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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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August 7, 2006

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blurry ToshSo, I went to the gym today. I feel remarkably better than yesterday, and I even thought about riding my bike this morning. But I am the queen of overdoing it, and I really don't want to overdo it this time. Especially if it will have any effect on my knee with the goose egg.

But I went to the gym. Just getting into the gym is cause for rejoicing. Then I weighed myself and I'm 4 pounds down from my pre-fall weight; last week when I went to the doctor, my weight had jumped up 10#. So, it appears a lot of the weight gain was water, or I really just was pretty sick. Maybe both.

I did a couple reps of standing balance exercises. Yikes. No wonder I fell.

And then I did the life system circuit, doing only the arms. Them, I did at least three reps of each. I tried to go light for the first rep, and then lighter for the following reps. I'm gonna hurt tonight, but at least it will be a good hurt.

I want to see if I can squeeze in some more exercise later in the hopes that I'll sleep good tonight. I've slept so awful while I've been sick. A girl can hope.

Posted at August 7, 2006

Comments

I hope you feel better soon VJ! I want to hear about you enjoying that new bike!

Posted by: Fran at August 8, 2006 4:01 PM