klo289

I have always struggled with healthy eating. I am addicted to food....good tasting food. For all of my life that has meant candy, cookies, chips, and fried foods. I have never really eaten vegetables other than an occational salad. The stress of college only made the situation worse. There were times when I would only eat a large bag of chips for dinner...sometimes several nights in a row. While my eating habits have been consistantly terrible, I tend to do a little better in the exercise department. I was never consistant for more than a few months at a time, but it was something that I felt pretty comfortable with. In December 2009, my best friend and I tried a CrossFit class. I could hardly walk for a week afterwards, but was intrigued. I had surgery that January, but decided to give it another try as soon as my doctor released me for activity. In April 2010, I started a 2 week free trial of CrossFit. My first workout was so painful and I found myself wanting to quit so many times during it. Fortunately, I have a strong competitive side, so I pushed through it. My friend had been doing it for 3 months at this point and I was not about to admit that she could do something that I couldn't. I have now been doing CrossFit for a year and it was the best decision I've ever made. I did have a period of 5 months where I was basically out of commission due to chronic respiratory infection. I feel like I haven't taken it as seriously as I should have, and therefore haven't seen the results that I would like to. It is my goal now to push myself beyond what I thought was possible.