New Explorations

There gets to be a point in this whole "life is a journey" crap where you just want to punch the hell out of something! Fortunatly for me, I found this thing!

Starting around the first of the month, I'm going to be training in the MMA arena! For you people (eh-hem, MOM) who don't know what MMA is, it's stands for mixed martial arts. You know those shows where they kick and punch the crap out of each other? THAT, my friends, is what I am going to be starting.

You may be asking yourself, "Cara, why are you doing this crazy venture?" And I answer to you, because I am SOOO frustrated with weightloss, and dieting and exercising, that I have found something where, the harder you hit, the better you are!

Okay, rewind a bit. For the last month people have been telling me that I need to stop thinking about getting into the Army so much, that I need to find a "hobby." What very few people know about me, is once I pick up a hobby, the rest of my life begins to revolve around it. I don't have that, I'll give it 30% of my time attitude. It's all or nothing my friends.  So what this means in terms if finding a hobby is, I need to find a hobby in fitness. 

Well, I run, yes. I've tried a cycle class and my butt hurt! I gave Zumba a shot, and while fun, yes, I got NO workout! I looked into getting a nutrition degree and that was just expensive! So, at the end of my rope Colin and I saw the movie "The Fighter." If you don't know, "The Fighter" is the life story of boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer brother Dick Eklund. It's about coming from behind, when the whole world gave up on him, he became world champ! (If you haven't seen it, do so, you'll understand!) In high school I took Karate and loved it, but on Saturdays we did kick boxing. Well, you can see where this is all going!

I ended up at a gym called Gorilla Fitness. It's a dirty gym with a boxing ring, punching bags, speed bag and an odor that smells like,well, a gym! Not a Lifetime "gym," but a real, in your face "you work hard or you get lost" type of gym!

So, for now, I've found my outlet! 4 days a week, I get to go punch and punch until I can't punch anymore! Ya never know, maybe they'll make a movie about your truly! :)