Exercise

When my mother (age 91) passed away February 4th of this year, I flew down to Las Vegas (where I spent over 40 years of my life) and was able to pay my last respects. I really loved my mother and it was a very difficult time for me. It truly still is. Anyway, I stayed with my sister, and for the first time in years, after my shower, I got on a scale to see how much I weighed. I totally freaked out! I honestly had no idea I had gotten so big (30 pounds overweight). I thought about it and realized that after my heart attack, I stopped doing much of anything except watching television and eating.

Now, I've always been extremely healthy and the heart attack came totally out of the blue (even though it was just stress-induced, as my labs and other tests were perfect), but that was a real wake-up call. First of all, I totally withdrew from anyone and anything, as I was feeling scared and uncertain what to do. Then, when my mother died, I finally took a very long look at myself and realized I was in worse shape now than when I actually had the heart attack and knew I'd better do something about it. I realized that all I was doing was feeling sorry for myself, because also at that time, my daughter was diagnosed with agoraphobia, social disorder, OCD, and ADHD.

I'm very blessed to have my daughter residing with me, as not only is she an extremely creative and amazing person, she reminds me when I start feeling sorry for myself or I go off on a tangent that doesn't help anyway. We seem to balance each other out amazingly well. (Not that we don't have our issues, but communication is the key to any relationship.) Anyway, my daughter and I both decided that our lives were not exactly what we wanted them to be and instead of feeling sorry for ourselves and continuing to do the same thing over and over again, we just added a new discipline, (she and I have not been very disciplined for awhile now), which is getting up at 6am and walking. Then, in the afternoon, walking again. Along with that, we also work out on my Total Gym (that I just got April 3rd). We both love it and hate it at the same time. I'm sure that those of you who haven't exercised in awhile and started up again will know what I'm talking about.

We keep encouraging each other, as we are both so determined to change our lives around for the better. Neither one of us wants to be in the same place anymore, as that place did not work for us. Now, if we can just find a publisher to publish her book and I can get my business moving.

I am thankful to be a part of this community as I am learning a lot from the other women here.

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