Sunday Night

I ended up having time to work out today, so I did.  Three days in a row!  A month ago I had NO energy because I was so full of sugar.  I was also getting uncomfortable because I had so much fat around my middle.  The heaviness around my middle was a familiar feeling, so I wasn't alarmed initially, until I remembered that the feeling was familiar because it was the same feeling I had when I was 8 months pregnant!!!  All of a sudden one day I was like, "oh wait, it's not supposed to be hard for me to get up off the floor after playing with my kids!", and, "It shouldn't be this hard for me to crawl on the floor to play trains," and , "I'm not supposed to have trouble standing for even short periods of time."  All I wanted to do all the time was sit; sit on the couch, sit on the chair outside, sit at the computer...sit sit sit, because sitting was EASY.
I remember the first night I decided to start exercising again.  All I wanted to do was go for a 1/2 hour power walk, and for the very first time in my life (aside from being pregnant), walking was LABOR...I mean, it hurt!  I remember heading up the first hill and I was like, "Oh my gosh, I'm like the contestants on the first day of " The Biggest Loser"!"  Fast forward to today and although I've lost (only) 8 pounds (and I'm still over 200lbs), I feel A MILLION times better.  My stomach is smaller (thank God) and my endurance and energy are both UP!  I can't say enough about the importance of exercise!