My first day at the gym I couldn't do more than 3 minutes on the eliptical trainer. all I could do for a time was wander around the gym trying different things and just kepping my heart rate up. I was determined.

 What happened was I started to pump in the right nutrition and push as hard as I could every day. Sometimes I went twice a day. It was a 1/2 mile walk each way and I always walked. Most days after I was done I would sit for quite a spell wondering if I was going to be able to get home. I went at the time of day when I mostly had gym to myself.

 It took me about a month to get to a point where I was pushing 45 min. on the eliptical and then another 45 on treadmill. the sweat would just pour off me. My back hurt so bad and I began to wonder what was wrong with my legs. They never seemed to recover. Not knowing what else to do I just kept forcing myself to go to gym every day.

 My incentive was to get back to my boat in the best shape I could and I sacrificed all to those ends.

I began to wonder if I wasn't overdoing it a little. So I put myself on a full weight lifting cycle. Wow! If I thought my back and legs hurt before, this was intense. But it is where my tendons and ligaments finally started to loosen up and I started gaining in mobility. This is where I met Jennifer Hinds. On mondays I had a training partner so to speak. On some days I would have Steve or Jill (the owners) in gym while I worked out. Steve and Jill also own Building Bridges. They have a home for troubled teens. I don't know much about that but from what I know of Steve and Jill, those boys are in good hands. I feel bad I didn't get more pictures. It just seemed like I had my hands full and I mostly felt to horrible to even do this blog.