Mission accomplished! I worked out for an hour at the gym this morning. I’m finally having times between the ick feelings that aren’t so bad, so trying to get moving a little more.
Fitness is such a frustrating thing. You work your tail off for months and months, get into the best shape of your life, you have a month when you do can do next to nothing, and then you feel like you’re starting completely over when you get back at it. It sometimes makes me wonder what’s the point, but then I remember how much better if feel when I am moving, when I am active.
So today I got on the elliptical for 15 minutes to start, heart rate and pace much slower than usual, and felt like I’d run a marathon. I followed up with a half hour on seated weight machines, for which my weights have dropped pretty significantly on some, and then I did 15 minutes stationary bike.
The thing I just have to keep telling myself is that I am now growing a human, and this human is sucking a lot more strength out of me than the first one did.
Perhaps you’ve gotten sick, had extra stress in life, or any of a thousand other excuses not to workout. The hardest part is putting on the exercise gear and getting your butt moving. If it’s 15 minutes, that’s 15 minutes more than being on the couch. If you’re too sick to do anything, know this too shall pass and you’ll have a chance to move again. Wherever you are, try to make yourself a priority, even if only for a small window of time, and know you’ll be glad you did.
Now for a shower, load of laundry, and probably a date with my couch! Now just to get that eating back under control…One thing at a time!
A Work in Progress 