Do it for yourself!!!

So here’s the thing, I fell off the work out train I’d been on when I got hurt a little over a year ago. It was hard to just stop but I literally had no choice I took a wrong step and tore my ankle up to where I needed surgery.

Fast forward to now, I’m fully recovered done with surgery and physical therapy and ready to fully commit to working out for my health again. I say for my health because while weight loss would be great ultimately I just want to be healthy I have 3 beautiful girls to keep up with!!!

I do, however, have a ganglion cyst on my other foot that has to be removed and found out about that at the beginning of December. When a new 90 day work out challenge started with my favorite work out momma Bikini Body Mommy in January I knew I needed to jump on despite the surgery coming up. So I signed up!!!! It started January 11th and my surgery is supposed to be February 1st. So almost an entire month and the surgery is supposed to be minimal so I’m hoping that I don’t have to stay off feet for long.

I say all this backstory because when I told the grumpy man in my house that I was signing up for the challenge his first statement was “why, you have surgery there’s no point”. Well, there is a point I AM THE POINT! Even if I have to take a week or so off that’s a month that I didn’t sit around doing nothing for myself. It’s a month of making better choices both by working out and by eating healthier because I do eat better when I’m working out too. So the point is that I NEEDED this, I needed to feel better about myself and get back on track. I don’t care if he didn’t want to just offer words of support because my kids have been offering me immense support!!! The kids see me moving and they get moving! They also see me struggling and cheer me on when I feel like I can’t get one more rep in they cheer me on and push me and it’s the best feeling ever.

The kids even know I’m doing this for me, so I feel better and healthier and can chase them even more! I’ve always hated the saying “you won’t regret a workout” because in the process I sometimes despise it, but the end results are worth it for sure! So do it for you! Do it for the kids to see you putting yourself first! Make even the tiniest wins a huge win…..did you get in one more push up celebrate it! One more mile, one more sit up, whatever it is celebrate that your making progress and do it for yourself! We need to remember to still make ourselves a priority however we need to in life and if it’s getting back into a work out routine despite upcoming obstacles doing something today is better then continuing to let obstacles stand in our way! Let’s go and make our paths and find the good in our day!!!