you can sample many different workouts. You’ve got 10 minutes, right?
’til next time,
Vickie P…
Vickie L. Perez: Vitality 