Training my brain & my muscles.

Here we go again... 

I'm retraining my entire body to get use to the grind of working out. 

Stepping on the elyptical and riding that bike was shocking today. 

10 minutes in and I was all ready feeling it. 

This is going to be a long journey, but I'm ready for the pain. 

The sweat is worth it.
2 days in, and I'm encouraged by the progress.
I can't and won't expect me to jump right in and be my old self. 

Gotta start from the beginning and build. 

Building is the most important thing right now. 

I'm going to keep in mind...you need to build a foundation. 

Nobody builds a house in one day (well maybe).
But how long will that house sustain, probably not long. 

I'm ready to build from the ground up. 

I'm looking forward to the challenges and facing it w/ the people around me. 

There's going to be some blood sweat and tears...and that's the beauty of this journey. 

Looking forward to going to the gym tomorrow!
LET'S GO! 

Side Note: 

First day back at Drayson Center (for the first time in a LONG time).
It feels good to be back, but might I say...I miss 24.
Something about not knowing anybody at the gym that keeps you going. 

But coming back here definitely brings a lot of memories. 

and if there's a place to start...might as well go back to the place where I did it before!

First Jog.

Beat the cold weather. 

Using all the motivation and inspiration that I can. 

Day one, almost complete. 

I want to transform my body from the inside out.
Getting ready mentally is a whole lot more tough than getting ready physically. 

The recurring statement "My body has taken too much abuse over the past few years"... 

...is even so much more meaningful than ever. 

First jog out of many, out of the way. 

I'm ready for tomorrow. 

Let's go. 

Bringing it back.

No slacking off. 

The gym will be my new home.

& I will do whatever it takes to get this back.

It's time to STFU and do it. 

Motivation.

Best motivational speech ever: 


I don't know what to say really.
Three mintues till the biggest battle of our professional lives, all comes down to today
Either we heal as a team, or we're gonna crumble.
Inch by inch, play by play til we're finished, we're in hell right now gentlemen, believe me.
And we can stay here, get the shit kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light.
We can climb out of hell, one inch at a time
You know when you get old in life, things get taken from you.
That's part of life, but you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out, life is this game of inches
The margin for error is so small.
I mean, one half a step to late or too early, and you don't quite make it.
One half second to slow to fast you don't quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us
There in every break of the game, every minute, every second
On this team, we fight for that inch
On this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us into pieces for that inch. 
We claw w/ our finger nails for that inch
Because we know, when we add up all those inches, that's gonna make the f*cking difference.
Between winning and losing, between living and dying
I'll tell you this, in any fight it's the guy who's willing to die who's gonna win that inch.
And either we heal now as a team, or we will die as individuals
That's all it is. 
Now, what are you gonna do?

- Unknown Author

6 month challenge: the beginning

It's on.
Day #1 is tomorrow. 
Contracts are signed.
Money is on the line. 
I'm ready to go. He's ready to go. 
Let's duke it out. 
Gonna do whatever it takes to get back to the top. 
No more bull sh!t excuses. 
Just complete and utter commitment/determination.
Forget the past. This is now.

BST.TLF
Russy 




Magic number: 175

Afraid to go to sleep...

Ever since my accident, I've had random dizzy spells. 

Still trying to figure out what it is. 

Sometimes I'd rather stay up then go to sleep, not knowing if I'll be dizzy in the morning. 

It's hard when you don't have control over your own body sometimes. 

I guess until I figure it out, I'll have to live w/ it. 

*sigh* I miss when sleeping wasn't so scary. 

Ready...get set...go...

The past 3 weeks have been CRAZY! (read my last 2 blogs) 

It's time to get back on track w/ being healthy and working out. 

I can't set the highs of passing boards & going to Florida get me off track. 

Jenny always motivates me to keep going... 

It's really crazy how being good for one month and so motivated, can turn around so quick. 

I lost 17lbs last month, and in 3 weeks was really up and down and have maintained...
I have 2 weeks to reach the goal I set for month 2. 

Life happens. Eating bad happens. and not working out happens.

But it doesn't have to be like that. 

We hit walls, but the people who succeed are those who pick themselves up & keep going. 

I am not going to fall back into what I was like before. 

I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get back to being healthy. 

Phase 1 was hard, but Phase 2 is going to be even harder. 

Ready...Get Set...Go... 

Live. Love. Be Healthy. 

Always,

Russy 

- Thank you Jenny for always believing me & for pushing me, even when I don't wanna hear it. You're always someone I can count on to tell me what I need to do. Let's do this together!