I am going to try to give myself a small reward every week,
just to remind myself that this really is hard work and I do deserve something
special. Last week I got my hair cut,
this week I cashed in a groupon for an hour long massage. Now, that’s definitely not a small thing, but
wow was it nice! I had never had a
massage before, so I had no idea what to expect. I came out with all my aches and pains melted
away, feeling like a whole new person. I
am going to have to watch for more massage groupons! I almost forgot. I found an article
that says massage is being shown to reduce inflammation. How’s that for an excuse?
Since I didn’t want to exercise after the massage and lose
all the benefits, I did all my exercise early in the day. I did two different 4 mile walking
videos. And, I definitely got the order
wrong. The second one was so much harder
than the first. I really didn’t think I
was going to finish. But, I did. Somehow.
Then I collapsed in a heap for a while and drank several glasses of
water.
We took today off from the hyperbaric chamber, so it was
nice to come home, make a nice spinach salad for dinner, and just relax with
Michael for the evening. I’m not really
sure what he thinks about my new exercise habits, but I’m sure he is finding it
odd. He has been really good about
giving me the physical space to do the videos, and has figured out that I can’t
really talk when I’m on the elliptical.
Other than that, I guess it doesn’t really impact his life very much.
It does seem to be impacting my life though. I am noticing that I have been sleeping like
a brick lately, and wake up feeling more rested than I have in a long
time. I do wake up with aches and pains
that I could do without. But, it’s nice
to feel like I am accomplishing something.
Every day does seem to be getting easier. Who knows, maybe one day it won’t feel so
hard? For now, I am just going to focus
on meeting my goals and loving the results so far.
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