This May, In Fact, Remain The Title Of This Post

Let’s face it.  I’m a perfectionist.

It’s true.  Stop laughing.  Grab a DSM V and look it up.

It is true.

Most days I don’t blog because I can’t think of a clever title.  There is no SEO going on here.

In reality, my only category is annieology, unless it specifically talks about running.

Of course I think of a clever title as soon as people start tumblering it (hahahahaha) Like I’ve ever been tumbled.

Anyway….

I guess the topic at hand this week is we have moved from probably divorcing to “yep, we’re divorcing”.

It’s fine.

In fact.  It’s too fine.

I am wondering when I’m going to realize it isn’t fine.

In reality, my marriage has been over for a year, all of my grieving for it is done.  What surprises me is that I’m not looking for next.

Being in a relationship doesn’t really appeal to me at the moment.  I am ok without one.  For now.

There is a lot of crap that needs unpacked in my life, and I intend to unpack it.  I have learned that identifying the problem is more than half the battle and that if I can find the problem, I can focus on it and eliminate it.

For the past few weeks I have been pouring over diets and nutritional principals.  I have been doing various “diets” to learn the pros and cons.  Ayurveda, Four Hour Body, Raw, Juice, well, you know.  There are as many diets as there are people.  Turns out, we are all individuals.

Last night, for fun, I watched a documentary called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.  It followed a guy who had the typical Western diet.  He ate from the food groups Fast, Frozen, Shelf Stable and Processed.  At the beginning of the documentary he was on 10 medications.  He had Ultracaria, it is an autoimmune skin disorder.  He had seen numerous doctors and spent 40 plus days in the hospitals getting tests and no one could figure out what was wrong.

Over the course of two months he went off all medications and cured all that ailed him by changing his diet and exercise.  He also looked AMAZING.

This is exactly why I am doing what I do.

Nutrition and exercise works.  It worked for me.  I have changed the outside.  My muscles are defined, my skin is smooth and clear, and recently, I discovered that I have no cellulite.  None.  Had it.  Don’t have it.  My original goal was to fix the inside.  I too had an autoimmune disorder.  My body thought my thyroid was a foreign body and has been, under medical supervision even, been attacking it for years.  Only when I asked the question, why aren’t we fixing the real problem, did I learn that medicine cannot do that.

This past week I met a lady, she had horrible arthritis and back pain.  Upon a consult with an orthopedist was given the option, surgery or drugs.  She was not down with that and decided, I’ll try exercise.  She is pain free without medical intervention.  All it takes is simple easy exercises daily.  Less time than it takes to run to the pharmacy for a refill.

What makes me sad about this is that the doctor didn’t even mention it as an option.  He was ready to book the OR but not suggest that she do something for herself.  Of course he cannot bill her insurance for her taking control of her health, so let’s not hold our breath that we will ever get help from the medical community.

Don’t get me wrong, I get hit by a bus, I hope to God I’m near a doctor.

But the diseases that we are bringing upon ourselves because of a lazy, ignorant lifestyle.  That is where the doctors of the world need to say, “hey, just get off your ass and stop eating all that crap.”

As a personal trainer and nutritionist, I get to say that.  I get to say, “Hey, just get off your ass and stop eating all that crap.”  If you don’t like it, you can always pack an overnight back and have someone cut you open.  No harm to me.

Well, Annie, that is easy for you to say.  You are fucking awesome!

Well, I haven’t always looked like this.  Two years ago, I was overweight.  I worked out for a year, and was still….overweight. I did not cross the threshold into “normal” for 18 months.  I probably could have worked a little harder and done it a little faster, but I wanted a complete and total lifestyle change.

Even though it took me a couple of years, it taught me something.  It is possible.  It is not hard.  Consistency and time are all you need.

OK great, but we don’t know what to do.  That is why you have me.

I am more than happy to help.  I’ll even put up with a little whining.  What I won’t do is put up with excuses.  If 90 year old women can drag themselves to the pool every day, and chemo patients can train for Ironman then really, I don’t think your story excuse will get me to change my mind.

So, let me know if I can help you.

I’ll give away sessions for blog title posts.

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Annie is all things awesome. Singer of songs, thinker of thoughts, runner of miles. When she isn't getting paid to kick ass as a personal trainer and health coach, she's looking for her keys.