I
created a Facebook group, called Peak Health Initiative. It is a group
of us who are encouraging and supporting each other on our path to peak
health. As I chronicle my journey back from injury and also maintain my
health while working through hypothyroidism and fibro, I get bopped on
the head by the changes in my body, health, and life.
Here's
what's interesting to me about getting in better shape. Things change.
Sometimes, it's like watching trees grow, and sometimes it's a
whirlwind. Today, I realized my health changes have been like watching
trees grow in whirlwind. In other words, some of those changes are
happening so slowly that I take no notice until they bop me on the head.
My
clothes are fitting more loosely. Until this morning, I kept thinking
my dryer must not be drying them as well since usually clothes out of
the dryer are tight and then relax as I wear them. But lately, nothing
has been tight when I first put it on. Instead of thinking "Hey that
must mean I'm getting smaller," I thought, "Hey, my dryer must be
malfunctioning." Doh!
So,
today, I was outside working/boxing with the standing bag. I am aiming
for ten minutes daily before January 20th. I'm up to six minutes. I do
fifteen-second intervals of hooks, jabs, crosses, high and low intensity
and breaks where I stretch. And when the alarm rang to indicate I was
at six minutes, I was surprised and a little disappointed.
"What?
I'm done?" was my first thought. On one level, that means I was in the
moment and doing my thing. On another level, it means I'm going up to
seven minutes tomorrow.
Color me surprised. When I started, five minutes seemed more than I could endure. And this brings me to today's mantra.
"Now matter your current situation, accept where you are right now and then watch how it changes."
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