Getting Healthy in 2009

I have made a promise to my self to get back on the healthy living lifestyle! I have let everything regarding my health slide since I started my new job in March. Between sitting on my ass all day long and not doing any form of physical exercise I am totally out of shape and have gained 15 pounds and feel like CRAP! My job is very stressful and I work from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. five days per week sitting in front of a computer screen all day long. It is not a fun place to work and and is mentally exhausting dealing with "attitude" all day every day from my supervisor and co-workers.

I know the increased stress of doing fertility treatments does not help my overall well being or my attitude and that has to change. Finding a new job is not a reality with the economic times and good paying jobs with good benefits in our town is not promising even in the best economic times.

Wednesday I have an appointment with a doctor that does acupuncture to get more information on how it can relieve stress and help with infertility. Both my OB and fertility specialist said there are proven benefits to the treatment. My insurance covers 80% of each treatment so I figure it will be worth a try.

I have also signed up for the I Lost It At the Club challenge through my gym. It's a contest among the other participants to lose inches and pounds. The contestants will have access to individual training sessions with the personal trainers and group classes for only those in the contest. I have an appointment tomorrow to be weighed and measured....ouch not so much looking forward to that!

Gary and I also purchased a Aero Pilates Performer. I have seen a lot of stuff on Pilates and have tried a couple videos that were done on the floor but they were really hard so I didn't stick with it. My Mom ordered a Pilates Performer from QVC and the more I got to looking at it the more I think Gary and I can both benefit from it. To me it looks stress relieving and not so hard that your going to dread doing it. It should be here in the next couple of weeks.