In the last two weeks I have done seven workouts.
- Strength Training 2.5 hours
- Bike Ride 7.25 miles
- Running 3.7 miles
- Hiking. 7.5 miles
It's been great to feel like an active person again.
It's been hard because everything hurts.
When you are a heavy person that is starting on the road to becoming a healthy person, the beginning of the journey is painful on many levels.
I'm very familiar with this since my journey has been a series of gains and setbacks.
So if you are a person who is deciding that 2021 is your year and you are going to get moving, I have some things for you to keep in mind.
When you first start being active, you are going to be sore. Everyone will acknowledge this. So be prepared for a few days of muscles complaining about being used.
What a lot of people don't realize is the discomfort beyond just sore muscles.
Right now my knees hurt. When I sit for awhile and then stand up, everything hurts and I walk funny.
It would be really easy to be discouraged by this. I have been working out consistently for two weeks and I'm in quite a bit of pain.
Most of this is directly related to the amount of weight that is pushing down on all the parts of my body that I'm trying to improve.
It would be SO EASY to get discouraged and give up.
If you are starting on this journey I am telling you to take some Advil and keep moving!
It will get better.
You will have sore days and days where things hurt.
But there comes a point where the sore is the kind of sore from a strong workout. Not from the stress that the extra weight is adding to your experience.
Today I was doing a run workout, a Couch to 5k workout just for fun, and it was rough. It wasn't necessarily hard, it just hurt. I was a bit discouraged by the struggle after trying to be really consistent for two weeks.
I know what it is to be sore after a solid workout.
I also know what it is to hurt because I'm starting my journey to a healthy me again at a large number in the weight column.
The thing that is keeping me going is that I also know, because of my experiences in the past, that it WILL get better.
As long as I keep moving.
It's going to be a struggling on many levels when I go back to work on Monday.
I'm sure it won't be pretty most of the time.
But I'm going to keep trying.
Saw these signs on my run today and while I'm pretty sure that they are referring to the pandemic, however they spoke to me on my journey of fitness and health.
I hope that if you are just starting out or starting over you will join me in making 2021 about being a healthier person.
Don't give up.
You aren't alone.
One day at a time.
Yep, good things to focus on.
I believe in you!
Guess I better give myself the same consideration. 😁
