Here's to Our Health!

Yesterday, I mixed business and pleasure. Since one of my employees was scheduled to work, but really wanted to go shopping with her mom, I agreed to work the Saturday shift at the Y. Matt had never seen where I worked, so I persuaded him to come to work with me. He actually really didn't want to go; he had visions of working in his studio editing audio files while I was gone. However, there is very little I cannot convince him to do, so he came with me.

I'm sooooo glad he did. It worked out really well. While I finished up some invoices and various other tasks that I hadn't finished Friday, he read his magazines in my office. Then, he went out to the fitness floor and worked out. Matt hadn't been to the gym in a while, but he surprised himself with his endurance. He emerged from the gym with pride and the desire to get in shape and live a healthier lifestyle.

He and I are on the same page. Although I have never had any struggles with weight or eating, I am now at my three-week anniversary of being smoke-free. It has been a rather difficult habit for me to break. Matt & I are working together now to support one another's best interests in regards to health. I am making an effort to help him eat more healthy foods (this involves me not eating everything that I want to in front of him) and he has been trying to run interference with me and other smokers (this means we haven't been frequenting our favorite Irish pub in Punta Gorda). Together, we are going to take advantage of our free Y memberships and work out together at least twice per week.

I am so happy that we are going to take better care of our bodies! Our life together is so wonderful, I want us to live as long as possible.