But from that first visit, I kind of felt in my heart that I was on the right track
For sure, the doctor and my wife had been after me for years to change my lifestyle. I was overweight, out of shape and almost completely sedentary. And when you’re fifty, that’s a recipe for disaster. The body can only handle so much. There comes a point where a body can be pushed so far that there’s no way back. I realized this and that’s what precipitated the gym membership. To be perfectly honest, I agreed to the gym membership as a sort of delay tactic. I really wanted to stop hearing about what I needed to do all the time. My wife loves me and she just kept pushing me to get to a health and fitness center. She even said that she’d join in as well. So we went to the more expansive health and fitness centers in town. We were able to tour the place with one of the certified fitness experts. I noticed right away that she was really easy about everything. And she wanted to know what we wanted out of our gym membership to be sure that we were in the right place. I joked that I was eager to get in the sauna or the steam rooms. But from that first visit, I kind of felt in my heart that I was on the right track. So we got the gym membership and did another smart thing right away. Instead of trying to fake it like we knew what we were doing with weight lifting or whatever, we signed up for a group fitness training program. I’m really actually now looking forward to the gym and my doctor is thrilled with the progress.