Exercise is Good for You!

We have now been getting up at 5:45am everyday and walking. I still ask myself why everytime the alarm goes off, but for some strange reason I keep getting up. I am finding that it is affecting my health in that by the fourth day, I begin to decline. Not so much as I cannot do anything, but enough that I need to take a day off. I struggle with not comparing what I am doing now to what I used to be able to do when I was healthy and look at every step as an accomplishment. Since I have been sick this is the longest exercise program I have been on. The others always perished and burned as I was determined to do what I used to do and if passing out after an hour and a half on the eliptical was what it took, then I spit in adversity's face. Although not being able to walk for 3 weeks afterwards was a steep price to pay. But!......... Drumroll please................I have found the Holy Grail, the Street Strider! An eliptical machine on wheels! You can finally get somewhere! Seriously! I used to spend half my life on an eliptical. When I worked in the club, all my employees knew NEVER to bother me when I was working out on the eliptical. My eyes were closed for a reason hello!! Of course I'd have to keep them open on the street LOL!

My goal is to lose an amount that puts me where I was when we had Gracie. We take Daisha with us as she has put on some weight but usually have to put her in as she cannot go as far as we do quite yet. The walk is also beneficial for landscaping ideas, as you can see what other people have done. I need to take my camera with me next time as I don't know the names of some of the plants. My new phase is air plants, the ones that the roots hang down and do not need to be in soil. One neighbor has one hanging out front and I am always tempted to take it. BUT I WON'T! A person way down the street from us has like 4 HUGE air plants hanging off his big tree and everytime I drive by I want to stop and ask him how to go about getting some and how did he get his to get so big. But I am afraid he will think I am some crazy person! Well at least it keeps my mind preoccupied from how tired I am!

Remember, exercise is good for you!