My fitness journey

OK, I am about to be 56 years old, this month, I am 20 lbs over weight and feel like a fat old lady! Where did the time go? So, where did I go wrong? 12 years ago, I was slim and trim and in fantastic shape! I have been in great shape most of my life! In my 30's I had a personal trainer and really got into thong wearing bikini shape! Oh! Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end!

So, what happened? I got divorced, and as I hopped from town to town and job to job looking for a place to settle in, I kept thinking some day. Some day I will have more time and then I will start exercising; some day I will settle into new job, new boyfriend, new life and then, I will start exercising! Well, now it is some day and it is 12 years later, with flabs under my arms, sagging everywhere and 20 pounds to lose.

It took me the entire last year to get exercise a routine again! I started and stopped, started and stopped again and again. What did I do? I started with some thing I like, Yoga, and I started a fitness group and invited other ladies to join me. When they show up to work out, I cannot talk myself out of a work out!

I also changed careers. Now, granted, you may not be able to change careers, but this is my story. I am a real estate agent by trade, since 1977. I have sold single family, mobile homes, time share, condo's, been a designated broker, property manager, leasing agent, you name it, I have done it!

My moment came that changed my life is after my grandkids were born and I was not available to play and swim with them and my family on Sunday afternoons because I was selling real estate. That's when I began to say this is enough. I want money and I want to be in control of my time! So after 30 plus years, if I am going to learn a new career, I wasn't looking for just money, I was looking for something "worthy of my time". That is when a friend invited me to come to a health seminar to hear Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, (you know, Fox TV, contributor to Parade Magazine?? The famous, Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld?).

Dr. Rosenfeld talked about whole food nutrition, fruits and vegetables in a capsule, not a vitamin, not a supplement, that's what he and his family takes and that's what he recommends to all his patients and it is the only product he has ever recommended by name!

At that moment, I decided, not only would I and everyone I loved and cared aboout had to take it, this was truly a business worthy of my time! I wanted my time and my business to be about being healthy and in the best shape of my life. That's what I chose! And that is what I am doing today.

When I began my journey, I never heard the word "free radicals", "oxidative stress", "antioxodants", I truly knew nothing about healthy eating. So, little by little I went to the lectures, I learned, and now I am teaching others. NO, it doesn't have to be your full time job, but whether you are 30, 50 or 60 years old, get started today! It is truly amazing what exercise, healthy eating, and drinking water can do for you! That's the good news.

So now, I am getting on track, I have a great group of ladies to work out with, I am beginning a lose weight class on Saturday's and I am getting off the 20 pounds.

I will log my journey from 150 pounds to 130 pounds here! So welcome, I hope I can inspire you. I invite you to join me, let me know how you are doing, and together let's reach our goals!
If you are in Tucson and would like to join our weekly exercise classes and Saturday weight loss classes, you can go to the meetup group here:
http://www.meetup.com/fitness-in-tucson

Sherry Fritz
Nutrition Educator for NSA
866-508-2910