I could hardly get up today from all the working out I’ve been doing! One of the things that I find so interesting and so segmented in our christian society is the fact that many of us are not healthy and our bodies are not taken care of as the ”temple” that it is. I got tired of being fat. I want to live as long as possible and be around for my kids and family in general. Yet, an unhealthy weight is not the road that leads to such possibilities.

I  have a trainer by Hollywood Beach area and while its not the easiest thing I’ve ever done, actually its the hardest…it wasn’t my doctorate, the things I’ve attempted to establish in my life, working my marriage, none of these things have been as hard as making a decision to work my body both through working out and by changing the decisions I make about what I eat and cook. For a Puerto Rican that is huge!! My trainer has me on all sorts of vitamins to help kick start my system and trust me it takes some getting used to.

 While many people say I don’t look my age (and I’m glad) not that I’m old by any means, I still want to be in the best possible shape I can be because I can’t do anything for anyone including God if my body is not in good shape. I’ve lived too long with the attitude that it doesn’t matter. It does and I need to stop being in denial. The truth is that I may not like it, I may not like the foods I have to eat, the work outs that have me SORE ALL OVER, the discipline needed to make good body decisions every day but it can lead to the best me in my life. Wouldn’t that be great!   My body was not going to get in shape by itself, I knew enough to know that I needed a kick in the buttocks so now my trainer is giving it to me. I also read books on what helps do your body good. Its not only because I want to look and feel good people that I do this…its because I want to give my life to making a difference in this world…in order to do that I need to be healthy.

What about you? What are you in denial about?