It is hard to believe that as of this writing it has been one week since I took the initiative to set foot back into the gym and be real about what I needed to do to get my wellness regimen fully back on track and in the right place.

This is nothing new for me. There have been many times in my life that I have set into the gym with the intention of working at something. It is ironic that I have gone to the gym six times in the past eight days, and it is something that I have become comfortable with. Many times, I had embarked on the wishes to go to the gym, but I set my goals too big or had my regimen too complicated.

At my recent therapy session, after reviewing my sleep/med log it was determined that I typically got uncoordinated mid to late afternoon. It was suggested that I go to the gym to combat this habit. It has been a terribly negative habit that begins the spiral downward to getting uncoordinated with my medication and other wellness regimens to the point that others notice how things are. This is a way of combatting what is needed to work at combatting what is needed.

I had thought that I had to do ten million things to work at being healthy, but that is simply not the case. Being a very morbidly obese person and knowing that I have needed to work on myself for a very long time, I would have the wishes and dreams of doing that, but my mind was set on what everyone else in the world does and not what I need to do by staying simple.

It may just be getting on the treadmill, but for me, a person who’s been sedentary for most of my adult life and really hasn’t been thrilled about the idea of being active, I’m beginning to see the benefits of what happens when I do, not necessarily in a physical way, but in mental perspective as well. It has been such an amazing week. Each time I go, processes become much better and easier and with the music playlist already set, before you know it, the workout is over.

Accepting the side effects of my medication means that I must work at doing what I have been told to do, which is exercising. Coming to terms with it and having my test results come back with low HDL (good cholesterol) it makes it more important than ever that I need to continue to work at being that one percent of people that sticks with their New Year’s Resolution.

I honestly do not think I have been at the gym as frequently in the time that I started, but it shows that if you want to do anything, you can do it. The same can be said for any of the other eating habits that may take place out there in the world. If you want to do it, you will. There comes a time that you will understand that there needs to be a limit to what you are doing, and a necessity required for yourself to make the change.

I like working with the tools that I must track the things that I am doing. Seeing it add up along the way and realizing that I am doing something to make a difference in my life by seeing that I am getting out there and trying to work at being healthier on my own, meal planning, or many other health metrics that are out there can make me see that  the tools can do much more if there is more activity made and frequency and consistency to the things that need to be done.

Nonetheless, I am planning to continue these habits going forward and working at seeing the progress through the good and the bad. I know that differences for the good may not happen every day, but I cannot give up at what I am setting my mind up to do because you must put in the work to be well not only in the gym, but also in all other dimensions of wellness to make the healthy habits stick around.