1. I have been sick for about a month. You name it I have had it.... strep throat, check, stomach virus, check, bronchial infection, check but none the less I have continued my workouts. It has been hard. There are days when I would rather be asleep than at the gym at 5am, but I go, I work out and I feel somewhat better.
2. I am in school and trying to figure out just how to handle the stress that comes along with that. This is something that will take a while for me to perfect. There was an afternoon not to long ago that I essentially planned to fail, why, because I failed to plan. I was done with school for the day and needed to run to the other side of the city for an errand, I did not pack lunch. I made the decision to grab something on the fly... Taco Bell it was. A bean burrito I figured was the least of all the evils. Man, was I WRONG. I ate my bean burrito and enjoyed every bite... it tasted great going down. Then was the after effect. I was physically sick from it about 3 hours later. I drank about a gallon of water just to flush it out of my system. When I called Josh to "tell on myself" I told him I deserved it, he just laughed. Needless to say this is an area I have got to work on!
3. And the biggest challenge I face to date is that I am pregnant, again, I have a one year old and a four year old. In my other pregnancies I have been gestational diabetic. My goal that Josh and the other agents are trying to help me attain, is to stay diabetic free and make this the healthiest pregnancy yet. I am looking forward to this challenge and being able to recover faster than before. My workouts have changed a lot, but I am still maintaining a healthy lifestyle for me and the new baby
With all my challenges have come a lot of changes for the good as well. I have got my husband who is the ultimate cyclist and sees no point in the other stuff, in a class with Josh once a week. I love that he is able to see what I am doing. I am super excited for my parents to come into town and do a class with Josh as well. My parents are amazing. They are both vegan and have been for about 2 years. My Mom is a cyclist and goes to the gym and does yoga about 6 days a week. My father is a marathon runner. They are in excellent shape but I think are going to be amazed and surprised as to what an over all body conditioning class can do for them.
Sarah - Agent 004
As I continue to watch all of the agents, I continue to feel a great sense of fulfillment in what I am witnessing. Although the individual changes each of makes are unique, we also all share in the need to adapt to them. An area which we all focus on and discuss often, is our overall wellness. Learning that wellness is not simply based on our weight, our look or our pant size; but based upon how we feel...both physically and emotionally. In our efforts to achieve this enhanced balance, we work on three foundational areas in our lives...They are the physical, the nutritional and the emotional...and they all work together. As Sarah has described above, she has dealt with her share of change in all these areas. And, as easy as it would be to allow so much change to derail you, she has not lost her focus. In fact, through these last few weeks, Sarah's view has shifted to the "longer-term". She understands it is a process, one which will provide rewards to her and her family...both today and tomorrow.
We are all proud of Sarah and look forward to being right there with her as she continues her journey.
Josh