Well, ladies, I'm back! Did you miss me? Today was the first day I've felt entirely human in almost three weeks. Dumb cold! I don't feel quite as wussy as usual though, 'cause my husband, who never ever ever gets sick, got sick. Anyway, so to test myself, I went to Wal-Mart. As you recall, I did that last week, and ended up sleeping for hours, and was totally sick and tired for the next few days. So, I decided that I had overdone it (again), and to not try again until I felt almost good. (you know, it takes awhile after you're sick for a week or two to feel GREAT) So, off I went a-errand running today, and when I got home, I did not feel the undeniable compulsion to collapse, and took that as a good sign. When John got home from work, I was still feeling A-Okay, so I decided to try my hand at a real work out; my exercise bike. I'll take it really easy, I thought to myself, and no more than 10 minutes. Well, as soon as I got on (and I totally expected to have lost all ground that I had gained, and for my body to scream at me "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!"), instead of the expected reaction for my poor tired ill body, I got a "YEAH!!! Let's DO this! WOOHOO!!!" Not only that, but I did better than I did before I got sick!! Before I got sick, I was doing 12 mph for 3 min, then 15 for one, for 20 min total. Well, today I did 15-16 mph for the entire twenty minutes, and a 10 mph for a one minute cool down, for a total of 4.6 miles covered. Holy cow! Can you believe that?! And what's more, I feel GREAT!!! My little body is going "THAT'S what we wanted! ROAR!!"
Yeah girls, it's time to get SVELTE.
The Almighty Liz
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You show that bike who's boss!!! I think long breaks are good, sometimes, especially when you are first starting out. Slow and steady wins the race ;)
Way to go Liz! Glad to have you back and feeling great!
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