Happy New Year (and another double bind)!
Don't make promises you can't keep.
Make big plans and resolutions.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
Make big plans and resolutions.
So. Even though I slept well past noon (no hangover or New Year's champagne over dose... just "old & slow") the first thing I did after checking for phone messages was TAKE A WALK. That is my main resolution for the year. Move. Walk. Regularly. Eventually I may add goals having to do with distance, pace and heart rate.
This morning, 25 minutes was enough. About 3 minutes in, I realized my hip joints were twingeing. Last week I walked and my hips actually pinched after about 7 minutes... but perhaps mere twingeing, but sooner means there is positive change. They never got to the point of real pain today. And then about 7 minutes in, I realized that I was breathing with my mouth open. I've had bronchitis and pneumonia often enough, and sleep apnea/CPAP long enough to believe that in spite of having unfashionably large boobs, my lungs are pitifully weak and hiding their light under... well, not a bushel exactly.
I'm happy now.
Although I am wondering, why am I sweating NOW (after my exercise) instead of DURING?
I am psyching myself up to get up EARLY (for me at least) tomorrow morning, so I can walk 30 minutes, still watch the Rose Parade (gotta do that as a native Pasadenan!!) and then go to the art studio to paint with friends.
I don't want to be the fattest of all the people I know anymore. And I'm finally admitting that I probably am.
Comments and support about a) how I am "as is" as well as for b) my walking resolution. It is a promise I want to keep... but haven't been able to in the past.
1 comment:
hi! a friend just told me about a book called "52 small changes: one year to a happier, healthier you". it's all about what you're doing (and me, too)... small changes to get to a big goal. don't let the boot deter you from your annual goal! it's just a wee roadblock!
love you!
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