Still Committed to Getting Fit

If you read Susan's previous post then you know that this week's weigh-in hit me a litter harder than usual. I've been having some stressful times at work (including working MANY hours at home when I'd rather spend time with my family or working out) and the last two weeks were particularly stressful since I also had to take care of our daughter alone while Susan attended BlogHer.

On that note, I have nothing but absolute respect and admiration for all of the single parents who manage to take care of work, house chores, and raise one or more children on their own. It was hard enough for me to handle things on my own for several days. I can't imagine being a single parent full time.

But I digress ... the bottom line is when I stepped on the scale this week and saw that I gained weight it was just another frustration added to a long list of frustrations that were getting to be too much for me. I seriously considered giving up on the whole idea of focusing on weight loss and healthy living. That might sound like a silly (if not ridiculous) response to gaining a half pound, but human beings can only handle so much pressure before we just can't take any more.

In only a matter of hours I realized how foolish it would be to give up on our goal of getting fit but it has helped to see all of the encouraging comments from ours friends visitors to the blog. I wanted to say, "thank you" for all of those kind words over the last few days.

Long story short, I'm not going anywhere. This is still "Mr. and Mrs. Get Fit" and together Susan and I will continue to live a healthy lifestyle and lose weight. We have too many reasons (including our precious little daughter) to keep up the good work, so we're in this for the long haul.