exercise is my drug!

i have always enjoyed being active, staying fit, doing a sport. i started modern dancing when i was 5 years old, BUT unfortunately stopped dancing when i was in about std. 9 (so stupid of me!). i played netball and did athletics in primary school, did both in the early years of high school as well. but when you get to high school, sport just isnt a priority anymore, unfortunately! you start going out, being with the boyfriend, hanging out with friends rather than being active and doing a sport.

after moving to somerset west just after i matriculated i didnt do any kind of sport, i did join the gym and tried to stay active. a few years ago i started cycling, which helped, doing races just motivates me to try harder.

i went through patches where i would go gym crazy and then the motivation just disappears and so it would yo-yo up and down.

since the divorce exercise has been my antidepressant.

i have done well the last year, losing weight and toning. here is a pic that i took @ the end of july. just after that i found out that i had to go in for a op and get my gall bladder removed, so there went all my progress. i wasnt allowed to gym the week before the op or do any form of exercise for 4 weeks afterwards.

after the op i set myself a target, having a 6 pack (and not the beer kind) before the december holidays. the wait was horrible, after being allowed back to gym it took me a month to get to this:

i am really happy with my progress so far, the gyming and exercising part is easy, its the eating healthy part that i dont get right. i am trying to get my head right and hopefully from today i will manage the healthy eating part as well.

i want to look fit, not skinny, i want to have muscle tone and i am getting there!