Feeling pretty strong today!!!!!  Somehow I missed Kickboxing this morning.  I must have gotten the time wrong, but my plan was to really sweat it out in class today............When I got to the gym, the class was ending.....what to do?  what to do?.......I could have gotten back in my car and gone home, but I didn't....Instead, I had a great workout ALL ON MY OWN......Really a good feeling to put into use all that I have been learning about exercising and working out on my own.....30 minutes on the elliptical, and I was drenched.....topped it off with some abs,  tush work, and PUSH UPS......feeling a little ouch already.......I love working out with my group of Pink Physique ladies in the classes, but it was a good feeling to know that I can do workout on my own some too...NO EXCUSES...FEELING STRONG....and isn't that what it is really all about?   I have said this before, but for me it has really not been so much about looking better....it has been about feeling better and being healthier.  God made us in all different shapes and sizes.  I am never going to be a size 2, and heaven knows I NEVER need to put on a bikini AGAIN!  I do, however, want to be in the best possible shape and health as I can be as I approach the big 5 0.  I was visiting with family last weekend around a neighborhood pool, and two older ladies ( much older) came to take a evening swim.  They even brought some pool workout equipment.  It was good to see them exercising at their age.  It just proves that it is never too late.  The thing that bothered me was that exercise had obviously not been always been a part of these ladies' lives.  They were both fairly overweight, and had a difficult time getting around.  They were moving very slowly and gingerly.  I could not help but wonder, how could things be different for them now if they had made simple exercise and a healthy diet a way of life years earlier.......I could not help but think how THANKFUL I am that I stopped putting my health and wellness on the back burner and didn't wait until I was older to get my act together.....Working at it each day :)