Watch Me Work

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken!

I have had a lot of loss in the past three years.  In that loss, I lost a love for myself.  This post begins my journey back to me, loving myself more , caring more for myself and to starting to smile, laugh and shine again.  

When Mom got sick I turned my focus to her, I am a Cancer and I care for others. But in doing that I stopped caring about myself. I started to eat bad, didn’t exercise, drank way too much. That trifecta started a slow and steady weight gain. I have gained 75 lbs. since Mom got sick. With the weight gain, I lost myself. I feel like my light dimmed. I started to avoid gatherings, if you know me that is NOT who I am! I started to avoid cameras, where I used to be the camera hog. I just wasn’t the same Terri that I used to be.

Even though for the past 4 years the scale has been climbing I was not able to stop it or turn it around. I know it was grief that did this to me. But I have reached the point that I want to change, I need to change not just for myself but for my health and for my family.

It is the end of August 2020 and I had to suffer one more year of summer where it is hard to hide fat. Oh don’t even mention Corona Virus and the Global Pandemic! I am driving Reese to her friends house and I look at this place called Forever Strong only 8 minutes away from my house. On the way back I pulled in and called the number. I met the owner and she is amazing. Right then and there I am hooked – it is expensive but I am worth it. I started working out with a trainer 3 times a week. I love the people, I love the workouts, and I have seen real progress in how I feel. The weight has not improved but I feel better and that counts!

What I discovered (I knew all along just needed proof) you can’t work out bad habits. My bad habits are drinking, sitting too much, not being consistent with eating healthy, snacking at night. I can change all of those things. I can walk more, I can stop snacking at night, I can stop or slow my alcohol intake. That is where I am… watch me work!