The gauntlet has been thrown. No, I'm not referring to the impending UCLA-USC football game, but to words that were spoken by my wife to me last night (a Friday night!) at 8pm. For those of you that don't know, I have been experiencing medical problems ever since we returned from a family trip to Hawaii in January 2006. I have had three extensive stays in the hospital along with over a dozen trips to the ER. All they have left me with is a few misdiagnoses and an occassional opiate addiction. Wonderful! Add to this the numerous doctors that I've seen over that period of time and I've been labeled/diagnosed with pancreatitis, ulcerative colitis, maybe Crohn's Disease, and countless parasites and fungi. Needless to say it hasn't been a pleasant experience (not counting my wedding, honeymoon, and the birth of my beautiful daughter). So last night my wife (refer to the blog I aptly titled "A hot trainer I found") challenged me to get back into shape. I'm assuming by "get back" she was referring to my sixteen year-old athletic, svelte self. The person that she remembers from summer camp many years ago. Ahhh, the good old days.
Well, what do I do? I watch her day-after-day kick the shit out of every client (in a loving, helpful, supportive way) that comes to her. And they have the luxury of leaving after an hour. I, however, am with her everyday (a very, very lucky man) and not only get the trainer side, but the nutrionist side at every meal. The hamster in my head is definitely working overtime on that wheel at the moment...
She has told me that for 12-16 weeks I will be working out (mostly with kettlebells) for 20-30 minutes five times a week and experiencing a much healthier diet. Seems like a lot to ask a man who thrives on giving into ice creamy temptations. So here I am, baring myself to the public, and asking for sound advice. What would you do? But more importantly, what should I do? The forum is now open and stay tuned for the exciting developments...
By the way, my wife is an amazing personal trainer and nutristionist and I know for sure that any of her dozens of clients would attest to that without hesitation.
