September 5: A few hours ago, anxious as heck, I sat in the parking lot at my local gym, waiting. On a whim I signed up for a membership last week with some friends and tonight was my first time visiting said gym. We were taking a 30 minute #HIIT class and while I was excited to try it, I was crippled with fear and anxiety. I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been. My belly gets in the way of everything. I’m not bendy in any way. Like at all! And, I have hip issues. I hate being watched. My anxiety made me get to the gym 40 minutes early. Scared I’d be late. Scared to show up after the class started. Everyone looking at me. So I sat in the car waiting. Fretting. Beating myself up for letting myself “go” all these years. If I had stayed in shape, I wouldn’t be scared I’d throw up in front of everyone. I fretted until the very last minute before the class started. But knowing I had a friend waiting and counting on me made me move my butt out of that car. Inside the gym, I swipe my pass and I can
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Soo you’re probably thinking who is this chick? Well, to be
honest, I'm a communications girl by day and a mommy, wife and blogger by
night. My Twitter handle @CurrentlyJen describes me as a RealityTV-obsessed-wine&coffee-chugging-social-media-junkie. Oh and I'm also
Canadian-Italian.
I've had quite a few blogs over the past couple of years however this new adventure, Currently Jen, is where I'll be sharing the ups and downs of working mom life, my journey to getting fit while shedding some weight in the process, product reviews, book reviews, and everything else in between.
