{"id":85,"date":"2008-02-13T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T12:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changeyourbody.wordpress.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2025-09-21T15:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:21:38","slug":"working-out-just-got-fun-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2008\/02\/13\/working-out-just-got-fun-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Out Just Got Fun Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Past<\/b><br \/>\nMy identity is wrapped up in being a runner. After almost 42 years of running, it is part of my fiber. But instead of being my best friend like it used to be, because of a moment in time in May 1983, I realize now, that it was starting to be my enemy. Since this article is about the present, I won&#8217;t go into the details, but if you want to learn what happened on that day, you can read my &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/about-us.htm\">About<\/a>&#8221; story here.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Present<\/b><br \/>\nFast forward almost 25 years to a day in my life now&#8230;<br \/>\nI am an early riser by nature, but until recently, when I woke up, because of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/about-us.htm#my-story\">chronic illness<\/a>, my body felt like it had run a marathon the day before. These days, however, I have more enthusiasm for life, and I seem to need a little less sleep because I sleep more soundly. I don&#8217;t get tired all the time like I used to, either. Two significant events have occurred, and one is that I have finally accepted that there are other ways for my physical being to achieve success than just going out the door day after day and failing at trying to recreate a past and the other is that I now have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/million-dollar-body-coach.htm#low-stress-job\">low stress job<\/a>. Now there is a present that includes running but doesn&#8217;t revolve around solely running and miles run or times run or how many days in a row that I&#8217;ve run. It is a big weight off of my shoulders. I also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/million-dollar-body-coach.htm\">don&#8217;t have to work seven days a week<\/a> like I used to (unless, of course, if I want to!)<\/p>\n<p>The greater focus now is on a balanced, total body workout that includes doing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/p90x.htm\">strength training workout on DVD<\/a> (which I had never done before), running, logging into my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarbody.com\/howtobefit\">Million Dollar Body Club<\/a> member site and joining a group of other people in the WOWY online gym who are also committed to achieving their health and fitness goals. It is also a much more balanced life, too, with workouts that are fun again and that I look forward to doing, being able to workout with my WOWY &#8220;friends&#8221; and spending time with my family while I work out!<\/p>\n<p>Now, when Daddy (I have a 3 year old daughter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grace-abigail-dafter.com\/\">Grace<\/a> and a 1 year old daughter Carly) works out, that means he goes to the playroom\/workout room, puts a DVD in the player and starts working out. Instead of being gone for an hour or more to run, he just goes for 30:00 or sometimes not at all. Instead of going out the door and being gone to run, now my daughters can see me doing my workout and I am being a role model for them in the process. And just as an aside, if I am in the middle of a workout and there needs to be a diaper change or there is something that one of them absolutely has to show me, I just push pause.<\/p>\n<p>So what do I get for $2.99 a week as a Million Dollar Body Club member besides WOWY? Twice a week there is a new episode of BNN TV (on the computer), there is Slim Style (okay, I&#8217;m not exactly a GQ guy but it is probably interesting to most people), Thin Kitchen cooking videos (which are great), Trainer Tips from real experts and a whole slew of additional resources including healthy recipes, fitness tools, a wealth of fitness and health articles and much, much more.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, what&#8217;s my favorite part of being a Million Dollar Body Club member? In a word &#8211; WOWY (okay, so that&#8217;s four words &#8211; Work Out With You). When you log into WOWY to start your workout (which I do every time so that I have a chance to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarbody.com\/signup\/?username=howtobefit\">win that day&#8217;s prize<\/a>), I see all of the other people working out. Monday, for example, there were 162 people all over the country working out at 4:00 pm MT. Just to name a few of the people working out right now, there is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarbody.com\/Bfit450\">Anna<\/a> in California who has lost 41 pounds, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarbody.com\/RyanWh\">Ryan<\/a> in Missouri who just started at the beginning of January and has already lost 5 pounds, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarbody.com\/nwbdy4me\">Janette<\/a> in Arizona who has lost 11 pounds and so many, many more (actually 56 to be precise). I think that it is just great to see these other members, know what workout they are doing and feel the enthusiasm in their comments. To me this is what being a Million Dollar Body Club member is all about &#8211; the camaraderie and fellowship of a national fitness community that can all say, &#8220;Working out just got fun again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PS If any of you want to log into WOWY, just send me an email at <a href=\"mailto:howtobefit@aol.com\">howtobefit@aol.com<\/a> and I will send you an invitation to work out. It is as simple as that!<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Past My identity is wrapped up in being a runner. After almost 42 years of running, it is part of my fiber. But instead of being my best friend like it used to be, because of a moment in time in May 1983, I realize now, that it was starting to be my enemy. 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