Ulcerative Colitis is not holding me back....

I am in yet another flare up with my Ulcerative Colitis so the pain has set in but my spirit will not cave. In the past, I would let my UC control me and what I would be able to do which was not much but going from bed to bathroom to coach to bathroom. But that was then and this is now....the new me....the stronger me....the me who is more in control of my body!!!

I know that by working out and eating better gives me the strength to get up and push forward no matter how bad I feel on the inside. Shakeology has been giving my body the fuel and nutrients that my body needs especially during a sick time in my life. It gives me the energy to not lie in bed all day which in the past was my only option. Working out gives me the strenght to know that my body is a machine one that needs to be worked hard in order for it to balance itself out. Don't get me wrong....if I am having a really bad part of the day I will and have to take those extra few minutes to regroup myself but I know that working out and Shakeology gives my body what it needs so I am not so useless to my UC.

So yes, this was my first day back of P90X starting my last 30 days (again) and giving it my all!!! Yes my all means the last 10 mins of my workout was cut short because Ben still knows when I am doing my abs and I swear that kid knows when I am trying to get my abs in shape....but still....I woke up this morning with a million excuses rolling around my head from the fact that I was up 5 times with the kids last night, twice with my stomach to maybe I will let my body rest.....but the truth is that I pushed play anyway and I am so thankful I did not talk myself out of Chest and Back today. Come on....you know how friggin awesome you feel when you are done with a workout so use that to motivate you....that is what I did and I am so happy that I did so. So, off now to conquer a new day....feeling good about my body even if my UC is acting up!!!

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