It's never too late!

So I'm here @ the gym for the 1st time in a week or 2 and wow, it's amazing how a little time off can completely throw your workouts off. Things I used to do I can't do and it's extremely frustrating. I almost decided to take however long off until I felt like doing it all again. After my last workout session where I was completely humbled, I just thought to myself this is ridiculous, I'm done, I'm fat, I don't wanna do this anymore. I know some of you will think that's crazy but I was so serious. I had an emotional meltdown @ the gym n was just completely over all of the pressure I put on myself to be/get in shape. After about a week of me hiding out from the gym, I missed it in a weird way. I didn't yearn to be there but I knew how completely necessary it was for me to be there. If I was mad @ how out of shape I was now, imagine me 1 year from now after NOT working out? It was time to rearrange my thinking.

So instead of quitting all together, I decided 2 bring it back to basics. I started today with legs. Back in the day when I 1st began working out with a trainer, we ALWAYS did legs on Mondays. It was a fresh way 2 start the week. So today came my old school leg workout:
-warmup, 3x15 leg ext
-leg press toes pointed out
-squats
-deadlifts
-1 leg seated leg curl
-calf raises
-finish w/10 min intervals on arc machine

All in all, I'm beat. I mean completely done. I'm sitting here in the gym still waiting 4 my bf 2 finish his cardio session n I'm nodding off. I think it's safe 2 say, good workout accomplished :).

Point is, never give up on urself. We're all not perfect n there will always be struggles but u just have 2 get back up n ride the wave. I was so discouraged bcuz I wanted to have the "perfect" workout that I used 2 have when I was in better shape n I physically couldn't. Every1 has to crawl b4 they walk n since I had been in n out the gym, I'm no exception. So remember, it's never too late to get back up and do whatever it is u want to do, whether it's getting back into the gym or going back 2 school, going back 2 work etc. Do whatever u have to do to get the job done, even if u have 2 humble yourself along the way :)

Don't worry- be HAPPY!
Xoxo
Lei