Something you might not know about me: I really, really like sports. I'm rubbish at most sports, but I like being active and I was very fit in 2013. I was able to do 10K's and I started to try more and more sports. Being active made me a very happy girl. But since life always has up and downs, there came a problem: My back. I've had had scoliosis surgery back in 2011 and I still have problems with it. My back was to weak for the distances I was running, my form got bad and eventually I started getting serious knee and shin problems because of my bad running problems. I was told to cut back.
Since it was December, I decided that I could take two weeks off of all of my workouts and focus on the holidays. But two weeks turned into four weeks and that eventually turned into eight weeks. I started to get less and less happy at that time. I had used running as an anti-depressant because I was afraid of real anti-depressant medicine. My grades got worse and my relationships as well.
I could never have imagined that quitting excersize would make such an impact on the way I feel. But now, to make a long story short: Two of my friends noticed that I wasn't feeling well and being the good friends that they are, they signed me up for the Electric Run. Meaning that I have to be able to do a 5K at the end of March. I'm a little scared, but also confident that I don't have to run a good race. It's a fun-run and that's exactly what we're going for: having fun.
I'm writing this post because I want you to know what I've been up to and I want to try and inspire people to get fit as well. I will keep you up to date on my fitness journey. Even though I have to be very carefull with my exercise. I want to continue doing it because it means so much to me and it makes me feel alive. No more quitting exercise for me.
For now, I'll be focussing on the 5K and I'll be doing the 7-minute workout everyday for the next month. Wish me luck...
Do you like to exercise?
♥ Love, Vivian.
