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The signing at the Crestwood Barnes and Noble went great. Great because I didn’t have to take a single break, or ice my arm. Yea! Any of you that have been to an event in the last few years will remember the ice bags, the break in the middle of the signing so I could rest my arm. But Saturday we didn’t have to do any of that. I wasn’t in agony, or even in pain. Discomfort, yes, but not pain, and the discomfort was only at the very end. We had between 250 and 300 people, with three books a piece. So a minimum of 750 books, but we’re pretty sure it was more like 900 books, and I still didn’t have to ice my arm. Yea, again!
How has this miracle occurred? Weightlifting. Yes, that’s right, weightlifting. Jon and I have done a year and a half of weights. We’ve also done some aerobics as in walking. We’ve done an entire exercise routine for a year and a half, because I was told it was the only way to regain the full use of my arm. Now that’s an incentive to work out. The other benefits have included going down from a size fourteen, and looking at buying sixteen, to being size ten, and looking at nines and eights. Looking at, means that you either need to get into that size, or you can squeeze into it, but it ain’t comfortable. I got to drag out my size nine/ten jeans and wear them, but they were a little tight. I’m going to give it a few more weeks at ten. I’d rather be comfortable than fit into the smallest size that will have me.
We have also changed our eating habits. The first thing our personal trainer, Keath, said was, “You’re not eating enough.” Not eating enough. What? But that’s what he said, and a nutritionist said. We weren’t eating enough and what we were eating wasn’t what our bodies needed to fuel us through the day. As we work out more we needed to eat more, but we still continued to lose inches. Inches folks, not weight. People at the signing this weekend estimated I’d lost thirty pounds. Nope. I think Jon and I have only lost about ten pounds a piece, but I’ve lost three inches all the wall around up and down.
It’s not about weight. It’s about improving your health, not just about how many inches you’ve lost. Though the inches are very nice side benefit. It’s about being able to use my arm. It’s about still being able to carry my kid up to bed, even though she’s ten now. It’s about having more stamina, and feeling better.
Who has wrought this miracle of sweaty bodies, and inches lost, and health regained? Keath Hausher of Shark Fitness. Web address is www.sharkfitness.net