Don't Go It Alone

Clarence is my workout partner. He gets me up at 5 O’clock in the morning.We always have a good breakfast before we leave. It is probably the most important meal of the day. We have to take care of our animals (two dogs and seven cats ) before we leave. So by the time everything is done we leave the house at 7 O’clock and get to the healthplex at a little before eight. We live about forty five minutes away from the healthplex so we have to get up early to get everything done.

The reason I’m telling you this is I don’t like getting up early. This is where your workout partner comes in. It doesn’t have to be your husband it can be a friend or even a personal trainer. Someone who is depending on you to be there. When we get to the healthplex we sit down and have a cup of coffee and talk to a lot of friends that we have met there. This is where I really get a lot of support. A lot of people that I didn’t even know would come up to me and compliment me on how well I was doing and they remembered me when I first came to the healthplex in a wheelchair. With all of the people that are watching me and depending on me I can’t afford to gain weight.

After coffee we workout on the machines for about an hour or so and then go to the pool. We really enjoy the workout in the pool. We do the aqua power class in the lap pool for one hour and then do the fit class in the therapy pool. Sharon Whitaker teaches both classes and she makes it so much fun that you don’t even realize that you are exercising. We do this three days a week.

Clarence also helps me to chose what foods to eat. Before we go out to eat. We look up the menu on the internet and choose what we want before we get there.