H2O and Motivation

I’ve been back to the gym training with the one and only BP, trying to get my stress and blood pressure under control. Along with lifting – because as much as I complain about it, I freaking love it.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working on me increasing my water intake. I’ve gone from about 60 ounces a day to an average of 120. Pretty dang impressive, right? Sure. But now I need a personal restroom! Anyway, good news here is that it has drastically reduced my blood pressure without having to take meds. Win! (Unless you start to think about how dehydrated I must have been for the past year. But…moving on.)

So tonight I show up to the gym for my bi-weekly session and was, of course, filling up my water bottle since I now need to drink a few thousand tons a day. Or so it seems 😂 Anyway, the fountain is right next to the door leading into the group class room. Zumba music was starting to waft out of the room and I noticed a lady standing there looking with a slightly unsure look on her face. “Are you going into this class?” she asked. “Nope, but I always wanted to try it” I returned. “Me too” she says with this almost longing look on her face. I just looked at her and smiled. “You’re this close – why don’t you just walk in?” She didn’t even hesitate and strode in the door. I walked up the steps grinning – I just love when people give us a push in the right direction.

After I was done getting beat up by BP, I was standing at the top of the stairs making plans for my next torture/secretly awesome session, and I noticed that same lady come walking up the stairs. She was red and sweaty and looking for her husband who was lifting. “Hey – how was that class?” I asked. She smiled wide – “Oh my gosh I loved it! I’m so glad you said something – I really enjoyed it.”

Cool, huh? The best part about this was how confidently she walked in there and how she looked afterwards. Like she accomplished something. Even if it was little – it was a huge step. (And here am I – still not brave enough to go in there. Haha)

So, if you have the chance to nudge someone in the right direction, do it. And if you are the one being nudged, take the opportunity to do that thing that sort of scares you. Or really scares you. You never know what will happen. Like dancing in a Zumba class (shudder)