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If you're a large woman in America, your whole life is an opportunity to feel self-conscious, embarrassed, resentful and way too big. You can hide in the corner or on the couch, you can go to therapy, or you can put on your lycra bike shorts and get out there and move.
—Jayne Williams, Slow Fat Triathlete

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February 1, 2006

a small victory permalink

BrakI feel so good this morning. I'm feeling on top of it. Hurrah!

Last night, I went to my evening pilates class. Mind you, I was already hurting from Monday's pilates class, and I was coming up with a thousand excuses, but I went. I've got to see that as a victory.

The class was excruciating. I expect it probably wasn't that bad for the rest of the class, but getting my already sore muscles to cooperate was a real test. Still, I felt like I really accomplished something, because I had tried as hard as I could. I held nothing back.

For some reason, I was exhausted once I got home, and after sitting around for about an hour, went to bed and fell sound asleep immediately.
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This morning, of course, I had a whole new set of muscles that I didn't know about, all over my body, aching. Each movement (well, not typing, but, you know) brings this chorus of aches, this reminder that I've been exercising. Anything that uses my quads or glutes is actually a little hard, like getting up from sitting, or sitting back down. Dude!

I have to say I'm tremendously happy about this. I'm happy to be so aware of my body, and I'm happy that I am getting exercise again.

I got up early and did my usual morning stuff: drink coffee, snuggle with dog, write new entry for the guide, and gave myself a TV-time limit that I needed to get up and get productive at 6. And while my mind was a swirl with things I wanted to do, I (for whatever reason) had the self-possession to prioritize and start off with the things that I needed to do before I could go to work.

So I didn't get a lot of housecleaning done, but I did get outside early enough to still have some choices about how I'd get to work. Which is remarkable. Another victory!

Right now, it's not raining. I don't know how long this is going to last, but it's exciting while it lasts.

Posted at February 1, 2006

Comments

Great post! Don't you love the taste of glory!
The path we've chosen is definitely not an easy one but oh so worth it. I've been feeling a little weary myself and really appreciate folks taking the time to journol and share there experiences.

Posted by: christine at February 1, 2006 1:14 PM