Man Card

I was given a "man card" this week. It is funny this person gave it to me, he is such a character and is always going on about "manly" things: hunting, fishing, fighting, being masculine and avoiding anything remotely feminine. He frequently threatens to pull other men's man card away if they behave in a way that he deems not masculine enough. So it was pretty funny when he said "Girl, you earned your man card."

This conversation happened during a time when we were talking about what we do for exercise. Since starting Krav Maga and FIT classes, I have joined in the conversations with people at work who are very serious athletes. These are very informative and enjoyable. One of the enjoyable parts are conversations that end up like this one did.

I enjoy my classes so much that the "work" aspect of working out never enters my mind. The results of doing FIT and Krav came upon so fast that I didn't really see it happen. All of the sudden there it was: my pants were way to big, all of my shirts hung off me and it was hard to find items to wear to work that didn't look ridiculous. Of course, people at work noticed and we started talking about what I have been doing.

It has been great to hear other peoples schedules and processes for recovery. It helps me along quite a bit. What is nice is that I am able to share things with them as well. None of them were aware of the Paleo/Primal diet as well as Krav Maga and FIT. And they are interested.

Many times, when someone loses lots of weight quickly, they don't look healthy and are not in shape. That is often caused by starving themselves or using some sort of drug. When they engage in conversations with people who are athletic there is a lot of skepticism and questions about the overall healthy approach. I have not encountered this at all. They are really curious and interested. No one has said I look unhealthy, or questions the diet's healthiness.

One thing is certain, I am feeling stronger and healthier than I ever have in my life.