Plan was to hit the pool for aerobics but I wasn’t feeling it after work. My body hurt, I was tired, and just wanted to curl up on the couch. So I did… after chopping onions and getting the beef stuff I made going. Did I feel guilty? No. Now and then we need to listen to our bodies. I don’t mean the mind games we play with ourselves when we’re just being lazy. I also didn’t just sit on the sofa the whole evening, but long enough to recover from whatever was going on. After dinner had settled enough, I fired up the wii. It had been a while since I’d done anything on there but weigh myself. After some boxing, I decided to try and jog in place for a while… I managed to keep it up for ten minutes, which got me close to 1.5 miles of wii running, then some arm extension things.
While I was jogging I started to think back on things as well as forward on things. I decided to picture myself actually jogging the 5K while doing it. This helped me continue on rather than pause for a moment. Thinking back I started to think back on what I used to do when I had a long/busy day and needed to unwind. I would sit on my tush and play some kind of shooting game, or just watch TV for the evening. Doesn’t really let anything out. A friend and I are always talking about ‘Sweat Therapy’. This is just the act of being physically active in some form of exercise, and sweating out the blech of the day. It’s quite effective at that, as well as energizing when you’re just feeling kind of tired and down. It’s sometimes tough to remember that wearing yourself out, can energize and revitalize you.
If my knee is doing ok, maybe I’ll go walk after work tomorrow, we shall see!
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