I AM a Rock Star!

I started boot camp – at the urging of, and accompanied by, my youngest daughter. For those in Phoenix it is Rock Star Boot Camp and I highly recommend it!
Is it hard, you ask? Oh my! You bet it is! On this path to becoming stronger, healthier, lighter, and more focused, boot camp is a great boost. I am certainly one of the older people in the group but I love the range. There is a woman in her late 60’s in pretty tough shape, but she pushes hard every day. There is a dad with his middle school, overweight son. Let me just say how much I love that. They are having fun together and doing something critical to health and well being for both of them. Any time I see dads actively and lovingly engaged with their children my heart sings! But I digress. The group is largely 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s in varying states of fitness.

In my 30’s I was a hard body. I played competitive tennis, had a personal trainer, did 2 yoga classes a week, and aerobics every morning before the kids left for school. In my 40s I got divorced and things started to slide a little. In my 50’s I moved cross country and exercised more regularly. Along came menopause and I found out the hard way that I couldn’t eat the way I used to. I had to lose 50 pounds before it was all said and done. Then came months of serious illness and almost no exercise at all apart from the occasional walk. Some of those pounds had found their way home and, like rebellious children, refused to follow the rules or leave.

Here’s the GOOD news, and part of my learning. My body remembers. My muscles are tired and sore but they can still perform! My brain is remembering. What I am thinking and remembering is that I WANT to be fit again. I WANT to restore my health. I WANT to challenge and push myself. Cool! The truth is that I didn’t really know that last part until the third day. It has gone from being a difficult chore to an exhilarating discovery! I have learned that it is never too late to begin again. It is okay to start wherever you are.

Take care of yourself – and be KIND to yourself. By all means push the old envelope, but do it without judgment or criticism or regret. What is in your life that you wish you had not given up on? That you want to recapture? What will you do TODAY to move in that direction? What support do you need to get going? Who can you enlist to help? My daughter’s encouragement is invaluable – I would not have signed up for this without her. Let’s help each other get what we need to answer the voice calling us into MOTION.

Laus Deo,
Beth