There were 700 words written in this box and I just decided to delete them. They weren’t the perspective I want to take. I’ve decided not to dwell on anything negative to continue the down feelings I’ve had lately with being sick and homesick. I really believe it’s up to us to determine the kind of life we have and whether we are happy or not. So I’m going to make an effort to fight the Debbie Downer in me that sometimes likes to take over. Instead I’m going to tell you about my awesome day.
I’m not completely 100% back to my regular healthy self yet, but I finally feel better. (Hurray!) After a week banished to stay under blankets and keep warm, I’m finally free to roam around and even workout. My body has been craving exercise for a few days now even though I wasn’t feeling up to it.
Hopefully now that I’m feeling better I can implement my plan to build routines of awesomeness.
The main thing for me was joining the gym. I need something to get me out of the house. I’ve not got a lot of things here yet to get me out of the house (you know, like friends or a job), so I could easily just spend all my time inside online with y’all. So joining a gym and starting a workout routine again after moving and sickness was priority number one.
Kepa and I went to the gym tonight and we both joined. The ladies who work at the front desk there love him. He is a little celebrity after all his tv interviews about his amazing weight loss. They joked around about telling the press he works out there and getting him to do advertising for them. It was pretty funny and another reason why I’m glad I went with gym #2.
Even though I’ve still got a wicked cough (always do after a cold) I wanted to workout a tiny bit. My body was literally crying out for muscles to be moved. So I took it easy and did 20 minutes on the elliptical. Afterwards I felt soooooo good… except it made the coughing worse. Oops? I still feel like it was worth it because even just a little bit of cardio made the rest of me feel so much better after a week of doing nothing.
I’m going to take it easy this week so I can fully recover. I’m going to be doing a lot of reading… I got The New Rules of Lifting for Women and Nerd Fitness’ newly released e-book series: Rebel Fitness Guide (reviews on both coming soon). I’m pretty stoked to be filling my brain with some good information about fitness this week.
I’m choosing the positive road over here and looking at the good things going on (new gym, new books, feeling better) instead of finding little negative things to dwell on. How about you? Are you focusing on the positive in your life?
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So glad you found a gym you love. Isn’t focusing on the positive so hard? I’ve been having some health problems recently, and thank goodness for my husband or else I’d be Debbie Downer 24/7.
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It is something hard to focus on the positive and I wish it wasn’t. But I think we get to make the choice and even if it’s hard I’d rather be positive about things. :)
Good for you Mary! Off to the gym & making things better! It is hard sometimes but as the ole saying goes, Just do it, right!!! Hey, you are with a celebrity!!!
I am not the best sometimes on the whole positive thing all day long BUT I try & trying is better than not! :-)
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NROL is a great book! It will help SO much with lifting.
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Mary, I’ve been reading your blog forever, and I’d say you’re one of the most positive and encouraging health/food bloggers I know! Congratulations on finding a gym you like, and congratulations and working so hard to stay positive.
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Aw, thank you Theresa!
Thanks Mary for spreading some positive vibes on the web today…
how did you know that was just what I needed?! ;)
Time for me to stop whining and get on with living life.
Life is too short for me to be a bystander!!!
Namaste!
I was beginning to have some concerns about you being homesick, and physically sick, but I knew you had it in you to snap back. We all, as you said, must make our life happy or we can choose to make it sad, in your case with all the happiness in store for you, you have made the correct choice. I love you and miss you more than you could know, but I am also aware of the happiness you bring to others and I am willing to share that with Kepa and his family.
I will always support you and love you, but right now I am very proud of you.
Mom
I love Mom’s comment. Just sayin’.
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Woah Mary….you have an AWESOME Mum!
I miss you too Mom! Thanks for the comment. :) I wish everyone I loved lived in the same place. Maybe one day? :)
Josie and Marla – My mom is the BEST! :)
Aha! Non-movement makes my bones all rusty. I totally know the feeling. Here’s to YOU de-rusting with an awesome gym membership! sha-POW!
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Glad to hear you’ve found a gym that you really love! Focusing on the positive can definitely be hard when you’ve got lots of different things going on in your life, but it’s so necessary to pick yourself back up and get back into action. That’s what I’m trying to tell myself lately! :-)
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I hate the end of illness where you just want to MOVE your body, but still need to rest too. Glad you are feeling better.
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yay for a new gym!! glad youre feeling better! coughs just linger on and on… honey really helps them, ive read its better than cough syrup for you. ive been feeling kinda off..but im trying to work on being positive too…:)
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If I’m focused on the negative that means I didn’t beat myself up enough at the gym. Embrace the hate. Use it as fuel.
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I am mostly a positive person. Good for you for joining the gym. Be kind to yourself it is culture shock to move so far away and it is only natural that you are home sick.
So if you’re joining that gym to work out, wouldn’t they hire you at their front desk or in the office to do a blog/advertising of their site over the internet. I mean you have experience doing a merry life or are your career goals going a
different direction? I’m just nosey, you can tell me to mind my own business
about what kind of a career you’d like to have.
Anyways, glad about the positive attitude, I need to try and get one myself.
They might, I didn’t really ask about it. I might bring it up after being a member for a while. ;)
As far as career…. I don’t know what I want to do. That obviously is in line with what I like doing and what I consider myself good at, which is writing. And playing on the internet. ;)
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woo hoo on the GYMstuff for sure….youre setting up that routine.
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nice :-) like a famous man said “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goal”. So always focus on the positive :-)
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I love your attitude, Mary!
I keep my gym membership for a lot of the same reasons you got yours…to workout of course, but also to get out of the house as I work from home. The change in scenery does my mind and body good!
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