sex

You are in for treat here and boy is this title going to drive a lot of traffic from the search engines!  A fellow friend wants me to write about sex..... Yes that's right, she said to me "I'm waiting for you to talk about your SEX life on your blog" So here you go Joan this one's for you!  First of all let's make this a bit more comfortable for all of us.
The statistics:
*Did you know you can burn 180 calories having sex for 30 min?
So next time you want to have that midnight chocolate cake or ice cream treat... have it, then have a little romp afterwards and burn it all off!
*The greek word "gymnazeim" or gymnasium really means to exercise naked... who new?
*The first couple shown on tv in bed together were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Ever notice how Fred was always crabby?? I think you could compare me more to Fred than Wilma Flintstone: big and stalky and my husband would probably say I wore the same outfit from the day, to bed at night.... Attractive!
I'm not sure how much sex Fred and Wilma had but I can't image it would have been very often on that awfully hard stone bed! But Barney Rubble..... always had a smile on his face (okay Gene MADE me put that last part in)  Prior to my weight loss I would say we were more like Fred and Wilma, rarely had sex. For many reasons; low energy, low desire, low self esteem and just plain fatigue. I mean who wants to get their heart rate up at 10:00 at night after  putting in a full day?
I would say this decreased sexual desire (on my part) added to stress on our marriage. After all men think about sex every 7 seconds right?  And women they just want to be held and made to feel loved right? Problem was.... every time he held me all I could think of was "oh how embarrassing he is holding my roll"  or at my peak weight a bakers dozen!
Sex is a hard thing to talk about, for some reason society has made it out to be some dirty thing. And our parents.... they NEVER talked about sex, would not even say the word, usually they spelled it in a really quiet voice... s - e -x.. am I right? And whoever would want to think of their parents having sex? oh... yuck!  But really it's not yuck. It's beautiful. It's healthy. It's what I believe is a true way for a husband and wife to unify.
With this journey I am healing my body from the inside. It's more than weight loss and having a thinner, more toned body. It's about embracing the person I have become; I have energy, I have stamina, my hormones are regulating, my brain is functioning and firing so I can enjoy what God has created between a husband and a wife. One of those things is Sex.... And it is beautiful! And we would say thankfully..... it's quite often! So if weight loss or getting your body healthy is on your mind.... Sex will defiantly be better and more enjoyable with a healthy body. ( just a side note, I know there are people out there that will say there sex life is fine, It probably is... but imagine it with a well fueled high energy body! )
I am being bold and out there with this blog. But I am done with being so guarded about my body. Women judge other women all the time. But what some of us don't understand or at least I didn't is that women are not perfect, there are things that ALL of us women hate about our bodies.... EVEN the women you believe have the perfect body.  For me, my body is better than it was for sure! But the girls sag, my belly has war wounds and excess skin, and I hate... repeat hate how big my arms are. But I say if you hate it.... change it! I still have weight to take off, muscles I can tone and most of all a heart and lungs I can strengthen then we will see how it all looks...... and hopefully by then...... I will have also grown in my confidence and learn how to except and embrace how my body looks just the way it is!
Life is a work in progress, just make sure your making progress!  And have lots of  s - e - x ! 

Jen