521 Days and Counting
521. That’s how many days I’ve worked out without missing a day. Chiiile, I can’t believe I wrote that either. If you had told me that a few years ago, I would have laughed. But here I am.
I know many think Peloton is a cult, well, we kinda are, but in a good way. I don’t call it a cult, I call it a tribe and it has been life-changing. Many of you know I won a bike on the Comeback Program and desperately needed it. And like most people, I would work out here and there but hadn’t made it a daily part of my life yet.
Fast forward a year and the combination of the panoramic (pandemic) and my mother's passing, I needed an outlet. Life at that point became extremely hard to navigate. I couldn’t punch a hole in the wall or crawl in my bed and cry all day – I have a career, a high-risk child I’m teaching at home and I’m not patching holes in the wall. With all of that, I didn’t have any time for myself…even at home.
One day it became too much and I decided to go on a ride. For those 30 minutes, it was just me and the bike. I felt good mentally afterward and wondered if I could hit 30 consecutive days. On ride 30, I wondered if I could hit another 30, and I did. Not only did I hit the 60 days, here I am now at 521 days.
The rides are fun and hard as hell. Tabata is a different kind of hell that I frequent every Tuesday and Thursday. As crazy as it sounds, I enjoy pushing myself mentally and physically. There are plenty of days where I don’t feel like it and I drag myself anyway. 10 times out of 10, I’m glad I clipped in after the ride is over.
I’ve celebrated milestones with my friends, family and Peloton tribes BGM and BPR. I even have competitions with friends on rides and man have they pushed me.
Most people focus on the outward changes that have happened and to me - they are an added bonus. It’s the transformation mentally and emotionally that I’m most proud of.
I’ve added the Tread and really enjoy the runs, even though I’m not really a runner. Ya girl be on the struggle bus, okay?! But I look forward to MY time every day with my favorite instructors – pick your poison because they’re all hard.
It seems hard until it is done and in the words of the beast, Jess Sims, “You can do hard things.”