When did exercise become my crack????
Last night on the treadmill, I did 2.63 miles, 40 minutes. And the strangest thing happened...I could have probably gone another 2.63 miles without thinking about it!!!! I don't know if I was just lost in thought or day dreaming but it just seemed a mile was done in no time flat. You KNOW there are some days when getting just 30 minutes in seems like torture! But yesterday I thought I might turn into Forest Gump and just run across the country!!
Exercise is my crack. I don't want to do it but I have to. It feeds something in me. Something about the feeling of getting it done....being finished and feeling that sweat run down my spine....reaching my hand around to my back and feeling the pool of sweat in the small of it. Something about my straggling hairs from my pony tail sticking to the back of my neck. Something about the sweat dripping down my chin. Something about my arms between my wrist and elbow being covered with the shiny gloss of a good run....it is something that you can't explain.
Yes...there are days when I walk in the door and just want to flop on the couch, watch mindless TV and not have to do anything when I get home. But that will get me back to where I started. And like the saying goes, "If you do what you have always done, then you will get what you have always gotten"
Having the commitment at the beginning of the year to make this a habit is probably the best thing that I could have done for myself. I sat around and did WW for 6 months with no exercise. And you know what I got? No results. lol. So there is obviously a direct correlation, don't you think??
I am finally creating the body that I have always wanted. I am goign to have to add some strength training to get some toning in. I have free weights and if I added 10 minutes to my workout per day...and worked on some of my problem areas, that would be a good idea. So I am going to make that part of my next challenge that will start after this one....and after my trip to Vegas. SO I should start that around April 16th. :)
Today is a good day. Another day to get things right. I see more and more smiley faces on my calendar. I see that I am almost half way through the challenge. I see that I am on day 21 already. And I have to smile and I stare at this screen and read throught the thoughts of my progress. And I feel good and warm fuzzies.
Onward and downward!!
xoxKBB
