The last few days have been tremendously rough! Jen fell on the ice Saturday morning the 28th as we were leaving to take the kids to Jiu-Jitsu. She dislocated her elbow and we spent the rest of the day at the emergency room where they had to do a reduction on her elbow. She was in terrible pain and is looking at 3 to 12 months before full recovery is expected.
She is doing better now and just had the cast removed, but she is still in a lot of pain. This really threw us for a loop. We were doing so AWESOME this challenge. We both, especially her, just felt like giving up. We ended up eating a lot of fast food due to the fact we were at the hospital all day and then so depressed about the whole situation. I also ended up drinking again Sunday and even got MORE depressed!!!
Well, here it is Wednesday and we just had a long talk. We both are behind in our school work, not working out and eating CRAP!!! We can continue down this path or we can take what adversity life brings and make the best out of it. We’ve decided to go that route! We’ve been the other way and know where that road leads. We are going to fight the depression; find exercises Jen CAN do and push through! What the heck, I still think we have a chance of winning this challenge, but even if we don’t win the challenge…we will be winners in our own eyes and in the eyes of God and our family! And…that’s what really matters!
Life will always have its ups and downs and exercising and eating healthy may not always be the easiest choice…it is though, still a choice, one that we sometimes have to make on a daily basis. Just like drinking, I can turn to my crutch (alcohol) when life gets hard or I can do something different, something positive.
I’m recommitting today to finish out this challenge alcohol free and I’m going to give 110%!!!
“It’s not how many times we fall that shows our character, it’s how many times we get back up after falling.”
Anyone with ides on exercises Jen can do with her sore elbow PLEASE let us know!
All the best!
~Rob
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