From Dog-Tired to Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Tailed: My Fitness Journey
Once upon a time, there was a tired mom who just gave up on trying to be healthy. She stopped caring about what food she put into in her body, and she started choosing the tv and sedentary activities over exercise and outside activity. When her jeans got too tight and she had to go purchase new, larger ones, she shrugged her shoulders and sighed. She really didn't care anymore. She didn't have enough energy to care. I wish I could say exactly what happened that changed her apathy towards health and fitness. I just remember that one day (for indeed I was this mom), I looked at myself in the mirror, and I cared. I cried at the circles under my eyes and the exhausted, sad face. I despaired that I was again close to having to get new, larger jeans. I decided that enough was enough. I was going to change; I just didn't know how. A bright, flashing ad for a new gym in the area called OrangeTheory Fitness popped up in my Facebook feed that day. I clicked through to