The Gym

Sooo, I joined the gym!  Knowing how easily I can talk myself out of things I also invited some friends to join me.  I figured it would be a lot easier to make it through than going by myself and feeling like I didn't have a clue what I was doing.  At least there would be several of us who didn't have a clue.

My friend, Cindy and I had so much fun shopping for our gym clothes and getting everything prepared.  We went last week to tour the gym and got really excited.  I began to wonder if we had more fun anticipating going than the actual act but we chose today as our start date!

We met early so we could stop by the mall to use our gift cards to find something to wear to church tomorrow for Mother's Day.  Oh dear, as I was in the fitting room, realizing that every body was not made to wear that type of skirt (it truly was horrifying) I received a text from someone I had invited to join the gym (they have a great referral program and I am almost up receiving my year free ~ yes, before I had actually even gone myself).  He said he would wait and see if I was still going to the gym in two weeks.  Ummm, yeah ... after catching sight of myself in the skirt that was so beautiful when I held it up and noticing that it really lost the impact once on me I was sure that would be enough motivation for me to keep going.

Remembering my son's words as I headed out the door to "not embarrass Ms. Cindy at the gym" we excitedly (and me, a bit nervously) heading to the gym.  Thankfully there were not many people there so we got to try out the different machines.  We quickly figured out which we enjoyed most and we put in a pretty good attempt for our first time ... reminding each other to not over do it.  

 
 We have our plan of action in place for our next visit (hopefully tomorrow).  I pointed out that we were the only ones at the gym who were giggling and we watched in awe at the couple people who were working on the machines the way they were meant to used, but we will get there.

Ecclesiastes 4:10 "Two are better than one ... if one falls down, his friend can help him up."  Whether it's going to the gym or just walking along our pathway, the encouragement of a friend uplifts the soul.

Get Back Up It's never too late!

Eye of the Tiger

Until next time ... take the first step