A Little Sharing

Here's the thing. You probably can't tell by looking, but I really do love to exercise ( I just Love sugar soooo much).  And with all the sickness, I haven't so much been exercising.

January went okay. I felt a little out of shape after the holidays and it was hard to work through my back to back colds. But I did. And then February came around. At the beginning of the month my back felt like it was about to go out, and since someone else's back was out at the time, I decided to take it very easy. I gave up Zumba, yoga, stair and hill climbing, and didn't even think of running. So what did I do? Just easy walks. Until I got that flu thing. That literally put me out for two weeks. I think I managed one walk, and then had to come home and go straight to bed.

Well, last week I happened to pay attention to what I saw in the mirror. And it seems my butt has disappeared. Now if that was my belly disappearing that would be great, but my butt? It's not so great. I haven't gained any weight in my month off exercise, but my body has changed so much that I think I look like I've gained 15 pounds. Aah.

This past Monday I decided it was time to get my butt back to exercising. So I did a nice big 50 minute walk with a great big hill in the middle. And it didn't go well. I spent the first 30 minutes coughing up a lung. And I'm not going to lie. I was so exhausted from it that I ended up taking a 2+ hour nap that day.

So Tuesday, I decided to try again. I thought I'd do better. Well, 20 minutes in I gave up. I decided it was too much. The coughing was just so terrible. And then I didn't even try anything on Wednesday and Thursday.

Yesterday, I figured I'd better try again. Because I assume it's not going to get any easier until I just do it. I figure there's no reason my body can't handle 30 minutes a day, right? And hopefully if I can hack that for a week or two then I can add 15 minutes. And then 15 more, until I get back to 60. I just feel so weak. I have had my bouts of no exercise before and getting back into it is usually hard. But I have never been exhausted from this flu like I am now. I did do 30 minutes yesterday. Minimal coughing. I was tired, but nothing like the exhaustion after my earlier attempts.

Also for the last two weeks I've decided that I am ready to start yoga again. I say it every day. But I have yet to do it. I highly doubt I can even hold a plank these days.

One of the saddest things to me is that I am losing my walking partner. I have pretty much cancelled for three straight weeks. And the couple of walks I have been on I have been lagging like crazy. She's ready for running, and I can barely handle walking. Please keep walking with me (if you're reading this), even if it's just once a week for the social aspect.

I am planning on getting thirty minutes in today. Even if I have to break it up (but I don't think I will because yesterday worked). So wish me luck that by the end of March I'll be back up to 60 minutes and even doing a handful of yoga sessions a week (but it might be too ambitious to say I'll be running or going to Zumba).