I’d like to say that beads of perspiration slowly trickled down my face, but that would be a lie. By the end of my workout it was more like rivers of sweat cascading down my face, chest, arms and legs Niagara-style. Newly awakened muscles protested at the recent changes they’d been forced to endure.
Two weeks ago I made the decision to renew the gym membership I’d cancelled a couple years ago due to non-use. So 1 a.m. that Friday morning, on the way home from a 16° shift, I’d walked into Planet Fitness and asked what I’d need to do to sign back up. $12.68 and 10 minutes later I found myself on a treadmill for the first time in ages.
Thirty minutes sounded like a good starting point for an overweight body that had only recently recovered from the effects of a back injury. The passion from that back injury had kept me from not only work for a period of time, but from my normal, day-to-day activities. The weight I’d already struggled to keep down began to increase, pound by pound, until I was closing on almost 290 pounds. The decision to commit to a fitness routine was a good follow-up to my commitment to a long juice fast…and much less controversial, I’m sure.
So here I am, 2 weeks later. The music in the background calling cadence, keeping me motivated to push through the temptation to say, “It’s too hard!” With my personal trainer’s training goals in hand, I slow the treadmill to a stop at the end of my workout, muscles sore, body drenched with sweat, and a feeling of determination feeling me on. I’ve lost 27 pounds in the last 16 days on my juice fast-exercise routine. I’ve made a commitment to myself. I owe it to myself to restore my health…and open up a lifestyle of unlimited possibilities…
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