Fitness Journal – Pushing the Envelope

Today’s workout was more necessary than I thought it would be. It began with my morning stretch and treadmill stroll for 30 minutes at 2.8. I had to get out of the house early and I had to get a series of errands done. I did my bare minimum workout in an effort to make sure that it was done before I headed out to go shopping and more. By the time I was done and back home with my daughter it was after 3 in the afternoon. I put her down for a nap and then went to check … Continue reading →

Fitness Journal – Healing & Frustration

One of the things I despise about taking medications is how those medications can make you feel. When you are taking muscle relaxants, it can affect your performance of physical exercise. But worse yet, when you’re taking muscle relaxants and pain medication – even in the barest minimums – it can leave you dreaming so vividly that when you wake up, you are actually disoriented and out of sorts. That’s the problem that confronted my workout today. I had a muscle spasm last night, late and the pain medication was the only thing to get through the fact that my … Continue reading →

Journal – Kick Off

I mentioned yesterday that I would be publishing my July journal to the fitness blog. It’s my way of demonstrating how you can keep a journal that promotes your own personal fitness. First and foremost, my journaling motivates me. It inspires me to keep going – even when I’m tired, discouraged or otherwise out of sorts. Journaling is methodical and it actually soothes me as well as inspires me to do more and to reach farther. It’s also a learning experience. Through my journaling, I discover things about myself that I didn’t know or I figure out what parts of … Continue reading →