I did it!

About a week ago, on Monday, I signed up and got a gym pass at golds. I have debating and putting it off for a really long time now, mostly because I have really hated working out and when I get tired I give up really easy so I didn't want to pay monthly for something that I would probably never go to or would go and hate. However, I decided to finally do it for these reasons:

1) I want to be healthier: I have more health problems than your average 20 year old, and I think if I start taking exercising seriously I might not clear up my problems but help me endure them better by feeling better.

2)Prepare for the future: When I look at my residents at work and see that our 103 year old resident is healthier than half our residents in the building it has inspired me to stay going strong for as long as I can, and I believe that exercising will help prolong my life in a healthier way. Also, to be ready for things like pregnancy (in the far future) to be a healthy mom one day and have a better pregnancy.

3)Stress relief: my life these days are super crazy and some days I don't know if I'm coming or going and as a result I don't get much sleep because I'm not only going all day long but when it comes time to go to bed I still have all the stress build up and will usually lay awake worrying about tomorrow and going over the day. By exercising I can relieve my stress(as well as get super exhausted) in a healthy way.

4) Help me eat better: I am probably one of the biggest costumers in the fast food business as well as eating anything easy and fast even if it's just wheat thins and string cheese. Obviously not a great idea. But from the past I've learned that on days when I do physical activity it makes me want to eat better and find foods that will benefit and be good for me.

Well those are pretty much the only reasons I have for joining but a lot of it has to do with my roommate Candice. She is so awesome about going all the time and will be a huge motivator to get me to go and to do worthwhile things while I'm there. In fact we both went today and had a personal training consult session. It was such a hard workout but it felt awesome ( and it didn't hurt that the personal trainer was gorgeous!) granted I'm probably going to have a hard time walking tomorrow, and will hurt like crazy when I laugh but it helped me feel better.