You Have to Start Somewhere

Today, I awoke at 4:00 am.  Why, you ask? So that I could exercise.  My days can be long depending on our schedule. Even if it isn't a long day, by the end of the school day, I am so tired I don't have the energy to do anything.  Even if I make a plan to exercise after school, something always seems to come up.  So, 4:00 am it is.  

I woke up with a renewed sense of purpose.  I am going to change how I feel about myself.  Not because I don't fit the mold of the perfect body, but because I don't feel comfortable in my body.  Several years ago, I was going to the gym and doing CrossFit and felt really good about myself.  I was strong for the first time since high school.  An injury sidelined me, and then back surgery, so goodbye CrossFit. 

I knew what I needed to do, but it was so much easier to sit on the couch.  I would say I was exercising because I was walking the dogs twice a day.  Those walks weren't making me stronger. As the years went by, my weight kept right on climbing.  I started to feel like this was just how it was going to be. Feeling like I had no control over what was happening.  

I decided yesterday I wasn't going to settle for that.  I also decided that I am not going to fall for any of the quick gimmicks to loose weight or get in shape.  I am a smart woman and I can figure this out.  I am going to do my own thing.  

So, back to the beginning of this post.  I woke up at 4:00 am today to exercise.  I got up, went down stairs, and got out my yoga mat.  I realized my weights were not in our sunroom (my son moved them downstairs) so I used my therabands to give me some resistance.  I did a few warm up exercises because these joints can't just jump into an exercise without warming up a little.  I moved all the necessary joints and then started in.  

Today I worked my biceps and traps.  I just did a few exercises.  I am a scientist at heart so we will see if this makes a difference. I just want to feel stronger and I don't have time to spend hours in a gym.  So, I am doing my own thing.