Long Time Between Posts

Wow! It's been seven years since a post was made on this site.

I wonder if anyone will read this. I wonder where everyone is on their fitness journey.

I've had ups and downs in these past seven years. My biggest achievement was joining a gym and utilizing the services of a trainer. Those six months in late 2015 - early 2016 made a huge difference. Not just in my physical health, but how I felt about myself, too. I was physically stronger. I was mentally stronger. The depression I had felt was lifted.

Now it is three years later. I'm not as physically strong. And probably not as mentally strong, either. The depression lingers in the background, but I continue to fight it off.

In 2018 I left the gym I that I had joined in 2015. I couldn't bear to go back and admit my failure (although I am doing so in this blog post). In late November of 2018, I joined a different gym. I have only been a couple of times. Life seems to have gotten in the way. Or perhaps I have let life get in the way.

2019 is a new year. It's time to start a new chapter. This morning I began using My Fitness Pal again to track what I eat. I used it faithfully in 2011 and again in 2015. This time around I am planning to add another "help" along this journey. That "help" is God. I will grab hold of His promise and strength to guide me through this journey. God is in control of my life (if I remember to allow Him to take control).

I hope to hear from others who began this journey with me in 2011 or from others who are beginning their fitness journey for the first (or second, third, or hundredth) time.

Blessings of health and wellness to each of you in this new year,
~Darlene