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Evidently not really exercising for 14 years has some downsides. Who would have guessed?
Back when I was in high school at Uni, I had a pretty strenuous PE class -- every other day was running, starting with two or three four minute runs and working up to one long 15-20 minute run, capped off by a mandatory 5K every year. I wasn't ever really a standout, but I did manage to get my mile time down to a bit over six minutes and I felt pretty good about myself. At the time, I was also playing and/or refereeing hockey, so I think I was keeping in pretty good shape all told.
And then I hit college, and realized I didn't need to do that kind of crap anymore. I didn't really ride my bike much (I haven't even had a bike since I left college, really), and the only real exercise I've gotten lately is walking home. Granted, it's a four mile walk, but I don't really do it as often as I probably need to, and it's not quite the same as running or playing sports.
However, I've been having some trouble sleeping lately since changing some of my medications, and my therapist recommended that I start getting some exercise to offset that. I've sort of known I should be getting in shape for a long time, but this was sort of the last impetus I needed to push me over the edge. Last night, I made a promise to myself that I'd get up and go for a jog this morning -- not that long, really, just about a mile and a half or two miles at most -- just to kind of shake out the cobwebs. Needless to say, this did not work out nearly so well as I expected. I'm guessing I ran out of steam before I hit the first quarter mile mark and had to walk for a while to catch my breath, jog some more, walk....all told, I probably only jogged about half the time at most.
I knew I was out of shape, but this was a little worse than I thought. I know I've put on some weight in the last few years since I started hormones, but I didn't really realize how bad it was. I think it might be time to sort of get things in gear and try to shed some of this weight, or at least get a bit more in shape. If I could lose 10 or 15 pounds this summer, I'd be pretty happy with myself, since I probably am going to have a harder time exercising this fall. I'm hoping that if I put it on my blog here, I'll get a little extra push. We'll see where this goes, I guess.
Back when I was in high school at Uni, I had a pretty strenuous PE class -- every other day was running, starting with two or three four minute runs and working up to one long 15-20 minute run, capped off by a mandatory 5K every year. I wasn't ever really a standout, but I did manage to get my mile time down to a bit over six minutes and I felt pretty good about myself. At the time, I was also playing and/or refereeing hockey, so I think I was keeping in pretty good shape all told.
And then I hit college, and realized I didn't need to do that kind of crap anymore. I didn't really ride my bike much (I haven't even had a bike since I left college, really), and the only real exercise I've gotten lately is walking home. Granted, it's a four mile walk, but I don't really do it as often as I probably need to, and it's not quite the same as running or playing sports.
However, I've been having some trouble sleeping lately since changing some of my medications, and my therapist recommended that I start getting some exercise to offset that. I've sort of known I should be getting in shape for a long time, but this was sort of the last impetus I needed to push me over the edge. Last night, I made a promise to myself that I'd get up and go for a jog this morning -- not that long, really, just about a mile and a half or two miles at most -- just to kind of shake out the cobwebs. Needless to say, this did not work out nearly so well as I expected. I'm guessing I ran out of steam before I hit the first quarter mile mark and had to walk for a while to catch my breath, jog some more, walk....all told, I probably only jogged about half the time at most.
I knew I was out of shape, but this was a little worse than I thought. I know I've put on some weight in the last few years since I started hormones, but I didn't really realize how bad it was. I think it might be time to sort of get things in gear and try to shed some of this weight, or at least get a bit more in shape. If I could lose 10 or 15 pounds this summer, I'd be pretty happy with myself, since I probably am going to have a harder time exercising this fall. I'm hoping that if I put it on my blog here, I'll get a little extra push. We'll see where this goes, I guess.
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