Make Your I Should Become I Wills

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Twenty years ago…this old gal…

Found a book at the library…that pretty much changed her life…Body for Life…by Bill Phillips…had just had baby number three…not long after having…baby number two…felt fat…felt out of shape…didn’t…feel attractive…there was a competition…follow his plan for three months…send a before and after pic…maybe win a prize…

And so…competitive me…got up every morning at 5:15 to work out…taught herself how to lift weights…walked on the treadmill…ate healthy foods…just about died…those first few weeks…but then the transformation kicked in…felt good…looked good…started working out at the Rec center…started teaching classes…it was fun…it was doable…

Then…life happened…the ugly part of life…divorce…moving…it being suddenly about survival…keeping one foot…in front of the other…the next twenty years…became an I should…I should…lift weights again…walk more…exercise…eat better…

And so it is…priorities have changed…no longer about looking good…but about being here…for that husband…those daughters…these cats…of mine…those I shoulds…have become…I wills…I will…I can…do this…so…hello YMCA…let’s see what good old Bill Phillips can do…for an old gal…of 61…I will…be eager to see…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…