Mrs W: Meet Gym

A little while ago I posted about having quit smoking and drinking, but not filling my time with anything else. 

For years I have sat at home drinking alone.  I've turned down all sorts of invitations, because the ability to being able to have a drink was always at the forefront of my mind.  Any activities that involved me having to drive were completely out.  All of this has made me completely unsociable.

And, as much as I love my family and being around them - particularly now that I'm sober and am 'present', you can be around them a little too much.  I think I've reached that point.

I've been feeling bored and frustrated and I need interaction with others.  I also need to drop some weight.

There's only one person that can change that, and that is me!  I've taken the plunge and I have met Gym!

So far, I've done a couple of sessions in the gym, I've done some classes and I've gone swimming.  I haven't lost any weight yet (I might if I cut out the sweet stuff) and I have discovered muscles I never knew existed.  I have also found, particularly for the classes, that there are some really friendly people.  At one of my first classes last week, I had a chat with a couple of women - this week, they both approached me for a chat, pleased that I had come back, etc.

Now, I know that I'm not going to have throngs of new besties anytime soon, but I'm working on it.

If only I had known it would be this easy, I might have done it sooner.