Amy Musgrove: Don't Give Up

Monday, December 1, 2008

Don't Give Up

I love teaching my classes. It's nice to get paid to workout, I burn lots of calories, and most importantly I have a great time doing it. Unfortunately teaching the same thing over and over again causes my body to get used to doing such things. Because of this, I tend to not see results that I want to see.
This means that I need to step it up.
Ever since last February when I ran my marathon, I've been telling myself I need to get back into running. After training so hard for running 26.2 miles, my body needed a break. Immediately after the race, I despised running. The thought of it made me want to puke. It's now December and I can probably count on both hands how many times I've stepped on a treadmill since then.
BUT...
I ran today. I got on the treadmill and put two miles in. Not monumental distance, but it's a start. I would love to run another half-marathon in May with some friends, so I need to start building my foundation now. I didn't hate my run today. It was nice actually. If I can just hold on to that and get on the treadmill at least one more time this week, I'll count my little headstart a success. Wish me luck.

1 comment:

shawna said...: Amy, I'll wish you good luck...I know you can do it! You're an inspiration! You go girl! :) Shawna; December 1, 2008 at 11:04 PM

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About Me

When I want something, I'll do whatever it takes to get there. Whether it's taking a huge road trip to get where I want to go, or hanging out by the tour bus to meet a famous person...I'll do what it takes!

I'm a natural born leader, and a great listener. I don't like drama or being around negative influences. It's all about positivity for me!

I dropped out of college. Maybe that's the free spirit in me, who knows?

I always joke that's why I became a Group Fitness Instructor...no college education required! That's only partly true, actually. Don't get me wrong...I had to bust my butt to get where I am today. I'm so proud of how hard I've had to work to do what I do, but mostly, I became a Group Fitness Instructor because I discovered that I was passionate about it.

Fitness hasn't always come easy to me though. I'm kind of lazy by nature. (Let's just call a spade a spade, shall we?!)

I got married when I was barely 20, and moved all over the world with my husband's military career. I spent my time baking because that's what I thought I was supposed to do.

I gained weight, lost self-esteem, all while trying to squeeze into my jeans. It was not pretty.

I spent the first 5 years of my marriage like this. Then I got pregnant.

I gained about 50 pounds during my pregnancy, exceeding the "recommended" weight gain for healthy pregnancy by about 20-30 pounds.

During my pregnancy, I vowed (in between pan-fulls of brownies) that I would get in the best shape of my life after I had my baby.

That was the motivation I needed to do something positive for myself.

I started running and taking aerobics classes. I was feeling great, gaining self-esteem back that I'd lost somewhere along the way, and I was losing my baby weight. I accomplished more in the first year after I had my baby than I ever thought possible of myself. I ran my first half-marathon (13.1 miles) and became a Group Fitness Instructor! Two things I never thought I'd do, let alone within the same year!

The rest is history, like they say.

If you saw me on the streets, you might not know that I'm super sarcastic, or that I love correct spelling and punctuation (and when things aren't spelled correctly, it's like nails on a chalkboard for me), or that I've got tattoos.

Three words I'd use to describe myself: fun, outgoing, caring.

I feel so grateful for many things in my life. First and foremost, my awesome husband and amazing son. I'm so happy that I've been able to discover what it is that I'm passionate about in life. Some people take their entire lives trying to figure that out.

Here's to good health!