"GREAT! I just know that I need to exercise more, but it was hard on the diet."
"Yeah, that's really common. Now's a good time to reincorporate exercise, so you should try it."
I should try it.
Snort.
I'm a really sedentary person. Like, really sedentary. It's like this black hole in my self-care. I try running for a bit because that's what I know, but I eventually give up the ghost because who wants to exercise and almost shit their pants running every day?
Not me.
So I'm trying to do it differently this time. The only thing I have ever really, really stuck to was yoga, so I'm going to try to go back to that that regularly sometime soon. BUT, Rob went by a yard sale about a week and a half ago, and found this pretty sweet bike. It was super low-priced, so he picked it up. It's got some wonkiness in the gears, but it's nothing that I can't manage.
Friends, that was the first time I had been on a bike in 20 years. Literally. I got a concussion when I was 13 from falling off of my bike and hitting my head, and I've been kind of scared off from it ever since. I tried for a couple more years, but to no avail. I was done.
We rode for about a half hour, and I went about a mile and a half, and then I almost barfed because I'm so out of shape and it was so hot and I felt so gross from the anxiety of it all. I have never been so close to barfing without actually doing it. It was probably the pile of nachos that I ate before going, so I'm going to have to nix that in the future.
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| Look at me. Belly full of nachos and anxiety. Yummy combo. |
Anywho, after I rested a bit, I tried to get up and it felt like I had vice grips on my ass. Rob calls it a new definition of butthurt, and he's right. I still hurt today and tried to bike around again, but I only lasted about 10 minutes. Frustrating, but I'm trying to look at the bigger gain from this, which is that I am overcoming a BIG piece of my anxiety about being on a bike. HUGE victory. Even if I only last 10 minutes, I'm going to try to bike every day. It turns out that I still really enjoy it and love feeling the wind in my hair! (Through a helmet, of course! If I could have worn wrist guards and knee pads and basically wrapped myself in bubble wrap without smothering myself, I probably would have.)
Also, in equally exciting news, I got the call and made the appointment today - I get fitted for invisalign on Thursday! I'm SO STOKED! I go in that day and get my first set of trays, as well as a shitload of buttons and other shit that anchor my teeth in a way that facilitates them being straighter. Oh, also, he's basically going to sand between my teeth and grind the enamel down enough where I don't have to have any teeth pulled, so that's a totally ideal situation. I didn't even realize that losing any more teeth was a dealbreaker for me until I was walking into the office last Monday to approve my treatment plan and watch a really cool video showing exactly how my teeth are going to be straightened. It's going to take about 18 months. Get prepped for embarrassing pictures that get progressively more awesome over the next 18 months.
Also, I turn 37 in two days. This has been quite a year, and I think about my goals for the next year on my birthday WAY more than the new year. It just seems more achievable that way. I think this is going to be my year to finally get physically fit, and in ways that fully heal my arm that I broke a couple of years ago, which still hasn't fully happened. I'm talking yoga, strength training, and some good, intense cardio, including some possible road races.
Also, today started Amazon Prime Day, and I used it as a PERFECT opportunity to get this:
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| YES I BOUGHT A UNICORN OUTFIT FOR MYSELF FOR MY BIRTHDAY BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST HALF OFF DON'T JUDGE ME |
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