It's Been Awhile...

Greetings. 

It's been quite some time since I've written. However, I’m compelled to do so since we are turning over a new leaf, so to speak. Granted, it’s a little after September 22, the first day of Fall, but nonetheless, we are attempting to start anew once again.

We’ve been through a lot of transition over the past year and half since the last post. We moved to Atlanta in July 2015, started working out at a gym that later closed (but LA Fitness honored our memberships until they expire this month), started a new gym called Orangetheory Fitness Midtown, which is a GREAT workout. Chad left awhile back, and I just left after giving it a go for a year. I did really enjoy it, but I waned off the workouts as I have been experiencing hip issues since last Fall. I also needed a change-up. Since I had cut back on that, I have been supplementing with group classes at LA Fitness and at Norfolk Southern (Bodyworks, Kickboxing, Yoga), and running. I’ve run the Hot Chocolate 15k in 1:28:36 in extreme cold (Chad the 5k), I’ve run the Peachtree Road Race 10k in 59:34 in extreme heat, Walked to End Alzheimer's (and Dementia), and I’ve been training for the PNC Atlanta 10 Miler, which takes place on Oct 23. Hills are nuts around here. Hence the Run ATL shirts which don “Heat, Hills & Humidity…welcome to Atlanta!”

But, most recently, as of yesterday, we are new members of Iron Tribe Fitness West Midtown (I signed us up several weeks ago). We started the 101 on-ramping class that is 3x week for 4 weeks before we join the rest of the Tribe. While we have been missing aspects of CrossFit, we still weren’t 100% ready to get back to it. However, Iron Tribe is similar - thus filling that void, but different in ways by which I’m very intrigued. Our biggest hesitancy has been injury as we both suffered from multiple injuries during the years we did XF in gyms and on our own (see earlier posts in this very blog).

We also very well know that we have been taking in Atlanta’s sights, sounds, food, and drink to the max over the past 15 months, and it is time to check ourselves before we (further) wreck ourselves. Just shy of 7 months from now, I’ll be hitting the magical age of 35. Yes, 35. I can’t believe that. Then, of course, 5 days later, Chad will do the same. We have got to get our asses in gear and get to healthy weights. We have been tipping the scales and I'm not about to start out my official mid-30s heftier than I'd like to be. Especially since your 30s pose more difficulty of losing weight than the earlier years. What worked before certainly isn't working now...obvi. I look back at photos from a few short years ago and we were fitter (and younger) people. I'd like to get back to the former as the latter isn't possible anymore! 

So, we are attempting to get our diets back to something resembling a sustainable Paleo-esque nature. Iron Tribe is giving us that extra push we needed. Plus, we just started Fresh 'N Fit a few weeks ago - thanks to our friends Dan and Katie - and have been curtailing our plans to the low-carb and Paleo meals to get ourselves reset. We definitely need to get back into the prepping and cooking thing again, but this is a great way to get it going for a bit, or even supplement what we do on our own.

Here's to holding ourselves accountable; writing about our journey really helps us to do so. Thanks for reading and we'll see you soon! 

I'm off to run at lunch in this beautiful weather! Just kidding. Forgot my sports bra. And towel. #fail

PS - Speaking of Tribe. Go Tribe! #WINdians #CLE