Structure.

I have been having a challenge getting to the gym consistently. I have been doing good about going but I give myself a lot of room to skip days. Going to the gym obviously gives me the benefits of increased weight loss and general direction towards an increased ability to be active. The most important part of going to the gym for me is emotional stability. It helps me burn up some of the tension and anxiety I have and keeps me more stable and less likely to have overflows (the crying for any reason thing). 

I don't want to go crazy with the gym thing but I do want to have consistency and some structure as far as how often I go. So, I am changing my commitment to going every other day. This gives me a day to recover between workouts (with the amount of weight I am carrying a workout takes a toll on my hips and back) and also gives me some areas to increase if I need to incorporate more in the future. 

I am actually about to get ready for the gym right now. I am pretty proud about going in general since I have some insecurities about the gym environment. It is hard to walk into a gym and be the only obese woman... The more I go, the less it bothers me though. It kind of gradually desensitizes me to it. Maybe one day I will get to a better place and not compare myself to every female in the place - baby steps!